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Ancient and Medival History Later Mughals and Advent of Europeans

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Consider the following statements about the Dutch in India and identify the correct one/s.

1. The Dutch established their first factory at Masulipatnam in modern day Andhra Pradesh.

2. The Dutch conquered Ceylon/Sri Lanka from the Portuguese.

3. The Dutch also introduced coins on lines of local coinage of India.

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Explanation:

All the statements are correct.
The Dutch East India Company was created in 1602 as “United East India Company” and its first permanent trading post was in Indonesia. In India, they established the first factory in Masulipattanam in 1605, followed by Pulicat in 1610, Surat in 1616, Bimilipatam in 1641 and Chinsura in 1653.
After the collapse of the Iberian economy in 1627, the Dutch–Portuguese War saw the Dutch conquest of most of Portugal's Asian colonies. Eventually, Portugal's Ceylonese territories were ceded to the Netherlands.
During their heyday, Dutch operated a number of mints in India, in Cochin, Masulipattam, Nagapatam (or Negapatam), Pondicherry, and Pulicat, where they issued coins modelled on the local coinages