During the time of which Mughal Emperor did the East India Company establish its first factory in In...........

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During the time of which Mughal Emperor did the East India Company establish its first factory in India?

Akbar

Jahangir

Shahjahan

Aurangzeb

Explanation:

The Company's ships first arrived in India, at the port of Surat, in 1608. Sir Thomas Roe reached the court of the Mughal Emperor, Jahangir, as the emissary of King James I in 1615, and gained for the British the right to establish a factory at Surat.