Later Mughals and Advent of Europeans

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Indian Economy - Understanding the basics of Indian economic system

Who among the following Europeans were the last to come to pre- Independence India as traders?

Dutch

English

French

Portuguese

Ex—Sequence of Europeans to come to India

1.Portuguese—1498 Vasco da Gama reached Calicut .

2.Cornellius ( Dutch) Reached India in 1596.

3.Captain Hawkins(Englishman) Reached India in 1608.

4.Danish came to India in 1616 their Main settlement was serampor( Bengal) from where Early Christian missionaries worked in India .

5.French Came to India in 1666.

Note—Portuguese were the first who came to India .

Portuguese were the last who left India.( Operation Vijay of Indian Army 1961)