Question

: 1. How and when did the British East India Company set foot in India?
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Answer 1

24 August 1608 as the port of Surat

Answer 2

Answer:

The British East India Company came to India as traders in spices, a very important commodity in Europe back then as it was used to preserve meat. Apart from that, they primarily traded in silk, cotton,Indigo dye,tea,opium. They landed in the Indian Sub-continent on 24th August 1608, at the port of Surat