Question

Give the reasons behind the declining importance of Masulipatnam port?

Answer 1

Important reasons of Masulipatnam Port:

MASULIPATNAM PORT is situated in the deep seaport near bay of bengal. The reasons are :

• Increasing powers of zamindar’s and RAJA Maharaj's. In that moment NIZAM hold all the areas.
• The situation of 12 Parganas of MASULIPATNAM and this is the crop yield and cultivating line decreasing the resulting in aggravated dependence on the port activities.
• TRADING EXPORT and IMPORT BALANCES.The gradual decreasing of exports and increasing imports of European products.
• European contractors are given limited opportunities to the forced migration of trading patrons from Machilipatnam to San thomes and Madras.

Answer 2

The reasons behind the declining importance of Masulipatnam port

Explanation:

• The Mughal control of Masulipatnam constrained the European Companies to search for options.Masulipatnam lost the two its merchants and prosperity and declined over the span of the eighteenth century as the Company traders moved to Bombay, Calcutta and Madras.
• Towards the end of the seventeenth century, Surat started to decay as the exchange capital in view of numerous reasons like the decline of the Mughal Empire and bringing about the loss of market and profitability, power over the sea-routes by the Portuguese and rivalry from Bombay (present-day Mumbai) as the East India Company