how Britishers came in India please don't answer
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The British landed on Indian Subcontinent at the port of Surat, August 24, 1608 AD for the purpose of trade, but after 7 years British got Royal order (i.e. Farman) to establish a factory at Surat under the leadership of Sir Thomas Roe (Ambassador of James I).
The East India Company was an English company formed for the exploitation of trade with East and Southeast Asia and India. Incorporated by royal charter on December 31, 1600, it was started as a monopolistic trading body so that England could participate in the East Indian spice trade.
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- 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 and opium.
- They landed in the Indian subcontinent on August 24, 1608, at the port of Surat.
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