Question

surat was at the height of popularity at the end of the 17 th century true or false​

Answer 1

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Answer 2

False, Surat was not at the height of popularity at the end of the 17th century.

Surat was the site of England's first Indian commercial factory, which opened in 1612. Surat thereafter became India's marketplace, shipping gold, and linen. Shipbuilding and textile manufacturing were the two main industries.

Decline of Surat

• Surat began to lose its status as the trade capital towards the end of the 17th century due to a variety of factors including the decline of the Mughal Empire, which resulted in a loss of markets and productivity,
• Competition from Bombay (modern-day Mumbai) after the East India Company relocated its headquarters there in 1668.
• Portuguese control over the sea routes caused surat's shipbuilding industry to deteriorate, and the city itself declined over the course of the 18th century.
•  An outbreak in Surat killed 100,000 Gujaratis between 1790 and 1791 which caused a labor shortage in the city.

Surat had become a stagnant city with roughly 80,000 inhabitants by the mid-nineteenth century. When India's railways were built, the city began to develop once more.