Question

the first brithish factory was set up in​

Answer 1

The English opened their first factory in the South at Masulipatam in 1611. But they soon shifted the center of their activity to Madras the lease of which was granted to them by the local king in 1639. The English built a small fort around their factory called Fort St.

Answer 2

Explanation:

This article is about the 16th–19th-century English and British trading company. For its rule in India during the period 1757–1857, see