Question

"the old ports of surat and hooogly declined by the end of 18th century" why give three reasons

Answer 1

(1) most of European companies had huge resources, so it was very difficult for Indian merchants and traders to face the competition.
(2)the European companies were gaining powers by securing a variety of concessions from the local court .
(3) with the passage of time Surat and googly decayed .Mumbai and Kolkata grew.
(4)in the last year of 17 century the gross value of race that passed throw Surat had been 16 million slumped to 3million .


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