Question

What was the first factory setup in calcutta called?

Answer 1

The first factory setup in Calcutta was called East India Company factory.

In the year 1690 after the imperial grant, British established the first factory in Calcutta.

Only after various difficulties with the Nawab of Bengal resolved, the factory was established. Job Charnock favoured the Sutanuti as the trading post.

Sutanuti later became Calcutta.