When and where in India was the first trade centre of English established?
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On 31 December 1600, a group of merchants who had incorporated themselves into the East India Company were given monopoly privileges on all trade with the East Indies. The Company's ships first arrived in India, at the port of Surat, in 1608.
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In 1612, the British established their first commercial post in Surat, Gujarat.
In India was the first trade center of English established :
- In 1612, the British established their first commercial post in Surat, Gujarat. This was in accordance with a document of rights awarded to them by Mughal Emperor Jehangir.
- They established their second headquarters in Madras in 1640.
- Sir Thomas Roe, an Elizabethan and Jacobean English politician, visited the Mughal dynasty Jahangir's court in 1615 CE and acquired authorization to operate in Surat.
- Trade centers have been later established at Agra, Ahmedabad, and Broch. They then established trade centers in Calcutta, Madras, & Bombay.
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