Question

Where did Britishers open their first factory in India and in which year?

Answer 1

Answer:

By January 1613, the first East India Company factory had come up at Surat. Four centuries later, those early footprints of the British Empire have been obliterated

Answer 2

Answer:

Company ships docked at Surat in Gujarat in 1608. The company established its first Indian factory in 1611 at Masulipatnam on the Andhra Coast of the Bay of Bengal; and a second at Surat in 1612.