Question

where did the East India company set up its first factory​

Answer 1

Answer:

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

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Answer 2

Explanation:

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

Surat

By January 1613, the first East India Company factory had come up at Surat.

As one can conclude, Surat is the first place where the EIC decided to establish a factory first though it materialized first in Masulipatnam. "The company created trading posts in Surat (where a factory was built in 1612), Madras (1639), Bombay (1668), and Calcutta (1690)..."

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