UPSC PRELIMS · HISTORY · EUROPEAN TRADING COMPANIES IN INDIA

With reference to Indian history, consider the following statements: 1. The Dutch established their factories/warehouses on the east coast on lands granted to them by Gajapati rulers. 2. Alfonso de Albuquerque captured Goa from the Bijapur Sultanate. 3. The English East India Company established a factory at Madras on a plot of land leased from a representative of the Vijayanagara empire. Which of the statements given above are correct?

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EXPLANATION

Albuquerque captured Goa from Bijapur, and the English established Madras through a lease from a local representative; the first statement is not correct as framed.

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