Multiple choice

Bombay was acquired by the English from the Portuguese in the year?

  1. 1662

  2. 1622

  3. 1642

  4. None of these.

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Explanation

Bombay was given to the English King Charles II as part of the dowry when he married Catherine of Braganza, a Portuguese princess, in 1661, and the transfer was formalized in 1662.