Multiple choice general knowledge

Which Indian city was gifted by the Portuguese as dowry to Charles II, the King of England, when he got married to the sister of the King of Portugal in 1662?

  1. Mumbai

  2. Panaji

  3. Kolkata

  4. Pondicherry

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In 1662, the Portuguese ceded the territory of Bombay (now Mumbai) to England as part of the dowry when Catherine of Braganza married King Charles II of England. Catherine was the sister of King Afonso VI of Portugal. This strategic port became the British Bombay Presidency and grew into modern Mumbai. Other options were never Portuguese dowry territories - Panaji remained Portuguese until 1961, Kolkata was British, and Pondicherry was French.