Multiple choice general knowledge history

The European presence in India

  1. seventeenth century

  2. seventh century

  3. eighth century

  4. first century
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European presence in India began in the 17th century with the arrival of trading companies like the British East India Company (1600), Dutch East India Company (1605), and French East India Company (1664). The Portuguese arrived earlier in the 16th century (1498), but major European colonial presence consolidated in the 1600s.

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