Multiple choice general knowledge

With whose permission did the English set up their first factory in Surat ?

  1. Akbar

  2. Jahangir

  3. Shahjahan

  4. Aurangzeb
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Explanation

Jahangir granted permission to the English in 1613 to establish their first factory at Surat. This was a significant milestone as it gave the East India Company formal foothold in Mughal India for trade. Akbar (d. 1605) was earlier; Shahjahan and Aurangzeb were later rulers. Surat was then a thriving Mughal port city.

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