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The English East India Company established their first factory in Surat in 1612 during Jahangir's reign (1605-1627), following the signing of a trade treaty after a naval victory over the Portuguese. This predates Shahjahan and Aurangzeb.

Prarthana Samaj was founded in 1867 in Bombay by Atmaram Pandurang with the aim of reforming Hindu religious practices. Gopal Hari Deshmukh ('Lokahitwadi') was associated with it but not the founder. Keshab Chandra Sen led the Brahmo Samaj in Bengal.

Gandhiji first started his Satyagraha movement in 1906 in Johannesburg, South Africa, protesting against the Asiatic Law Amendment Ordinance requiring fingerprint registration and passes for Indians. Pietermaritzburg is where he was thrown off a train (1893), and Dandi was much later (1930).

Lord William Bentinck, as Governor-General of India (1828-1835), abolished the practice of Sati in 1829 through Regulation XVII. Lord Dalhousie came later, and Cornwallis and Hastings were earlier governors who did not address this specific social evil.

Rajtarangini (River of Kings), a 12th-century Sanskrit chronicle of Kashmir's kings and history, was written by Kalhana. Banabhatta wrote Harshacharita, Kalidas was a classical Sanskrit poet and playwright, and Chanakya authored Arthashastra.

ICICI stands for Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India. Option A uses 'Investing' (incorrect verb form), Option C uses 'Company' instead of 'Corporation', and Option D has 'Creditors' instead of 'Credit'. The claimed answer is correct.

'Goodbye' is a contraction of the phrase 'God be with you,' which evolved through 'God be with ye' to the modern form. This linguistic evolution happened in English between the 16th-17th centuries as a parting greeting.

Lee Harvey Oswald assassinated President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas. Oswald was arrested for the murder but was himself killed two days later by Jack Ruby, which fueled numerous conspiracy theories. The Warren Commission officially concluded Oswald acted alone.