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Who among the following were the first Europeans to come to India?
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Regarding Portuguese in India, consider the following statements;
1. The first Portuguese Governor was Fransisco de Almedia.
2. Portuguese established their first factory at Calicut.
3. Goa was the early Portuguese capital in India, later on, it was replaced by Cochin.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
Statement 1: The government of Portuguese India started in 1505, six years after the discovery of the sea route to India by Vasco da Gama, with the nomination of the first Viceroy Francisco de Almeida, then settled at Kochi.
Statement 2: They established their first factory at Calicut.
Statement 3: The first viceroy, Francisco de Almeida, established his headquarters in Cochin. After 1510, the capital of the Portuguese viceroyalty was transferred to Goa.
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Who acquired due & Bassein from Bahadur Shah of Gujarat.
Fig: Nino da Cunha
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In 1529, Nuno sent an expedition that sacked and burned the city of Damão on the Arabian Sea at the mouth of the Damão River, about 100 miles north of Mumbai in the Muslim state of Gujarat. Forces under his control captured Baxay (now Vasai, often mistaken for Basra in Iraq) from the Muslim ruler of Gujarat, Bahadur Shah, on January 20, 1533.
Who among the following obtained the site of Madras from the Raja of Chandragiri?
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Chandernagore and Puducherry were in the control of which European Power in the context of Modern Indian Political History:
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Consider the following statements:
1. Bengal Gazette was the first newspaper to be published in India.
2. The newspaper was started by East India Company and was highly appreciative of the efforts taken by company officials in their handling of Political affairs of the Company in India
Which of the above statement is/are correct:
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Hickey began publication of Hicky's Bengal Gazette on 29 January 1780, having first printed a prospectus announcing that he would begin printing a newspaper. The idea of printing a newspaper in India had been floated twelve years earlier by the Dutch Adventurer William Bolts, but Hickey was the first to execute the concept.
Which of the following crops were introduced by the Portuguese in India?
1. Sugarcane
2. Maize
3. Tomato
4. Potato
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Sugarcane was already cultivated in India. Potato, tomato, tobacco, and maize were introduced from South America by the Portuguese.
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Which of the following statements is/ are correct?
1. Vasco Da Gama was welcomed by the Zamorin king at Muziris port.
2. Thomas Roe visited the court of Aurangzeb to get permission to trade in India.
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The navigator was received with traditional hospitality, including a grand procession of at least 3,000 armed Nairs, but an interview with the Zamorin failed to produce any concrete results.
In 1720, the British government enacted the Calico Act. What is it related to?
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Who among the following European forced to sell all their settlements in India to the British?
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