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When the East India Company was formed, the Mughal emperor in India was

  1. A
    Jahangir
  2. B
    Humayun
  3. C
    Aurangzeb
  4. D
    Akbar

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The Governor and Company of Merchants of London Trading into the East Indies (the British East India Company) was formally incorporated via a royal charter granted by Queen Elizabeth I on December 31, 1600. During this historical period, the Mughal Emperor Akbar the Great was ruling the Mughal Empire in India (reigning from 1556 to 1605). Akbar's successor, Emperor Jahangir, occupied the peacock throne later when corporate envoys like Captain William Hawkins arrived at the imperial court in 1608.

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When the East India Company was formed, the Mughal emperor in India was
A
Jahangir
B
Humayun
C
Aurangzeb
D
Akbar

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