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

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

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The English East India Company obtained permission to establish their formal trading factory at Surat from the Mughal Emperor Jahangir. Sir Thomas Roe visited Jahangir's court as an ambassador of King James I of England, securing the necessary imperial farmans around 1612–1613.

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With whose permission did the English set up their first factory in Surat?
A
Akbar
B
Jahangir
C
Shahjahan
D
Aurangzeb

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