BEGINNING
OF European settlements in india
1.
First
Europeans to set up trading settlement in India ----- Portuguese
2.
Vasco da Gama found out a new
route to India from Europe and reached
India in 1498 at ---- Calicut
3.
Goa
was captured for Portuguese in 1510 by ------ Albuquerque
4.
The Portuguese to hand over Bombay to the British
because ----- The marriage of Charles II
with the Portuguese princess Catherine of Braganza
5.
The
commercial aim of the Portuguese in India was ------ to capture pepper and other superior spices trade
6.
The
English east India company’s first ‘Presidency’
in India was ----- Surat
7.
Fort St. George and Fort William with their respective
settlement at ------ Madras and Calcutta
8.
The
interlopers were ----- English merchants
who, in spite of the company’s monopoly traded independently
9.
Two Europeans
were involved in the battle of Wandiwash in 1760 they were ------ French and British
10.
Two
headquarters of the French east India company on the Eastern coast of India
------ Chandernagore and Pondicherry
11.
First to be
allowed to make a war, conclude treaties, acquire territories and build
fortresses ------ The Netherlanders
12.
The
Danes came India and formed East India Company in ------ 1616
13.
The
Europeans whose missionary activities were more important than trade and
commerce ----- Danes
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