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Modern History Notes on Advent of European in India
Dear Readers, History covers a good numberof questions making it an
important topic to cover in SSC Exams. Around 5-8 questionsasks from
History which surely makes it important for you to study the topic well
for upcoming SSC and Railway Exams. Here is Modern History Notes on
Advent of European in Indiawhich you should not ignore.
Advent of the Europeans
Portuguese
Vasco-da-Gama reached the port of Calicut in 1498 during the reign
of king Zamorin (Hindu ruler of Calicut).
Sattlements Daman, Salsette, Chaul and Bombay (West coast), San
Thome (near Madras) and at Hooghly.
Alfonso de Albuquerque, the second Governor of India (first being
Fransisco de Almeida) arrived in 1509 and captured Goa in AD 1510.
Dutch
Dutch East India Company was formed in AD 1602.
Dutch were defeated by English at the Battle of Bedara in AD 1759
and as per agreement, the Dutch gained the control over Indonesia
and the British over India, Sri Lanka and Malaya.
Settlements They set-up their first factory at Masulipatnam in 1605.
Their other factories were at Pulicat, Chinsura, Patna, Balasore,
Naga pattanam, Cochin, Surat, Karikal and Kasimbazar.
English
The English East India Company was formed in 1599 under a charter
granted by Queen Elizabeth in 1600. Jahangir granted a farman to
Captain William Hawkins permitting the English to erect a factory at
Surat (1613).
In 1615, Sir Thomas Roe succeeded in getting an imperial farman to
trade and establish factory in all parts of the Mughal Empire by ruler
Jahangir.
In 1690, a factory was established at Suttanati by Jab Chrnock. In
1698, following the acquisition of zamindari of three villages of
Suttanati, Kalikata and Govindpur, the city of Calcutta was founded.
Fort William was set-up in 1700.
In 1717, John Surman obtained a farman from Farrukhsiyar, which
gave large concessions to the company. This farman has been
called the Magna Carta of the Company.
Battle of Plassey (1757) English defeated Sirajuddaula, the nawab
of Bengal.
Battle of Buxar (1764) Captain Munro defeated joint forces of Mir
Qasim (Bengal), Shujauddaula (Awadh) and Shah Alam II (Mughal).
Danes
The Danish East India Company was formed in 1616.
The Danish colony 'Tranquebar' was established on Southern
Coromondel coat of India.
Settlements Serampur (Bengal) and Tranquebar (Tamil Nadu) sold
their settlements to the English in 1845.
French
The French East India Company was formed by Colbert under state
patronage in 1664. The First French factory was established at
Surat by Francois Caron in 1668. A factory at Masulipatnam was
set-up in 1669.
French were defeated by English in Battle of Wandiwash (1760).
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