This question tests knowledge about the early European colonial activities in India, specifically the trading practices and territorial acquisitions of the Dutch, Portuguese, and English East India Companies, and their interactions with Indian rulers.
With reference to Indian history, consider the following statements: - The Dutch established their factories warehouses on the east coast on lands granted to them by Gajapati rulers. - Alfonso de Albuquerque captured Goa from the Bijapur Sultanate. - The English East India Company established a factory at Madras on a plot of land leased from a representative of the Vijayanagara empire. Which of the statements given above are correct?
Asked in District Statistical Officer Assistant Director 2025 · Topic: Advent of European Companies (Arrival and formation of the English East India Company)
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