The English East India Company established its first permanent factory in Surat during the reign of the Mughal Emperor Jahangir. Although initial attempts were made earlier, Sir Thomas Roe's diplomatic mission to Jahangir's court (1615-1619) secured the necessary permission for trade concessions and the establishment of factories.
With whose permission did the English set up their first factory in Surat?
Asked in WBPSC CS Prelims 2019 · Topic: Advent of European Companies (Establishment of English factories and trading posts (Surat, Madras, Bombay, Calcutta))
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