The first strategically placed factory that the Britishers had fortified was at
A
Surat
B
Bombay
C
Masulipatnam
D
Madras
Correct Answer: Madras
Englishmen’s easy success in trade and in establishing independent and fortified settlements at Madras and at Bombay, and the preoccupation of Aurangzeb with the anti-Maratha campaigns led the English to abandon the role of humble petitioners.