Match the following:  Group - I  Group - II  a.Portuguese  I. Tharangambadi  b.Dutch  ii. Kozhikode  c.Danes  iii. Nagapatnam  d.English  iv. Chennapatnam The correct answer is:

Match the following:  Group - I  Group - II  a.Portuguese  I. Tharangambadi  b.Dutch  ii. Kozhikode  c.Danes  iii. Nagapatnam  d.English  iv. Chennapatnam The correct answer is: Correct Answer a - ii, b - iii, c - i, d - iv

The correct answer is a - ii, b - iii, c - i, d - iv.

Key Points

  • Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama landed at Kozhikode on 20 May 1498.
  • Nagapatnam served as the capital of Dutch Coromandel from 1660 to 1781.
  • Tranquebar was established on 19 November 1620 as the first Danish trading post in India. 
  • Chennai boasts of a long history from the English East India Company, through British rule to its evolution in the late 20th century as a service and manufacturing hub for India.

Additional Information

  • Dutch established their first factory at Masulipatnam
  • Britishers established their first factory at Surat.

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