With whose permission did the English set up their first factory in Surat?
(a) Akbar

 (b) Jahangir

(c) Shahjahan

(d) Aurangzeb

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(b) James-I William Hawkins sent to the court of Jahangir and Jahangir provided the farman which allowed East India Co. to set up a factory at Surat in 1613.

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Jahangir gave the permission

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