- The Dutch established their factories/ warehouses on the east coast on lands granted to them by the 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?
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
- Answer: (b)
Statement 1 is incorrect: The first factory established by Dutch was in Masulipatnam in 1605, whereas Gajapati’s rule lasted till the middle of the 16th century.
Statement 2 is correct: Albuquerque acquired Goa from the Sultan of Bijapur in 1510. Statement 3 is correct. The rulers of Vijayanagara appointed chieftains called Nayaks to rule independently in their areas. Darmala Venkatadri Nayaka was in charge of what is Chennai today. He gave land to the British on which they established settlements of British factory workers and merchants.
