Important Points to Remember for vrious Competitive Exams. and students of History

Important Points to Remember for vrious Competitive Exams. and students of History

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Here are given some of the very important points for the aspitants of competitive exams. and students of History. This study material is free of cost.

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Vasco da Gama reached Calicut in 1498 and he was received by the Raja of Calicut, Zamorin.

Francisco de Almeida was the first Governor of the Portuguese possessions in India.

Alofonso de Albuquerque, Second Portuguese Governor conquered Goa in 1510. His great achievement was the conquest of Ormuz (an Island in the Persian Gulf ) in 1515.

Main settlements of the Portuguese in India were Goa, Cochin, Daman and Diu.

The United East India Company of the Netherlands was formed in 1602.

The Dutch conquered Java in 1619.

The Dutch captured Malacca from the Portuguese in 1641.

The main Dutch settlements in India were Nagapatam andChinsurah.

The Dutch conquered Ceylon in 1658.

The Danish founded a settlement at Tranquebar in 1620.

The Danish occupied Serampore in 1676. It was the most important settlement of the Danish in Bengal.

The English conquered the Spanish Armada in 1588.

Captain Hawkins, the English merchant, came to Surat in 1608.He took  permission from Jahangir, the Mughal ruler, to settlein Surat. Jahangir     granted a ‘farman’ to the English by which the English were allowed to establish a permanent factory at Surat in 1613.

Sir Thomas Roe came to the court of Jahangir in 1615, as an ambassador from King James I of England. His mission was to secure permanent trading facilities for the English East India Company.

The Dutch established a factory at Masulipatam in 1611.

The Dutch established a factory at Armagaon in 1626.

Madras was made a Presidency in 1684.

The English established factories at Hariharpur and Balasore in 1633.

The English established factory at Hughli in 1651.

The French founded Pondicherry in 1674.