Question : Mughals and the British East India Company.
(1994)
Answer : Captain Hawkins arrived at Jahangir’s court in 1609. He was given the title of ‘Khan’ in addition to 500 Jat and Sawar. But he could not get the permission of erecting a factory at Surat. First English factory in India was built at Surat in 1613 when the Mughal governor in Gujarat issued a firman. Sir Thomas Roe, an ambassador of King James I of England, reached Jahangir’s court. He got the firman to trade ....
