Q. Who was the first emperor to permit the East India Company to start trade in India?
Solution:
The Company’s ships first arrived in India, at the port of Surat, in 1608.
Sir Thomas Roe reached the court of the Mughal Emperor, Jahangir, as the emissary of King James I in 1615, and gained for the British the right to establish a factory at Surat.
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