state gov BPSC Assistant Revenue & Accounts Officer Test Series 2025 General Knowledge Modern India (Pre-Congress Phase) Advent of Europeans
With reference to the Rise of East India Company, consider the following statements:
1. The first British settlement in the western Presidency was in 1613 when the East India Company established a factory at Surat.
2. The British were protected by a charter from the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb.
3. The East India Company transferred its Western India headquarters from Surat to Bombay in 1687.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
1
1 and 2 only
2
2 and 3 only
3
1 and 3 only
4
1, 2 and 3