Question

Bombay (now Mumbai) acquired by the English originally belonged to the:
1. Portuguese
2. Dutch
3. Danes
4. French

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 1 : Portuguese

The correct answer is Portuguese.

• King Charles II married Catherine of Braganza in 1661.
• King "Charles II" was given a huge dowry by the Portuguese as a marriage treaty.
• Portugal handed over the city of Bombay to Charles II as a part of that dowry.
• Portugal handed the city on 3rd July 1661.
• England acquired the 7 Islands of Bombay and Catherine's dowry of Tangier.

• From 1649 to 1651, Charles II was King of Scotland.
• He was also the king of England and Ireland.
• The marriage treaty was signed on 23 June 1661.