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Hooghly's factories in West Bengal was established by __________.

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Hooghly's factories in West Bengal was established by __________.
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2. Dutch
3. Portuguese
4. British
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Correct Answer - Option 3 : Portuguese

The correct answer is Portuguese.

  • Ghiyasuddin Mahmud Shah permitted the Portuguese to establish factories at Chittagong and Hooghly.
  • Ghiyasuddin and his Portuguese allies were defeated by Sher Shah Suri in 1538.
  • Hooghly (now Hugli) was founded by the Portuguese in 1537 following the decline of Satgaon, the mercantile capital of Lower Bengal.

  • In 1651, Hooghly was also the first English settlement in Lower Bengal.
  • Chinsurah was an important 17th-century settlement of the Dutch.
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