[Solved] With reference of Indian history Consider the following pairs: The Dutch established their factories, Warehouses on the east coast of lands granted to them by Gajapati rulers. Alfonso de Albuquerque captured Goa from the Bijapur Sultanate. The English East India Company established a factory at Madras on a Plot of land Leased from a representative of the Vijayanagara Empire. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Q59) With reference of Indian history Consider the following pairs:

1. The Dutch established their factories, Warehouses on the east coast of lands granted to them by Gajapati rulers.
2. Alfonso de Albuquerque captured Goa from the Bijapur Sultanate.
3. The English East India Company established a factory at Madras on a Plot of land Leased from a representative of the Vijayanagara Empire.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

1. 1 and 2 Only
2. 2 and 3 Only
3. 1 and 3 Only
4. 1,2 and 3

Answer: 2

• Hindu Gajapati rulers (c. 1435 – 1541 CE) ruled over Kalinga (Odisha), large parts of Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal, and the eastern and central parts of Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand whereas, The Dutch founded their first factory in Masaulipatam in Andhra Pradesh in 1605.
• Alfonso de Albuquerque served as viceroy of Portuguese India from 1509 to 1515. He acquired Goa from the Sultan of Bijapur in 1510.
• British East India Company established a factory in Madras in 1639 on land leased from representatives of Vijayanagara Empire called the Nayakas of Chandragiri.