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  • After British victory over the Spanish Armada in 1588 the merchants and traders of the country started to think about engaging in direct trade with ‘the East Indies.’
  • In 1599, a resolution was passed under the chairmanship of the Lord Mayor to form an ‘Association’ to trade directly with India. They formed the English Association of the Merchant Adventures.
  • Two English ventures prominent at that time: The Company of Merchant Adventurers, which was established 1551 later became the Muscovy Company in 1555, and the English East India Company, also known as “John Company,” established 1600.
  • A group of merchants organized a company under the title “The Governor and Company of Merchants of London Trading into the East Indi…

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  • The Company started its first Indian factory in 1611 at Masulipatam.
  • The second one was established at Surat in 1911.
  • Captain Thomas Best led the tenth voyage (1612 – 1614) on behalf of the English East India Company. In 1612, Captain Best defeated the Portuguese fleet in the Battle of Swally near Surat and g…

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