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UPSC 1995: Hugly was used as a base for piracy in the Bay of Bengal by
(a)the Portuguese
(b)the French
(c)the Danish
(d)the British
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The Portuguese obtained permission to settle at Hooghly (1579) but soon turned it into a base for piracy and slave-trading in the Bay of Bengal until Mughal forces expelled them in 1632. The French, Danish and British had factories in Bengal but were not associated with piracy from Hooghly. ([adda247.com](https://www.adda247.com/question-answer/hooghly-was-used-as-a-base-for-piracy-in-the-bay-of-bengal-by/q.v1.3e7f49b7-5dfe-4572-862c-6b3bde148a8c-en?utm_source=openai))
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