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UPSC 2009: With whose permission did the English set up their first factory in Surat?
(a)Akbar
(b)Jahangir
(c)Shahjahan
(d)Aurangzeb
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The Mughal emperor Jahangir granted the English East India Company permission to establish its first trading factory at Surat in 1613, following Thomas Roe’s embassy. Akbar had died in 1605 and Shahjahan and Aurangzeb reigned later. ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jahangir?utm_source=openai))
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