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UPSC 2022: With reference to Indian history, consider the following statements : 1. The Dutch established their factories/warehouses on the east coast on 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 are correct ?
(a)1 and 2 only
(b)2 and 3 only
(c)1 and 3 only
(d)1, 2 and 3
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Not attemptedCorrect Answer: (b) 2 and 3 only
2 ✓ Afonso de Albuquerque seized Goa in 1510 from the Bijapur (ʿĀdil Shāh) Sultanate. 3 ✓ The English East India Company obtained Madraspatnam (later Fort St George) on 22 Aug 1639 on a lease granted by Damarla Venkatadri Nayak, a local governor under the Vijayanagara ruler Peda Venkata Raya. 1 ✗ Dutch factories such as Pulicat (1612) and Masulipatam were set up under local Nayaks; no evidence shows land grants from the Odisha Gajapati kings. Therefore only 2 and 3 are correct. ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_conquest_of_Goa?utm_source=openai))
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