Arrival Of EUROPEANS IN INDIA Flashcards
What was the order in which Europeans came to India with years
• Portuguese - 1498 (Vasco-da-Gama)
• Dutch - 1602 (Cornelis de Houtman)
• Britishers - 1599
• Franch - 1664
First Trading factory by all the Europeans with place and year
Portuguese - Cannanore, Calicut (1501)
Dutch - Masulipatnam, Andhra Pradesh ( 1605 )
British - Surat
Franch - Surat (1668)
Masulipatnam (1669)
Name of Portuguese Governors in India with Time period
Vasco-da-Gama 1498 ( not a Governer)
• Francisco de Almeida (1505)
• Alfonso de Albuquerque (1509)
Who Introduced Blue water policy and what is it
Francisco de Almeida
To control the Indian Ocean
What is the capital city of Portuguese in India
Goa was made the capital city by Portuguese in India in 1530
It was captured form Sultan of Bijapur in 1510 AD
Portuguese governed territories in India by the end of 16th century
Goa (capital)
Daman and Diu
Salsette
First time who banned Sati pratha in India and in which year
Alfonso de Albuquerque in 1515
Which crops had been taken by the Portuguese
Tomato
Potato
Tobacco
First scientific work published in India
Indian Medicinal plants
Published in Goa (1563)
First printing press in India
Goa in 1556 AD
What was the Cartaze System in India
How to establish a Maritime trade and Supremacy over Sea
What was the name of the company that came form Holland in India
United East India Company of Netherlands (1602)
Where did Dutch establish their factories in India
First in Masulipatnam
Then in the coromadal coast in Bengal, Bihar and Orissa
When and where did the Datch East India company capture the Portuguese fort
Malabar coast in 1671 AD
Presence of Datch in India
1605 AD to 1825 AD
