Where did the French East India Company first establish its factory in India?
Calicut
Surat
Pondichery
Masulipatnam
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UPSC NDA-2 – 2018
The French East India Company (Compagnie française des Indes orientales) was founded in 1664 by Jean-Baptiste Colbert. Their first trading post (factory) in India was established in Surat in 1668. Surat was a major port city on the west coast of India at that time, already utilized by other European trading companies like the English and Dutch.