Where in South India did the British East India Company construct a tr

Where in South India did the British East India Company construct a trading post in 1639?

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Cuddalore

Madraspatam

Kalahasti

Karwar

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The British East India Company constructed a trading post at Madraspatam (later Madras, now Chennai) in South India in 1639.

In 1639, Francis Day obtained the site of Madraspatam from the local ruler, Damarla Venkata Nayaka, who was a representative of the Raja of Chandragiri (the last ruler of the Vijayanagara Empire). Here, the British built Fort St. George, which became the headquarters of the British settlements on the Coromandel Coast and the nucleus around which the city of Madras (Chennai) grew. This was a crucial step in establishing British presence and trade in South India.

Prior to Madraspatam, the British had established trading posts elsewhere, including Masulipatnam (Machilipatnam) on the Coromandel Coast in 1611. Cuddalore (Fort St. David) became an important British settlement south of Pondicherry later in the 17th century.

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