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 ?
1 and 2 only
2 and 3 only
1 and 3 only
1, 2 and 3
Answer is Right!
Answer is Wrong!
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UPSC IAS – 2022
Statement 2 is correct. Alfonso de Albuquerque, the second Governor of Portuguese India, captured Goa from the Sultan of Bijapur (Yusuf Adil Shah) in 1510, establishing it as the capital of Portuguese India.
Statement 3 is correct. The English East India Company obtained the site of Madraspatnam in 1639 from Damarla Venkatadri Nayaka, a local chieftain who was a representative of the Vijayanagara Empire (under Peda Venkata Raya III). They built Fort St. George there.