Skip to main content

Chapter -12 Modern India: The Advent Europeans

During the late 16th and the 17th Centuries, the European trading companies in India competed with each other ferociously. By the last quarter of the 18th Century the English had outdone all others and established themselves as the dominant power in India. The British administered India for a period of about two centuries and brought about revolutionary changes in the social, political and the economic life of the country.

The Advent of Europeans


Portuguese

Vasco Da Gama Meets Zamorin of Calicut

  • Vasco da Gama reaches Calicut on May 17, 1498. via "Cape of Good Hope"
  • At that time Calicut was ruled by a King named Zamorin.
  • The first Governer of portugese in India was Francisco Almeida - "Blue water Policy" 
  • In 1661, the King of Portugal gave Bombay to Charles II of England as dowry when he married the former’s sister.
  • 2nd Governor(1509) - Albuquerque (Real Founder)
  • Captured Goa from ruler of Bijapur & made it his capital & also captured Malacca & Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
  • Made fort of Calicut, died in 1515 

Dutch



  • Formation of the Company in March, 1602, by a charter of Dutch parliament the Dutch East India Company.
  • Main centre was 'Pulicat' & later 'Nagapattinam'
  • Called East Asia as "Spice Island'
  • The Dutch replaced the Potuguese as the most dominant power in European trade with east, including India.
  • 'Amboyna Massacre' - Many Eng merchants killed by Dutch, Therefore Enemity b/w End & Dutch
  • The Dutch conceded to English after their defeat in the battle of Bedera in 1759.

English


  • The English East India  Company was set up in 1600.
  • In 1608 King James I sent Capt William Hawkins to the court of Jahangir to get permission for Surat factory but rejected
  • In 1611, the Company built its first factory in the south in Masulipatnam.
  • In 1613 Jahangir issued a Farman to eastablish factory at Surat
  • In 1615 Thomas Roe got permission for Agra & Ahemdabad
  • "Fort St.George"(1644) Madras - by Franchis Day & founded city 'Madras'
  • Charles II got Bombay as dowry from Potuegese
  • In 1699 Aurengzeb gave permission to eastablish factory at Calcutta & 'Fort William' constructed
Danish
  • Trade Centre - Tranquebar, Serampore (Bengal)

French
  • The French East India Company was formed by Colbert under state patronage in 1664.
  • They established their first factory at Surat in 1668 and at Masulipatnam in 1669.

to be continued .............
Labels:

Popular posts from this blog

Spotting Error Quiz IV - With Explanation For SSC Exam 2015

  Hello Readers, As you know that Spotting Error types question is an important part of competitive examinations and seldom any book provide you the detailed solution. So we have decided to provide you the previous year questions of  spotting error along with the Explanation . If you like it let us know, you can also ask for detailed solutions of questions that are bothering you. 1.     I found (a)/ the two first chapters of the book (b)/ particularly interesting. (c)/ No error (d) Answer    (b) Explanation : It should be   ‘the first two chapters’ . 2.     Bacon, the father of the English easy (a) / had a thirst (b) / of knowledge (c) / No error (d) Answer    (a) Explanation : The English means the citizen of England.   Article is not used before language
Post a Comment
Read more

English Error Spotting - Previous Year Questions of SSC CGL

Competition Zenith brings you a post on Error Spotting to boost your English for competitive exams. We are providing you the specifically chosen questions from previous year papers of SSC CGL with the best possible explanation in simplest of the language. Below are some questions with explanation: Questions 1. Have trust on(a)/God and everything(b) /will be right.(c) /(d) No error 2. The cattles (a) /are grazing (b) /in the fields.(c) /(d) No error 3. He is one of (a)/ the best novelists (b) /that has ever lived. Do you agree? (c)/no error (d) 4. On a rainy day (a) /I enjoy to watch TV (b) / with a hot cup of tea.(c ) /no error(d) 5. No sooner did (a)/I reach (b)/ Patna railway station than the train departed(c)/no error (d) 6. There is no agreement (a) / between you and I (b) /so we are free to go our way(c) /no error (d) 7. A variety of books (a) / is available in the market (b) / to help the students qualify the competitive examinations.(c) /no error 8.
1 comment
Read more

Easy way to understand Direct and Indirect speech rules

Introduction. There two ways to convey a message of a person, or the words spoken by a person to other person. 1.       Direct speech 2.       Indirect speech Suppose your friend whose name is Vipul tells you in College , “I will give you a pen”. You come to home and you want to tell your brother what your friend told you. There are two ways to tell him. Direct speech:   Vipul said, “I will give you a pen”. Indirect Speech:  Vipul said that he would give me a pen. In direct speech   the original words of person are narrated (no change is made) and are enclosed in quotation mark. While in indirect speech some changes are made in original words of the person because these words have been spoken in past so the tense will change accordingly and pronoun may also be changed accordingly. In indirect speech  the statement of the person is not enclosed in quotation marks, the word “ that ” may be used before the statement to show that it is indirect sp
2 comments
Read more