The English established their first factory in Bengal in 1651 at __________

A. Hugli

B. Kassimbazar

C. Patna

D. Calcutta

Answer: Option A

Solution(By Examveda Team)

Hooghly(Hugli) was also the first English settlement (1651) in Lower Bengal; it was abandoned in 1690 for Calcutta (now Kolkata). Chinsurah was an important 17th-century settlement of the Dutch, who built a factory (trading station) there in 1656.