What European nation established the first trading post in India?

Question

What European nation established the first trading post in India?

A. Britain
B. Portugal
C. the Netherlands
D. France

Answer 1

Portugal. Goa, Daman, Diu and Bombay were the most important trading posts. Some remained Portuguese dependencies until 1961.

"Vasco da Gama's discovery of a new sea route to India in 1498 paved the way for European commerce with India. The Portuguese soon set up trading-posts in Goa, Daman, Diu and Bombay. The next to arrive were the Dutch, the British—who set up a trading-post in the west-coast port of Surat in 1619—and the French. Although the continental European powers were to control various regions of southern and western India during the ensuing century, they would eventually lose all their Indian dominions to the British, with the exception of the French outposts of Pondicherry and Chandernagore, the Dutch port of Travancore, and the Portuguese colonies of Goa, Daman, and Diu."

"History of India : Colonial era" : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_India#Colonial_era

"In 1498, the Portuguese set foot in India, landing near the city of Calicut in the present-day state of Kerala in South India. The pursuit of trade and competition between European powers saw the entry of the British and French, among others, into India."

"Colonial India" : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonial_India

"The Portuguese were the first Europeans to arrive in India in 1498. The closing of traditional trade routes in western Asia by the Ottomans and rivalry with the Italian states, set Portugal in search of an alternate sea route to India. The first successful voyage to India was by Vasco da Gama in 1498, when he arrived in Calicut, Kerala. He proceeded to Goa. The Portuguese established a chain of outposts along India's west coast and on the island of Sri Lanka in the early 16th century. Goa was their prized possession and, the seat of Portugal's viceroy who governed Portugal's empire in Asia. Portugal's northern province included settlements at Daman, Diu, Chaul, Baçaim, Salsette, and Mumbai. Mumbai was given to the British crown in 1661 as part of the dowry of Catherine of Braganza. The rest of the northern province, with the exception of Daman and Diu, was lost to the Marathas in the early 18th century. Dadra and Nagar Haveli was occupied in 1779. Dadra and Nagar Haveli was occupied by India in 1954, and Goa, Daman, and Diu were annexed to India in 1961."

"European colonies in India : Portuguese" : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_colonies_in_India#Portuguese

"The first Portuguese encounter with India was on May 20, 1498 when Vasco da Gama landed in Calicut (present-day Kozhikode). Over the objections of Arab merchants, da Gama secured an ambiguous letter of concession for trading rights from Zamorin, Calicut's local ruler, but had to sail off without warning after the Zamorin insisted on his leaving behind all his goods as collateral. Gama kept his goods, but left behind a few Portuguese with orders to start a trading post."

"Portuguese India" : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_India

Answer 2

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Answer 3

B, Portugal. They were there in the 1700's, but then lost power to Britain in the 1800's.

Answer 4

I think the French (at Pondicherry) preceded the Brits. Both were much later than 1498.

Did the Portuguese stay in Goa continuously through out the colonial period?

Answer 5

Portugal, they were the earliest to reach India ( 14++ at Goa )

Answer 6

It was a British colony, so I say A., Britain