History · Sources of Modern Indian History
UGC NET June 2011 History
Which of the following places was not a Portuguese trading station?
ACalicut
BBroach ✓ Correct
CCochin
DMahe
Correct answer: (B) Broach — Broach was a Gujarat textile port tied to English and Dutch factories rather than the Portuguese, so it is the answer.
Explanation
★Broach was a Gujarat textile port tied to English and Dutch factories rather than the Portuguese, so it is the answer.
★The Portuguese, who reached India through Vasco da Gama in 1498, set up early trade at Calicut on the Malabar coast.
★At Cochin they built their first Indian fort in 1503, making it a chief Portuguese base in the south.
★Broach (Bharuch) on the Narmada was a major cotton and textile mart where the English and Dutch held factories.
★Mahe on the Malabar coast was a French settlement, so it too was never a Portuguese station.
★The Portuguese power on the western coast centred instead on Goa, Daman and Diu.
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