OPSC 2019 Solved Paper

Question : 23 of 100

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Bombay (now Mumbai) acquired by the English originally belonged to the

Portuguese
Dutch
Danes
French

Solution:

The Islands of Bombay were under the possession of the Portuguese who acquired them through the Treaty of Bassein signed between the Mughals and Portuguese in 1534. In 1661 , these Islands of Bombay were handed over to English as a dowry of Portuguese princess Catherine when she was married to Prince Charles II. After acquiring them as Dowry, Charles II leased Bombay to the East India Company in

1668 .

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