UPPSC 2012 General Studies I Solved Paper

(a) Akbar was the Emperor of India when British East India Company was formed in London but the Company's ships first arrived in India, at the port of Surat, in 1608.Sir Thomas Roe reached the court of the Mughal Emperor, Jahangir,as the emissary of King James I in 1615, and gained for the British the right to establish a factory at Surat.