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Establishment of the Dutch East India Company's Surat Factory (early 1620s)

Type Event Region Asia Time 1620–1623

In the early 1620s the Dutch East India Company (VOC) consolidated and expanded its trading factory at Surat, the Mughal Empire's largest port, compe…

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  1. 1620–1621Surat · GujaratDutch East India Company envoys secured formal trading privileges at Jahangir's court, gaining permission to establish a permanent factory at Surat alongside the English and Portuguese factories in the Mughal Empire's busiest seaport.
  2. 1621–1623Port of Surat · GujaratThe VOC established warehouses, offices and a resident fleet at Surat, purchasing Gujarati textiles and inland indigo and other goods, and re-shipping them to Persia, Southeast Asia and Europe, becoming the Dutch core trading node on Asia's west coast.

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