🔆Dutch East India Company ✅Cornelis-de-Hartmann was the first Dutch Citizen to reach India via Cape of Good Hope in 1596 AD. ✅1602 AD, the first Dutch Company United East India Company was created and its first permanent trading post in Indonesia. ✅Dutch had a monopoly on the spice trade in India in the 17th century. ✅First Dutch Governor: Pieter Both. ✅In India they established the first factory in Muslipatnam in 1605, followed by Pulicat in 1610, Surat in 1616, Bimilipatam in 1641, and Chinasurah in 1653. ✅The factory at Chinasurah was the headquarters for all the Dutch agencies and factories in Bihar, Bengal, Orissa, and Bangladesh. ✅When they established a factory in Pulicat in 1610 it became their main centre of activities. It was known as Fort Geldria. ✅The Battle of Bedara(1759) was fought between the English and Dutch armies in Bengal India. In this battle, the English forces defeated the Dutch Forces and helped the British East India Company to assert their supremacy in India. #gs1 #history