In the first quarter of seventeenth century, in which of the following was/were the factory/factories of the English East India Company located?

1. Broach
2. Chicacole
3. Trichinopoly

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Key Fact(s)

In the first quarter of the seventeenth century (1600–1625), the English East India Company established only a few trading factories in India. Broach, located in Gujarat, was an important Mughal port town and served as an early English factory during this period.

Chicacole (Srikakulam) became significant for the English only later, mainly after the expansion of trade on the Coromandel Coast. Trichinopoly, being an inland town, did not have an English factory in the early seventeenth century. Hence, only Broach satisfies the given time-frame, making option 1 alone correct.