Match the following Dutch factories with their years of establishment:

(a)	Bimlipatam	(i)	1653
(b)	Karaikal	(ii)	1645
(c)	Cochin	(iii)	1641
(d)	Chinsura	(iv)	1663

The correct answer is (a) - (iii), (b) - (ii), (c) - (iv), (d) - (i)

Key Points

Dutch Settlements in India

• In 1605, after arriving in India, the Dutch established their first factory in Masulipatnam (Andhra Pradesh).
• They then established commercial centres in other regions of India, posing a danger to the Portuguese.
• They took Nagapadam from the Portuguese near Madras (Chennai) and made it their major stronghold in South India.
• On the Coromandel coast, as well as in Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Bengal, and Bihar, the Dutch erected factories.
• They established a factory in Pulicat, north of Madras, in 1609. Surat (1616), Bimlipatam (1641), Karaikal (1645), Chinsurah (1653), Baranagar, Kasimbazar (near Murshidabad), Balasore, Patna, Nagapatam (1658), and Cochin were their other major Indian factories (1663).
• They carried different products and commerce from India to the islands of the Far East as part of the redistributive or carrying trade.
• Indigo from the Yamuna valley and Central India, textiles and silk from Bengal, Gujarat, and the Coromandel, saltpetre from Bihar, and opium and rice from the Ganga valley were among the items they transported.