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====Balasore ====
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balasore Balasore], Orissa. In 1642 Gabriel Boughton, a surgeon, cured the daughter of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shah_Jehan Emperor Shah Jehan]. As a reward he was given permission to trade at Balasore and [[Hooghly]]. The latter was resisted by the Portuguese and did become a factory until 1676.
====Cossimbazar ====
==== Dacca ====
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dacca [Dacca]] in East Bengal now Bangladesh. Trading post established 1666.
==== Bombay ====
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombay [Bombay]] passed to the British with the dowry of Catherine of Braganza in 1661. The East India Company leased the territory for £10 per annum in 1668.
==== Hooghly ====
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hooghly_(town) [Hooghly]], West Bengal]. Originally founded by the Portuguese, the [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=7WRnAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA228&dq=Hooghly+1676&hl=en&ei=i8jrTM7EJYjsOf6U9bIB&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Hooghly%201676&f=false English factory] was started in 1676.
==== Bencoolen ====
