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Surat Presidency of the East India Company which existed from 1608 to 1687. The presidency was established with the founding of an East India Company factory in the western Indian port city of Surat and was terminated when the presidency's seat was moved to Bombay. At its height, the Presidency included all factories on the west coast of India, including Ahmadabad, Balasore (1655–84), Bombay (1665–87), Hooghly (1655–84). From 1655 to 1684, the president of the Surat factory also exercised his authority over Madras.

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Surat Presidency

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Surat Presidency of the East India Company which existed from 1608 to 1687. The presidency was established with the founding of an East India Company factory...

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Surat

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Surat (Gujarati: [suɾət]) is a city in the western Indian state of Gujarat. The word Surat directly translates to face in Urdu, Gujarati and Hindi. Located...

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Bombay Presidency

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first English settlement in the Presidency known as Western Presidency was begun in 1618 at Surat in present-day Gujarat, when the East India Company established...

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Surat Split

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to Surat fearing that in Nagpur, Bal Gangadhar Tilak would win. The partition of the Bengal Presidency drove the rise of radicalism in INC. Surat was...

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Bantam Presidency

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1617, the Presidency exercised its authority over all the Company factories in India, including the agencies of Madras, Masulipatnam and Surat. The factors...

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History of Surat

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Surat was founded in the late medieval period, and gradually became an important port in the Mughal Empire, though the earliest human presence may go...

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Presidencies and provinces of British India

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established 1640. Bombay Presidency: East India Company's headquarters moved from Surat to Bombay (Mumbai) in 1687. Bengal Presidency: established 1690. After...

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British Cemetery of Surat

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graves of former governors of Bombay Presidency and a number of officials of East India Company. British Cemetery of Surat was established during the seventeenth...

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Surat Agency

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The Surat Agency was one of the agencies of British India in the Bombay Presidency. This agency was formed in the 19th century as the Khandesh Agency,...

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Coins of British India

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south, Surat (1612) in the west, and modern-day Kolkata (1698–99) in the east. These colonies gave rise to Madras Presidency, Bombay Presidency, and Bengal...

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List of governors of Bombay Presidency

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Madras Presidency, while North Canara was transferred to Bombay Presidency in 1861. Between 1818 and 1858, certain princely states like Mandvi in Surat and...

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1937 Bombay Presidency legislative election

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South-west) Surat: Champaklal Jeikisandas Ghia (Surat & Rander Cities, Urban), Morarji Desai (Surat District, General Rural), Morarbhai Kasanji (Surat District...

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Surat district

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Surat is a district in the state of Gujarat, city as the administrative headquarters of this district. It is surrounded by Bharuch, Narmada (North), Navsari...

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Madras Presidency

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The Madras Presidency or Madras Province, officially called the Presidency of Fort St. George until 1937, was an administrative subdivision (province)...

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Sachin State

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ریاست) was a princely state belonging to the Surat Agency, former Khandesh Agency, of the Bombay Presidency during the era of the British Raj. Its capital...

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Gopi Talav

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the city of Surat in Gujarat state of India. It was built circa 1510 CE by Malik Gopi, who was an affluent merchant and governor of Surat during the Gujarat...

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Surat Huseynov

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Surat Davud oghlu Huseynov (Azerbaijani: Surət Davud oğlu Hüseynov; 12 February 1959 – 31 July 2023) was an Azerbaijani military officer and politician...

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South Gujarat

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to 1000 metres, with the highest peak at Saputara in the Dang district. Surat is the largest city in the region, the second largest in Gujarat and eighth...

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Timeline of Surat

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is a timeline of the city Surat in Gujarat For a more comprehensive overview of Surat's history, please see History of Surat. 12-15th centuries — Part...

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Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency

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Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency is a publication of the erstwhile British India first published in the year 1884 and printed at the Government Central...

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Kashiram Rana

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Party (BJP) of India. In 1989, he was elected to the 9th Lok Sabha from Surat constituency in Gujarat. He was re-elected to the Lok Sabha in 1991, 1996...

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Dutch Suratte

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settlement in Surat), was a directorate of the Dutch East India Company between 1616 and 1795, with its main factory in the city of Surat. Surat was an important...

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Virji Vora

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Virji Vora (c. 1590–c. 1670s) was an Indian merchant from Surat during the Mughal era. The East India Company Factory Records describe him as the richest...

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1837 Surat fire

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April 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2020. Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Gujarát Surat and Broach. Printed at the Government Central Press. 1877. pp...

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Mandvi Lok Sabha constituency

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Mandvi was a Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency in Surat, Gujarat. It was a part of Bombay presidency till 1960, and later a part of Gujarat state. This...

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Gujarat

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2015. Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Gujarát Surat and Broach Volume 2, Part 1 of Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency, Bombay (India : State) (Digitized)...

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Laljibhai Patel

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contribution to the betterment of society in Surat and throughout the State of Gujarat. After moving to Surat City from his hometown, Ugamedi, in 1974-75...

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Criticism of Twelver Shia Islam

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state sponsored and supported in their mission. For example, Turkish "Presidency of Religious Affairs" only trains and employs all of Turkey's Sunni imams...

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Bansda State

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the period of the British Raj. It was under the Surat Agency of the Bombay Presidency. Bombay Presidency Media related to Bansda State at Wikimedia Commons...

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