27 July – Bombay is granted to the East India Company.[1]
1 September - The ship 'Constantinople Merchant' reaches the coast of Surat with a royal charter granting the Port and Island of Bombay to the English East India Company.[2]
References
↑Everyman's Dictionary of Dates; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 80
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