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Who owned the English forts in India during the 1600s?

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The East India Company

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The Company, was an English and later British joint-stock company. It was formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with the East Indies

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The company received a Royal Charter from Queen Elizabeth I on 31 December 1600, coming relatively late to trade in the Indies. Before them the Portuguese Estado da Índia had traded there for much of the 16th century and the first of half a dozen Dutch companies sailed to trade there from 1595.Step-by-step explanation:

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