Today in this article we are going to tell you about the arrival of European traders in Bihar.
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Arrival of European traders in Bihar
Medieval Bihar has been an important center of international trade and European trading companies have been active in the region since the 17th century. The Portuguese came first in the region of Bihar. Their trading center was Hooghly in Bengal, from where they traveled by boat to Patna. They used to bring spices, ceramic utensils etc. with them and on their return used to take cotton and other clothes.
The British tried to establish their trading center at Alamganj in Patna only in 1620, but they got real success in 1651. Dutch factory was established in Patna (Bihar) in 1632. The interest of the Dutch was in the purchase of cotton cloth, grain and saltpetre. Later the British also got the Nile from the area.
The Dutch factory is the lower building of the present Patna College and the British factory is now the Government Printing Press located at Gulzar Bagh. Another factory belonged to the Den people which was located near Nepali Kothi in present Patna City. It was founded in 1774.
Through European traders, Bihar's trade with Central Asia, West Asia, the coastal regions of Africa and European countries continued to flourish. Various European travelers have discussed the commercial importance of Bihar during this period.
Around the same time, another traveler, Manrique, who came to Bihar, had told the population of Patna to be 2 lakh. The British travelers John Marshall and Peter Mundi have also discussed the prosperity of Patna during this period and the Aishwarya full life of the rich class here. The political importance of Bihar was also very high in terms of trade.
In the 18th century, the British Factor (trading officer) of Bihar had to fulfill the responsibility of taking information about the political situation in Delhi and conveying it to the Bengal authorities.