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In 1690 Job Charnock leased three villages by the Hugli to set up a trading post, giving rise to:

AChennai
BSurat
CKolkata
DMumbai
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Kolkata
1. The villages were Kolikata, Gobindapur and Sutanuti. 2. This was the beginning of Kolkata. 3. Fort William followed in 1698. _Source: NCERT Class 12 Social Change and Development in India, Chapter 1, Structural Change._
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