Question

The British divided the territories held in India into three provinces. What were they referred to as and name them?

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Answer 1

They were referred to as "Presidency towns", and they were called Madras, Bombay, and Calcutta.

Step-by-step explanation:

Between the early 1600s and mid-1700s, the East India Company set up factory towns, or trading posts, all over coastal India. Madras was established in 1639, Bombay was established in 1668, and Calcutta was established in 1690