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082 _aCS 954.0258 CHA
100 _a"Chatrath, K. J. S."
245 0 _aBalasore papers 1693-1949
260 _aPanchkula
260 _bThe Author
260 _c2011
300 _a293p.
520 _aDuring the seventeenth century, a number of foreign trading companies, backed by their respective governments, set up small trading posts near sea shore in various part of India. Being next to the sea was logistically important as both the imports from as well as the exports to Europe were through the sea route. Some of these gradually got converted into towns under control of the foreign companies while the others withered away.
650 _aBalasore-Orissa-India
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