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Despite holding a monopoly, the East India Company had faced competition from what it had termed as the interlopers represented by the ________.

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Portuguese
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Indigenous merchants
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British free merchants
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Dutch
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The correct option is C British free merchants
Despite holding a monopoly, the East India Company had faced competition from what it had termed as the 'interlopers' represented by the British free merchants. The colonial- interloper merchants did receive a more sympathetic hearing from Parliament. And they were British free merchants, due to which East India Company faced competition from 'interloper'.

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