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When did Francis Day get Madras from the Chandragiri Raja?

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1639

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1641

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1643

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1644

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The correct option is A 1639
Francis Day served the Company's factory at Masulipatnam from 1632 to 1639. In 1639, he negotiated the purchase of a strip of land south of the Dutch factory at Pulicat from the Raja of Chandragiri, where the town of Madras was built.

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