What led the European companies to look for alternative commercial centres during the seventeenth century?

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Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb annexing Golconda

Drought in Golconda

Portuguese attacking Golconda

Marathas taking over Golconda

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Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb annexing Golconda led the European companies to look for alternative commercial centres during the seventeenth century. In the seventeenth century, the Mughals began expanding their control to Golconda, and their deputy, the merchant-turned-governor Mir Jumla, started pitting the Dutch and English against one another. Golconda was subjugated by the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb in 1686–1687. The European Companies began looking for alternatives as a result. The East India Company believed political, administrative, and commercial duties should be combined in the new trade centres.

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