When did William Hawkins arrive in India?
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William Hawkins arrived at Surat in August 1608 but as soon as his ship Hector sailed in, he was captured by the Portuguese. Hawkins was told that all the ports belong to the “King of Portugal” and no one can come to India without the license from the Portuguese king.
William Hawkins arrived in India in1608.
He was a diplomat of the English East India Company and he was also the commander of the ‘Hector’, the first ship of the East India Company that arrived India at Surat on the 24th of August in 1608. From Surat, he proceeded to the Mughal Emperor Jahangir’s Court in Agra in the year 1609 to secure a right to trade in Mughal ports.