In the year 1613, where was the English East India Company given permission to set up a factory (trading post)?

1. The question asks where the English East India Company was given permission to set up its first factory (trading post) on the western coast of India in 1613. 2. After initial attempts and diplomatic efforts, including Captain William Hawkins' visit to Jahangir's court, the English East India Company secured a royal farman from the Mughal Emperor Jahangir. 3. This farman, granted in 1613, gave the Company permission to establish a permanent factory at Surat. 4. While the Company had established a trading post at Masulipatnam on the east coast earlier (around 1611), Surat became their first permanent factory on the west coast following formal Mughal permission. 5. Bangalore and Madras became important centers later.