{"slug": "surat", "label": "Surat", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surat", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4629", "qid": "Q4629", "description": "city in Gujarat, India", "entries": 8, "years": 8, "span": [1608, 1775], "span_label": ["1608 CE", "1775 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 3}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": [], "related": [{"slug": "mumbai", "label": "Mumbai", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "maratha-empire", "label": "Maratha Empire", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "shivaji", "label": "Shivaji", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "east-india-company", "label": "East India Company", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "warren-hastings", "label": "Warren Hastings", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mughal-empire", "label": "Mughal Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "aurangzeb", "label": "Aurangzeb", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "jahangir", "label": "Jahangir", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1608, "year_label": "1608 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 24", "text": "August 24 – The first official English representative to India, Captain William Hawkins, lands at Surat.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352783723#July–September", "title": "1608", "revid": 1352783723, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1613, "year_label": "1613 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": null, "text": "British forces established a factory (trading post) at Surat", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369729860#Events", "title": "1613 in India", "revid": 1369729860, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1619, "year_label": "1619 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Jahangir grants a British mission important commercial concessions at Surat, on the west coast of India.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369562130#Date_unknown", "title": "1619", "revid": 1369562130, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1664, "year_label": "1664 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 5", "text": "January 5 – Battle of Surat in India: The Maratha leader, Chhatrapati Shivaji, defeats the Mughal Army Captain Inayat Khan, and sacks Surat.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372648278#January–March", "title": "1664", "revid": 1372648278, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1666, "year_label": "1666 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "September 4", "text": "September 4 – Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb grants the French East India Company a royal mandate to trade at the port of Surat.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365988943#July–September", "title": "1666", "revid": 1365988943, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1668, "year_label": "1668 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "September 1", "text": "1 September - The ship 'Constantinople Merchant' reaches the coast of Surat with a royal charter granting the Port and Island of Bombay to the English East India Company.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1334971795#Events", "title": "1668 in India", "revid": 1334971795, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1670, "year_label": "1670 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 3", "text": "October 3 – In India, Chhatrapati Shivaji maharaj, the ruler of the Maratha Empire, leads an attack on the British settlement at Surat near Bombay. British Governor Gerald Aungier secures the British fortress at Surat and saves the lives and property of British citizens.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368809725#October–December", "title": "1670", "revid": 1368809725, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1775, "year_label": "1775 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "March 6", "text": "March 6 – Raghunathrao, Peshwa of the Maratha Empire in India, signs the Treaty of Surat with the British Governor-General Warren Hastings in Bombay ceding the territories of Salsette and Bassein to the British East India Company along with part of the revenues from Surat and Bharuch districts in return for military assistance. This leads to the First Anglo-Maratha War fought between the British and the Marathas, ending with the Treaty of Salbai in 1782.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365589248#January–June", "title": "1775", "revid": 1365589248, "section": "Events › January–June"}}]}