Q. The Jakarta History Museum located in old Jakarta, Indonesia was once used as the headquarters of which of the following?
Answer: Dutch East India Company
Notes: The Dutch founded their first factory in Masulipatnam (Present day Andhra Pradesh) in the year 1605. Silk, cotton, indigo, rice, opium were the main trading commodities of the Dutch. They never wanted to build empire in India. The Spice island of Indonesia and peeper were their main attraction.

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