Arrange the following sequentially as per their period of establishment.

A. Setting up of Supreme Court, Calcutta.
B. Universities in Bombay, Madras, Calcutta.
C. Formation of the Asiatic Society in Bengal.
D. The British in Bombay.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

D, A, C, B

The correct answer is Option (3) → D, A, C, B

D. 1661: The British in Bombay.
A. 1773: Setting up of Supreme Court, Calcutta.
C. 1784: Formation of the Asiatic Society in Bengal.
B. 1857: Universities in Bombay, Madras, Calcutta.

Important events in Indian history:

1500-1700: European trading companies establish bases in India: the Portuguese in Panaji in 1510; the Dutch in Masulipatnam, 1605; the British in Madras in 1639, in Bombay in 1661, and in Calcutta in 1690; the French in Pondicherry in 1673
1773: Supreme Court set up in Calcutta by the East India Company.
1784: Asiatic Society founded by Sir William Jones.
1793: Cornwallis Code enacted.
1803: Lord Wellesley’s Minute on Calcutta town improvement.
1818: British takeover of the Deccan; Bombay becomes the capital of the new province.
1853: Railway from Bombay to Thane.
1857: First spinning and weaving mill in Bombay.
1857: Universities in Bombay, Madras and Calcutta.
1870s: Beginning of elected representatives in municipalities.
1881: Madras harbour completed.
1896: First screening of a film at Watson’s Hotel, Bombay.
1896: Plague starts spreading to major cities.