Chronologically arrange the following setting up of European commercial bases in different cities of India.
A. Dutch base in Masulipatnam.
B. French base in Pondicherry.
C. Portuguese base in Panaji.
D. British base in Madras.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
1. C, B, D, A
2. D, C, B, A
3. A, B, C, D
4. C, A, D, B

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The correct chronological arrangement of the setting up of European commercial bases in different cities of India is : C, A, D, B

European trading companies established 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.