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…………… was brought to the attention of the East India Company by Francis Light.


Option (c) is correct because Penang Island was found by Francis Light in 1786.


Option (a) is incorrect because Spice Islands of Indonesia were founded by the Portuguese in 1511.


Option (b) is incorrect because Java Islands were first brought into attention in 1811, when it was captured by the British.


Option (d) is incorrect because the British got it from the Dutch by the Anglo- Dutch treaty of 1824.

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