With reference to the Dutch East India Company in India, consider the following statements:
1. Their first factory in India was established at Masulipatnam in 1605.
2. Their primary commercial interest was not in India, but in the spice trade of the Indonesian archipelago.
3. They successfully expelled the Portuguese from Goa in the mid-17th century.
Which of the statements given above are correct?

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Statements 1 and 2 are correct. The Dutch established their first factory at Masulipatnam and focused mainly on the Spice Islands (Indonesia). Statement 3 is incorrect; although the Dutch defeated the Portuguese in Ceylon and Malabar, they never managed to capture Goa from the Portuguese.

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