Suratte or
Soeratte was a famous trading city on the north coast of what is now India, in the modern state of
Gujarat, lying on the river
Tapti. The city, now known as
Surat, became a directorate of the
Dutch East India Company in 1616. The British had established a factory in the Suratte in 1609 or 1612, after delivering a blow to the Portuguese. It is part of what is today known as
Dutch India.