Consider the following statements about the arrival of tobacco in India: 1. Tobacco plant arrived first in the Deccan. 2. Tobacco spread to northern India in the early years of the seventeenth century. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Tobacco was introduced to India by the Portuguese in the late 16th century, and the first region where it arrived and was cultivated was the Deccan. From the Deccan, it gradually spread to northern India in the early years of the 17th century, becoming popular in the Mughal court during the reign of Akbar and Jahangir. Both statements 1 and 2 are historically correct.