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    The East India Company (EIC) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. It was formed to trade in the...
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    The United East India Company (Dutch: Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie [vərˈeːnɪɣdə oːstˈɪndisə kɔmpɑˈɲi], abbreviated as VOC, Dutch: [veː.oːˈseː]), commonly...
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    Company rule in India (sometimes Company Raj, from Hindi: rāj, lit. 'rule') was the rule of the British East India Company on the Indian subcontinent....
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    The French East India Company (French: Compagnie française pour le commerce des Indes orientales) was a joint-stock company founded in France on 1 September...
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    with India, China and the Far East. The venture was inspired by the success of the Dutch East India Company and the British East India Company. This...
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  • up East India Company in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. East India Company is a general term, referring to a number of European trading companies established...
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    The flag of the East India Company was used to represent the East India Company, which was chartered in England in 1600. The flag was altered as the nation...
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    The Portuguese East India Company (Portuguese: Companhia do commércio da Índia or Companhia da Índia Oriental) was a short-lived and ill-fated attempt...
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    The Danish East India Company (Danish: Ostindisk Kompagni) refers to two separate Danish-Norwegian chartered companies. The first company operated between...
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  • Austrian East India Company (German: Österreichische Ostindien-Kompanie) is a catchall term referring to a series of Austrian trading companies based in...
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    The East India Company College, or East India College, was an educational establishment situated at Hailey, Hertfordshire, nineteen miles north of London...
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    East India House was the London headquarters of the East India Company, from which much of British India was governed until the British government took...
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  • The East India Company controlled most of the subcontinent of India. No other company in history has ever governed so many people. With the exception...
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    the East India Company Act 1772) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain intended to overhaul the management of the East India Company's rule in...
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    Company rule in the Dutch East Indies began when the Dutch East India Company (Dutch: Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie, "United East India Company";...
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  • the Court of Directors of the East India Company (EIC). The Court of Directors assigned a Council of Four (based in India) to assist the Governor-General...
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    among the deadliest massacres in Indian history. In 1756, the British East India Company defeated the local Indian Muslim rulers in Plassey and established...
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  • East India Company Act is a stock short title used in the United Kingdom for legislation relating to the East India Company. The East India Company Act...
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    Sanjiv Mehta (born October 1961) is an India-born British businessman. He is the owner of "the East India company", which he launched in 2010, presenting...
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    The Dutch East India Company (Dutch: Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie, often known as VOC) was a chartered company which issued a considerable series...
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    The East India Company Act (EIC Act 1784), also known as Pitt's India Act, was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain intended to address the shortcomings...
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    West India Docks which opened in 1802, an Act of Parliament in 1803 set up the East India Dock Company, promoted by the Honourable East India Company. Joseph...
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  • were trading posts owned by the Dutch East India Company, presented in geographical sequence from west to east: Saint Helena Cape of Good Hope (Cape Colony):...
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  • from migrants from India Indian subcontinent East India Company (disambiguation) East Indies (disambiguation) East India Club Dutch East Indies, the Dutch...
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    architecture. Gradually expanding rule of the British East India Company followed, turning India into a colonial economy, but also consolidating its sovereignty...
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    Between 1612 and 1757 the East India Company (EIC) set up "factories" (trading posts) in several locations, mostly in coastal India, with the consent of the...
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  • East India Company is a real-time strategy video game developed by Finnish company Nitro Games and published by Paradox Interactive. It was released on...
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    other clubs. The club was originally founded for officers of the East India Company, and its first Patron was Prince Albert. Founded in the middle of...
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    governance of the Indian subcontinent can be divided into two periods: East India Company (EIC) issues, pre-1835; and Imperial issues struck under direct authority...
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    British India. Born in Ireland, Nicholson moved to the Indian subcontinent at a young age and obtained a commission in the East India Company where he...
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