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The book deals with the history of the East India Company in the Indian subcontinent, beginning with the humble origins of the East India Company, founded in 1599 when it received a royal charter awarding them a monopoly on all trade between England and Asia.
The East India Company (EIC) [a] was an English, and later British, joint-stock company that was founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. [4] It was formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with the East Indies (South Asia and Southeast Asia), and later with East Asia.
D: East India Company: Minutes and Memoranda of General Committees 1700–1858; E: East India Company: General Correspondence 1602–1859; F: Board of Control Records 1784–1858; G: East India Company Factory Records c.1595–1858; H: India Office Home Miscellaneous Series c.1600–1900; I: Records relating to other Europeans in India 1475–1824
Charles Grant (Teàrlach Grannd in Scottish Gaelic; 16 April [1] 1746 – 31 October 1823) was a British politician influential in Indian and domestic affairs who, motivated by his evangelical Christianity, championed the causes of "social reform" and Christian mission, particularly in India. He served as Chairman of the British East India ...
The East India Company Act 1813 (53 Geo. 3. c. c. 155), also known as the Charter Act 1813 , was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that renewed the charter issued to the British East India Company , and continued the Company's rule in India .
Tea and silk ranked high on the list of commodities exported. As long ago as 1801, precursor firms to Jardines had secured the first licences from the East India Company to exports teas to New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land and when the East India Company's trade monopoly was overturned in 1834, the firm lost no time in expanding its tea ...
The East India Company Act 1793 (33 Geo. 3. c. 52), also known as the Charter Act 1793, was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which renewed the Charter issued to the British East India Company (EIC). The veto which was originally given to Lord Cornwallis was continued for all the Governor-Generals.
William Moorcroft (1767 – 27 August 1825) was an English veterinarian and explorer employed by the East India Company. Moorcroft travelled extensively throughout the Himalayas , Tibet and Central Asia, eventually reaching Bukhara , in present-day Uzbekistan .