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Hace 2 días · 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 Indian Ocean region, initially with the East Indies (the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia), and later with East Asia.
- Company rule in India
Pitt's India Act left the East India Company in political...
- Company rule in India
16 de abr. de 2024 · East India Company, English company formed in 1600 for the exploitation of trade with East and Southeast Asia and India. Starting as a monopolistic trading body, the company became involved in politics and acted as an agent of British imperialism in India from the early 18th century to the mid-19th century.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Hace 5 días · Pitt's India Act left the East India Company in political control of India but established a Board of Control in England both to supervise the East India Company's affairs and to prevent the company's shareholders from interfering in the governance of India.
- 1,940,000 km² (750,000 sq mi)
- Early modern
- Calcutta (1773–1858)
- British colony
Hace 3 días · The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a major uprising in India in 1857–58 against the rule of the British East India Company, which functioned as a sovereign power on behalf of the British Crown. [4] [5] The rebellion began on 10 May 1857 in the form of a mutiny of sepoys of the company's army in the garrison town of Meerut , 40 mi (64 ...
- 10 May 1857 – 1 November 1858, (1 year and 6 months)
- India
- British victory
- Some princely states annexed into British India. Other princely states retain their dominions and autonomy.
16 de abr. de 2024 · Elihu Yale was an English merchant, official of the East India Company, and benefactor of Yale University. Although born in Massachusetts, Yale was taken to England by his family at the age of three, and he never returned to America. He was educated at a private school in London. In 1671 Yale began.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
23 de abr. de 2024 · The English East India Company (EIC) – also known as the British East India Company – was an immensely successful trading company founded in 1600 that controlled trade on the Indian subcontinent until 1858.
24 de abr. de 2024 · Sir Eyre Coote (born 1726, Kilmallock, County Limerick, Ireland—died April 28, 1783, Madras [now Chennai], India) was a tempestuous yet effective British soldier who served as commander of the East India Company forces in Bengal and as commander in chief in India.
