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Bookmark or Share- Fall of the East India Company - World History EncyclopediaThe British East India Company (1600-1874) was the largest and most successful private enterprise ever created. All-powerful wherever it colonised, the EIC's use of its own private army and increasing territorial control, particularly in India, meant that it faced ever-greater scrutiny from the British government in the late 18th century.
- East India Company - World History EncyclopediaThe East India Company (EIC) was a British trading company that established trade 'factories' in India and elsewhere in Asia before conquering territory and administering it. In the mid-19th century, the EIC's territories were taken over by the British Crown and officially incorporated into the British Empire.
- How the East India Company became the world’s most powerful businessSeptember 06, 2019. • 4 min read. Think Google or Apple are powerful? Then you’ve never heard of the East India Company, a profit-making enterprise so mighty, it once ruled nearly all of the...
- How the East India Company Became the World’s Most Powerful ... - HISTORYEuropean History. How the East India Company Became the World’s Most Powerful Monopoly. The massive British corporation was founded under Queen Elizabeth I and rose to exploit overseas trade...
- The East India Company: The original corporate raidersThe East India Company: The original corporate raiders. For a century, the East India Company conquered, subjugated and plundered vast tracts of south Asia. The lessons of its brutal...
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