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The '''East India Company''' was also known as the [[Honourable East India Company]] (HEIC) and '[[John Company]]'.  It was a joint-stock company that was granted an English Royal Charter on December 31, 1600 by Elizabeth I. The British East India Company started out as a commercial trading venture, but grew in strength and eventually virtually ruled India until the [[Indian Mutiny]] in 1857.
The '''East India Company''' (EIC) was also known as the [[Honourable East India Company]] (HEIC) and '[[John Company]]'.  It was a joint-stock company that was granted an English Royal Charter on December 31, 1600 by Elizabeth I. The British East India Company started out as a commercial trading venture, but grew in strength and eventually virtually ruled India until the [[Indian Mutiny]] in 1857.


==FIBIS Resources==
==FIBIS Resources==
*[http://www.search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=137&s_id=56 Alphabetical list of Directors of the East India Company from 1758-1858]
*[http://www.search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=137&s_id=56 Alphabetical list of Directors of the East India Company from 1758-1858]
==See also==
*[[East India Company Army]]


== External Links ==
== External Links ==

Revision as of 19:15, 28 October 2009

The East India Company (EIC) was also known as the Honourable East India Company (HEIC) and 'John Company'. It was a joint-stock company that was granted an English Royal Charter on December 31, 1600 by Elizabeth I. The British East India Company started out as a commercial trading venture, but grew in strength and eventually virtually ruled India until the Indian Mutiny in 1857.

FIBIS Resources

See also

External Links

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