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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 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. | ||
== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
[http://yourarchives.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php?title=Records_within_The_National_Archives_Relating_to_the_East_India_Company Records within The National Archives Relating to the East India Company] | |||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_East_India_Company Wikipedias page on Honourable East India Company] | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_East_India_Company Wikipedias page on Honourable East India Company] | ||
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Revision as of 18:01, 1 October 2007
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.
External Links
Records within The National Archives Relating to the East India Company