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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.
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.
== 17th century Factories ==
Listed below are some of the early trading posts set up by the East India Company. The Company initially concentrated on the East Indies spice trade but was vigorously opposed by the Dutch. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Dutch_Treaty_of_1824 Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824] saw the cessation of all Dutch activities in the Indian subcontinent and all English activities in the East Indies.
==== Bantam ====
The first trading post set up in 1603 at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bantam_(city) Banten], Java by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Lancaster James Lancaster]. Initially the factories on the Coromandel Coast reported to Bantam. The factory was closed in 1683.


==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==
==Related articles==
*[[EastIndia Company Factories]]
*[[East India Company Army]]
*[[East India Company Army]]
*[[East India Company Acts of Parliament]]
*[[East India Company Acts of Parliament]]

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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.

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Volume 1 1602-1613 1896 Volume 2 1613-1615 1897 Volume 3 1615 1899 Volume 4 1616 1900 Volume 5 1617 January to June 1901 Volume 6, 1617 July-December 1902
  • The English Factories in India: A Calendar of Documents in the India Office, British Museum and Public Records Office by William Foster Archive.org
1618-1621 1906 1622-1623 1908 1624-1629 1909 1630-1633 1910 1634-1636 1911 1637-41 1912 1642-45 1913 1646-1650 1914 1651-1654 1915 1655-1660 1921 1661-1664 1923. Volume 12,1665-1667 and Volume 13,1668-1669 are available to read online on the Digital Library of India website
  • Calendar of State Papers, Colonial Series edited by W Noel Sainsbury Archive.org
Volume 2 East Indies, China and Japan 1513-1616 1862, Volumes 3 and 4: East Indies, China and Japan 1617-1621 and 1622-1624 are not available online, Volume 6 East Indies, China and Persia 1625-1629 1884 Volume 8 East Indies and Persia 1630-1634 1892
  • A Calendar of the Court Minutes, Etc. of the East India Company by Ethel Bruce Sainsbury Archive.org
1635-1639 1907 1640-1643 1909 1644-1649 1912 1650-1654 1913 1655-1659 1916 1660-1663 1922