East India Company

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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.

HEIC FLag 1801-58


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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