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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.

*[http://books.google.com/books?id=STIwAAAAYAAJ ''A Sketch of the History of the East-India company: from its first formation to the passing of the Regulating act of 1773; ] with a summary view of the changes which have taken place since that period in the internal administration of British India]'' by Robert Grant (1813) *[http://books.google.com/books?id=STIwAAAAYAAJ Google Books]*vbR-AAAAIAAJ ''An analysis of the constitution of the East-India company, and of the laws passed by Parliament for the government of their affairs, at home and abroad: ] To which is prefixed, a brief history of the company, and of the rise and progress of the British power in India'' by Peter Auber (1826 [http://books.google).com/books?id=vbR-AAAAIAAJ Google Books]<br> The [http://books.google.com/books?id=vbR-AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA741 Appendix] at the back of the book contains the names of important officials such as Governor Generals, Commanders-in Chief of the Armies, Members of Council etc.*''Descriptive List of Secret Department Records 1784'' National Archives of India ?1918 Volume 5 [http://books.google.com/books?id=8kNmAAAAMAAJ&pg=PP1 Google Books''Descriptive List of Secret Department Records 1784'']National Archives of India ?1918 Volume 5