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The '''East India Company''' (EIC) was also known as the '''Honourable East India Company''' (HEIC), as '''[[John Company]]''', or in India as '''Company Bahadur''' (Hindustani bahādur, "brave")<ref>[http://www.hubert-herald.nl/BhaHEIC.htm Honourable East India Company]. “National Arms and Emblems Past and Present” hubert-herald.nl</ref>. The name '''United East-India Company''' was also used. 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==
*[httphttps://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]
*A review by Richard Morgan of the book ''The Chaplains of the East India Company, 1601-1858'' by Daniel O’Connor 2012. ''FIBIS Journal Number 27 (Spring 2012)'', pages 53-54. For details of how to access this article see [[FIBIS Journals]]
*"Sir Thomas Theophilus Metcalfe, Director of the HEIC" by George Buxton ''FIBIS Journal Number 29 (Spring 2013)'' pages 49-50. He lived 1745-1813. See [[FIBIS Journals]] for details of how to access this article
**[[Maritime Service]]
== External Links links ==
*[https://www.era.lib.ed.ac.uk/handle/1842/6833 The Directors of the East India Company, 1754-1790] a PhD thesis by JG Parker 1977. Edinburgh Research Archive
*[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://blogs.bl.uk/untoldlives/2017/02/east-india-company-saltpetre-warehouses-at-ratcliff.html East India Company saltpetre warehouses at Ratcliff] 02 February 2017 British Library Untold lives blog.
**[http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archiveDS/archiveDownload?t=arch-379-1/dissemination/pdf/vol_87/surreyac087_095-111_fairclough.pdf "The East India Company and gunpowder production in England, 1625-1636"] by K R Fairclough archaeologydataservice.ac.uk
**[http://www.balh.org.uk/uploads/tlh-downloads/balh-the-local-historian-30-1.pdf "The Isle of Wight and the East India Company 1700–1840: some connections considered"] by James H. Thomas ''The Local Historian, Journal Of The British Association For Local History'' Volume 30, Number 1, February 2000. balh.org.uk
*:[http://www.hantsfieldclub.org.uk/publications/hampshirestudies/digital/2010s/Vol_68/Thomas.pdf "County, Commerce And Contacts: Hampshire And The East India Company In The Eighteenth Century"] by James H. Thomas ''Proc. Hampshire Field Club and Archaeological Society '' 68, 2013, 169-177 (Hampshire Studies 2013)
*:James H. Thomas is also the author of ''The East India Company And The Provinces In The Eighteenth Century'', in two volumes.
*[http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/untoldlives/2012/01/the-east-india-company-slaving-voyage-of-nicholas-skottowe.html The East India Company slaving voyage of Nicholas Skottowe] British Library blog Untold Lives 9 January 2012
*[http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/southasia/History/British/EAco.html The East India Company - a view] www.sscnet.ucla.edu
*[http://www.livemint.com/2012/04/05201057/Blame-the-British-Raj-on-banke.html "Blame the British Raj on bankers: One community played a significant role in helping the British take over the country’s administration"] by Aakar Patel 6 April 2012. livemint.com
*[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/04/east-india-company-original-corporate-raiders "The East India Company: The original corporate raiders"] by William Dalrymple 4 March 2015 ''The Guardian''.
:[https://web.archive.org/web/20191113112053/http://www.afr.com/life-and-luxury/arts-and-culture/the-rise-and-rise-of-the-east-india-company-20190828-p52lhf "The rise and rise of the East India Company"] by William Dalrymple 5 September 2019 ''Financial Review'', archived link. An extract from ''The Anarchy: the relentless rise of the East India Company'' by William Dalrymple.
: Listen to [https://www.historyextra.com/period/georgian/william-dalrymple-on-the-east-india-company/ William Dalrymple on the East India Company] October 7, 2019 ''History Extra'' Podcast from BBC. How a single London corporation took over the Mughal empire and became a major imperial power.
:Listen to [https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/conversations/william-dalrymple-british-east-india/11648048 William Dalrymple on the ruthless rise of the British East India Company] Part of the ABC [Australian Broadcasting Commission] radio series ''Conversations with Richard Fidler'' , broadcast 4 November 2019.
*[http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20160330-the-worlds-most-powerful-corporation "The world’s most powerful corporation"] by Amanda Ruggeri 30 March 2016 bbc.com.
*[http://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/eicah/files/2013/01/EIC-Bibliography-Final-21.08.14.pdf East India Company Bibliography] “The East India Company at Home, 1757-1857 – UCL History” ucl.ac.uk
* Listen to [http://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/conversations/conversations-andrew-phillips/8818328 "The Rise and Fall of the East India Company"], an interview with Andrew Phillips. Part of the ABC [Australian Broadcasting Commission] radio series ''Conversations with Richard Fidler'' , broadcast 24 August 2017. Duration: 50min 11sec. Andrew Phillips is an Associate Professor at the University of Queensland.
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPVLr4Np0jA&feature=share Episode 1 – The East India Company] [The origins] 6 minute YouTube video. Originates from the website [http://400yearsseries.com 400 Years: Britain & India].
====Maps====
*[https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth298421/ ''A map of the East-Indies and the adjacent countries, with the settlements, factories and territories, explaning [sic<nowiki>]</nowiki> what belongs to England, Spain, France, Holland, Denmark, Portugal etc. with many remarks not extant in any other map''] c1717- 1720 by Herman Moll, geographer. University of Texas. Also available [https://collections.leventhalmap.org/search/commonwealth:cj82ks67n Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection at the Boston Public Library] and [http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-231221936/view National Library of Australia]. [https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3426425 catalogue description from NLA].
====Historical books online====
*''Annals of the Honorable East-India Company: From Their Establishment by the Charter of Queen Elizabeth, 1600, to the Union of the London and English East-India Companies, 1707-8'' by John Bruce (1810). Google Books: [http://books.google.com/books?id=3s4NAAAAIAAJ Volume 1], [http://books.google.com/books?id=J84NAAAAIAAJ Volume 2], [http://books.google.com/books?id=qbYIAAAAQAAJ Volume 3].
*''The Embassy of Sir Thomas Roe to the Court of the Great Mogul, 1615-1619, as narrated in his journal and correspondence''. Edited by William Foster 1899 [https://archive.org/details/embassysirthoma03roegoog Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/embassysirthoma00roegoog Volume II] Archive.org
*''The English Factories in India: A Calendar of Documents in the India Office, British Museum and Public Records Office'' by William Foster Archive.org
:[http://www.archive.org/stream/englishfactories01fost#page/n5/mode/2up 1618-1621] 1906 [http://www.archive.org/stream/englishfactorie00fostgoog 1622-1623] 1908 [http://www.archive.org/stream/englishfactories03fost#page/n5/mode/2up 1624-1629] 1909 [http://www.archive.org/stream/englishfactories04fost#page/n5/mode/2up 1630-1633] 1910 [http://www.archive.org/stream/englishfactories05fostuoft#page/n5/mode/2up 1634-1636] 1911 [http://www.archive.org/stream/englishfactories06fost#page/n5/mode/2up 1637-41] 1912 [http://www.archive.org/stream/englishfactories07fost#page/n5/mode/2up 1642-45] 1913 [http://www.archive.org/stream/englishfactories08fost#page/n5/mode/2up 1646-1650] 1914 [http://www.archive.org/stream/englishfactories09fost#page/n5/mode/2up 1651-1654] 1915 [http://www.archive.org/stream/englishfactories10fost#page/n5/mode/2up 1655-1660] 1921 [http://www.archive.org/stream/englishfactories11fost#page/n7/mode/2up 1661-1664] 1923'''.''' Volume 12, [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/206632 1665-1667], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.206632 Archive.org mirror versionDLI] 1925 and Volume 13,[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/206636 1668-1669], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.206636 Archive.org versionDLI] are available as pdf downloads, Digital Library of India, although the author is incorrectly catalogued.:''The English Factories in India'' ... New series by Sir Charles Fawcett. ''vol. 1. The Western Presidency, 1670-1677''. 1936. ''vol. 2. The Eastern Coast and Bengal, 1670-1677''. 1952. ''vol. 3. Bombay, Surat and Malabar Coast 1678-1684''. 1954. ''vol. 4. The Eastern Coast and Bay of Bengal 1678-1684''. 1955. [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/84022 Vol I 1670-1677], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.84022 Vol I Archive.org version, DLI]; [httphttps://wwwarchive.new.dli.ernet.inorg/handledetails/2015/285593 Vol III]; [http://wwwin.newernet.dli.ernet2015.in285593/handlepage/2015/285595 n3 Vol IVIII Archive.org version, DLI],; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.135647 Vol IV Archive.org version, different fileDLI]. Pdf downloads, [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000870347 HathiTrust Digital Library ] for those with University access, the latter catalogue entry says: In this "new set of volumes...the contents of the records are to be digested into a readable account of Indiathe main events in each year. " *''Calendar of State Papers, Colonial Series'' edited by W Noel Sainsbury . Archive.organd HathiTrust Digital Library.:[http://www.archive.org/stream/colonialrecordsc02greauoft#page/n7/mode/2up ''Volume 2 East Indies, China and Japan 1513-1616''] 1862, ; [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/msu.31293006483915?urlappend=%3Bseq=5 ''Volumes Volume 3 and 4: East Indies, China and Japan 1617-1621 ''] 1870, [https://archive.org/details/pli.kerala.rare.00256 Archive.org version]; [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/msu.31293006483949?urlappend=%3Bseq=5 ''Volume 4 East Indies, China and Japan 1622-1624'' are not available online] 1878, [https://archive.org/details/calendarofstatep04grea/page/n7/mode/2up Archive.org version]; [http://www.archive.org/stream/1964colonialrecordsc06greauoft#page/n5/mode/2up ''Volume 6 East Indies, China and Persia 1625-1629''] 1884 ; [http://www.archive.org/stream/1964colonialrecordsc08greauoft#page/n5/mode/2up ''Volume 8 East Indies and Persia 1630-1634''] 1892. [v. 1, 5, 7, 9- America and West Indies].
*''A Calendar of the Court Minutes, Etc. of the East India Company'' by Ethel Bruce Sainsbury Archive.org
:[http://www.archive.org/stream/calendarofcourtm01sainuoft#page/n3/mode/2up ''1635-1639''] 1907 [http://www.archive.org/stream/calendarof16401643sainuoft#page/n5/mode/2up ''1640-1643''] 1909 [http://www.archive.org/stream/calendarofcourtm03sainuoft#page/n3/mode/2up ''1644-1649''] 1912 [http://www.archive.org/stream/calendarofcourtm00sainuoft#page/n3/mode/2up ''1650-1654''] 1913 [http://www.archive.org/stream/calendarofcourtm05sainuoft#page/n3/mode/2up ''1655-1659'' ] 1916 [http://www.archive.org/stream/calendarof16601663sainuoft#page/n3/mode/2up ''1660-1663''] 1922
*''The Diary of William Hedges, Esq. (afterwards Sir William Hedges), during his Agency in Bengal : as well as on his voyage out and return overland (1681-1697)''. [https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.13203 Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.13242 Volume II], [https://archive.org/details/diaryofwilliamhe783hedg Volume III] Archive.org. Transcribed by R Barlow, with additional material by Colonel Henry Yule. Printed for the Hakluyt Society Volumes 74, 75, 78, 1887-88-89.
*''The early annals of the English in Bengal, being the Bengal public consultations for the first half of the eighteenth century, summarised, extracted, and edited with introductions and illustrative addenda'' by Charles Robert Wilson Archive.org. [http://www.archive.org/stream/earlyannalsofeng01wilsuoft#page/n7/mode/2up Volume 1 1704-1710] 1895, [http://www.archive.org/stream/earlyannalsofeng02wilsuoft#page/n5/mode/2up Volume 2 Part 1 1711-1717] 1900
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/bengalitschiefsa00danvrich#page/n5/mode/2up ''Bengal; its Chiefs, Agents, and Governors''] by Frederick Charles Danvers 1888 Archive.org
*''Ledger and Sword; or, The Honourable Company of Merchants of England trading to the East Indies (1599-1874)'' by Beckles Wilson 1903 [https://archive.org/details/ledgerswordorhon01willuoft Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/ledgerandswordo01willgoog Volume II] Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/eastindiatradein00khanuoft ''The East India Trade in the XVIIth century, in its Political and Economic Aspects''] by Shafaat Ahmad Khan 1923 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.275926/page/n1/mode/2up ''Chronicles of the The East India Company trading to China, 1635 to 1834House: Its History and Associations'' ] by Hosea Ballou Morse 1926William Forster 1924. Five VolumesArchive. Volumes 1org, 2, 3 and 4 are available to read online on the [[Online books#mirror from Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website, as TIFF images (single pages), or as pdf downloads.: [httphttps://www.newarchive.org/details/dli.ernetcsl.in8935/page/handlen3/2015mode/469930 Volume 12up ''John Company''], [http://wwwby William Foster 1926.newArchive.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/503979 Volume 2] org, mirror from Central Secretariat Library (volume no. not cataloguedCSL), [http://wwwDelhi] Digital Repository.new.dli*''Chronicles of the East India Company trading to China, 1635 to 1834'' by Hosea Ballou Morse 1926.ernet.in/handle/2015/469931 Volume 3], [http://www.new.dli.ernetFive Volumes.in/handle/2015/524858 Volume 4], with mirror versions [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.80805 Vol. I, Archive.org version], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.73362 Vol. III, Archive.org version], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.533212 Vol. IV, Archive.org version], originally from Digital Library of India. All volumes are also available as pdf downloads from GIPE Digital Books-Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics (GIPE), Pune. Volumes [http://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/23767 1], [http://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/23769 2], [http://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/23770 3], [http://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/23771 4], [http://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/23772 5]. [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/coo.31924052145988?urlappend=%3Bseq=11 Volume 5, Supplementary, 1742-74] Hathi Trust Digital Library. All volumes are also available online from the The University of British Colombia, including [https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/bcbooks/items/1.0373598#p0z-10000r0f: Volume II] and [https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/bcbooks/items/1.0373622#p0z-7r0f: Volume V], but note these may be slow to load, however downloads are available. *[httphttps://wwwarchive.neworg/details/in.ernet.dli.ernet2015.in/handle/2015/503211 ''Commerce And Conquest: The Story Of The Honourable East India Company''] by Claude Lestook Reid, first published 1947. Pdf downloadArchive.org, Digital Public Library of IndiaCollection. *[https://archive.org/details/charlesgrantbrit0000embr/page/n5 ''Charles Grant and British Rule inIndia''] by Ainslie Thomas Embree 1962. Archive.ernetorg Lending Library. Grant (1746-1823) used his influential position as a director of the East India Company to advance the evangelical chaplains and defended the Baptist Missionaries in India. *[https://archive.dliorg/details/johncompanyatwor0000furb/page/n9 ''John Company at Work: a study of European expansion in India in the late eighteenth century''] by Holden Furber.20151970 reprint of 1948 original edition.503211 Archive.org versionLending Library. Includes the English, [[French]], [[Dutch]], and [[Danish]] East India Companies.*[httphttps://wwwarchive.org/details/in.newernet.dli.ernet2015.in/handle57461/2015page/57461 n5 ''The Rise And Fall Of The East India Company''] by Ramkrishna Mukherjee 1955. Pdf download Archive.org, Digital Public Library of IndiaCollection.*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=xIRDjWYlaC4C&pg=PA513 ''Proceedings Relative to Ships Tendered for the Service of the United East-India Company, from the Twenty-first of March, 1792, to the Twenty-sixth of March, 1794: With an Appendix''] Google Books:[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=ih8Thtomd74C&pg=PA657 ''Proceedings Relative to Ships Tendered for the Service of the United East-India Company, from the Twenty-sixth of March, 1794, to the Sixth of January, 1795: With an Appendix''] Google Books:[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=xqpWo3zcIpYC&pg=PA2651 ''Proceedings Relative to Ships Tendered for the Service of the United East-India Company, from the Second July, 1806, to the Twenty- Seventh September, 1809: With an Appendix''] Google Books
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