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[[Image:HEIC Flag.png|208px|right|HEIC Flag 1801-58]]
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The '''East India Company''' (EIC) was also known as the '''Honourable East India Company''' (HEIC) and , 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>. 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==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_East_India_Company Honourable East India Company] Wikipedia
:*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:People_associated_with_the_British_East_India_Company People associated with the British East India Company]
*[http://www.hubert-herald.nl/BhaHEIC.htm Honourable East India Company]. Coat of arms, seals, marks. “National Arms and Emblems Past and Present” hubert-herald.nl.
*[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=46473 Poplar High Street [London<nowiki>]</nowiki>: The Church of St Matthias and the East India Company’s Almshouses] from British History Online
*[http://www.theeastindiacompany.com/index.php/24/london-landmarks/?iframe=true&width=800&height=400&phpMyAdmin=nuqL7SGlCRYlruX3W1VQYbLGvx1 London Landmarks with EIC connections] theeastindiacompany.com
*''Chronicles of the East India Company trading to China, 1635 to 1834'' by Hosea Ballou Morse 1926. Five Volumes. Volumes 1, 2, 3 and 4 are available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website, as TIFF images (single pages), or as pdf downloads: [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/469930 Volume 1], [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/503979 Volume 2] (volume no. not catalogued), [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/469931 Volume 3], [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/524858 Volume 4]. [http://oudl.osmania.ac.in/handle/OUDL/13763 Volume 1] and [http://oudl.osmania.ac.in/handle/OUDL/2307 Volume 3] are also available as pdf downloads from Osmania University Digital Library (OUDL may only be available during Indian office hours (IST 10 am to 6 pm) (IST = GMT+5:30)). [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/coo.31924052145988?urlappend=%3Bseq=11 Volume 5, Supplementary, 1742-74] Hathi Trust Digital Library.
*[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/57461 ''The Rise And Fall Of The East India Company''] by Ramkrishna Mukherjee 1955. Pdf download, Digital Library of India
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