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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.
== External Links ==
[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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_East_India_Company Wikipedias page on Honourable East India Company]
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