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A part of Adam Matthew Digital. [http://www.eastindiacompany.amdigital.co.uk/m-products/product/east-india-company Website].

This database does not consist of newspapers or journals, but is included here due to its subscription basis. Introduced in January 2017/01, it currently consists of one module, with "Module 1: Trade, Governance and Empire, 1600-1947", it now (2020/04) includes "Module 2: Factory Records for South Asia and South-East Asia", and "Module 3: Factory Records for China, Japan and the Middle East" and is available in the British Library reading rooms. This module consists of the most important executive papers of the East India Company and later the India Office, covering the entire period of British rule in India and the expansion of the British Empire over several centuries. Charters, treaties, minutes and correspondence shed light on the foundation, development and demise For a description of the East India Company and, latercontents, see the work of the Council of India in overseeing the British Raj. Modules 2 and 3 are expected to be published in 2018 website page Introduction/Nature and 2019 respectivelyScope.