A private company that had a monopoly over British trade with the East. The Company was granted its exclusive charter in 1600 by Elizabeth I, and was dissolved in 1858. The East India Company had a profound effect on the history of tea, initially through its control of the Anglo-Chinese tea trade, latterly by introducing tea-production to India.
an English company formed in 1600 to develop trade with the new British colonies in India and southeastern Asia; in the 18th century it assumed administrative control of Bengal and held it until the British army took over in 1858 after the Indian Mutiny
British company of traders who governed most of India from 1608 to 1857.
Founded by Royal Charter in 1600, an English company trading in spices that effectively governed British India in the 18th-19th century. Ceased to exist in 1873.
A private company that was granted a monopoly over British trade with the East. The East India Company had a great effect on the history of tea, initially through its control of the tea trade with China, and then by introducing tea-production in India.
British company chartered by Elizabeth I in 1600 for trade in Asia; after 1623 it concentrated its activities in India. In the early eighteenth century it was harassed by local princes and the French. In 1773 the British Parliament passed a regulating act to curb the Company's exploitive practices and to gain a share of its revenue.
the British commercial enterprise chartered by the Crown in 1600 to trade with India. The Company gradually became involved in, and took over, Indian political affairs, acting as the agent for British imperialism in India from the early 18th century. The East India Company was dissolved after the Indian Mutiny of 1857, when the British Government took control of India.
a powerful trading company chartered in 1600 that took over the job of running India for the British empire. Since working for this corporate monolith could be highly lucrative, it was a good, respectable career option for younger sons, but who got the good jobs was subject to your social or family connections - it all depended on who you knew. Those who made fortunes in India were referred to as "nabobs." The merchant ships that carried cargo and passengers back and forth between England and India were called East Indiamen. The Company had docks and warehouses in London on the Thames.
