East India
Company: The trade company that changed the world
After the topic about British Empire, I wanted research about British
East Company, because it seems it had been more than a single trade Company, it
had played an important role for the expansion of British possesions in the
Asiatic continent. Well, I found a lot information about this and I discovered
that EIC (East India Company) began like a business enterprise for trading
spices from East India (presently South Asia), but soon it is converted in a
kind of colonising wing of British Empire. They, dressed with their red
jackets, had army with more than 200
thousand men, they fought battles and they ruled India. They turned India into
the British Raj.
The first battle was against Portuguese by
the control of the trade. The victory
meant to get the favour of Mughal Emperor.
After that, they had authorized sanction of both countries - Britain and India
for your work in the Asiatic country.
Within the year 1652 there were around
23 English factories in India. By 1689, the British East India Company
dubiously acquired the status of a `nation` in the Indian mainland, separately
governing the vast presidencies of Bengal, Mumbai and Chennai.
In 1757, they fought the Battle of Plassey
against resistance from the regional rulers. After that they brought Bengal and gradually the whole of India stays under the
control of the company.
In 1858, the East India Company was
dissolved and the British Government started the administration of India
And all began with a letter or charter gave
for Queen Elizabeth to a group of business men that are looking forward ways
for gain money. Finally, they got many more than that.
As appears in the article of
“indianetzone”, “ it was not the result of deliberate design. East India
Company was unique as it started its humble beginning as the mere trading
company and later took over political interest and changed to the ruler of the
entire country”.
For more information I leave here the links to these web pages: http://www.victorianweb.org/history/empire/india/eic.html
And I invite you to watch the follow video:
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