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  2. Company rule in India - Wikipedia

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    The English East India Company ("the Company") was founded in 1600, as The Company of Merchants of London Trading into the East Indies.It gained a foothold in India with the establishment of a factory in Masulipatnam on the Eastern coast of India in 1611 and the grant of the rights to establish a factory in Surat in 1612 by the Mughal Emperor Jahangir.

  3. De-industrialisation of India - Wikipedia

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    The Company rule and the expansion of the British East India Company continued up until the Indian Rebellion of 1857. Ultimately, the Company rule ended with the Government of India Act 1858 following the events of the Indian Rebellion of 1857, [15] although the British East India Company was formally dissolved by Act of Parliament in 1874. [13]

  4. File:British India Map of 1804.pdf - Wikipedia

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    A map of India showing the territorial possessions of the British and Portuguese and Independent States.Samuel Rawson Gardiner D.C.L., L.L.D., School Atlas of English History (London, England: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1914) 54 Source

  5. Factory Acts - Wikipedia

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    The Factories Act 1961 (9 & 10 Eliz. 2. c. 34) consolidated the 1937 and 1959 acts. As of 2008, the Factories Act 1961 is substantially still in force, though workplace health and safety is principally governed by the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (c. 37) and regulations made under it.

  6. Economy of India under Company rule - Wikipedia

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    Also, from the late 18th century British cotton mill industry began to lobby the government to both tax Indian imports and allow them access to markets in India. [36] Starting in the 1830s, British textiles began to appear in—and soon to inundate—the Indian markets, with the value of the textile imports growing from £5.2 million in 1850 to ...

  7. Presidencies and provinces of British India - Wikipedia

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    A map of the British Indian Empire in 1909 during the partition of Bengal (1905–1911), showing British India in two shades of pink (coral and pale) and the princely states in yellow. At the turn of the 20th century, British India consisted of eight provinces that were administered either by a governor or a lieutenant-governor.

  8. Colonial India - Wikipedia

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    The East India Company officers lived lavish lives, the company finances were in shambles, and the company's effectiveness in India was examined by the British crown after 1858. As a result, the East India Company lost its powers of government and British India formally came under direct Crown control , with an appointed Governor-General of India .

  9. List of ports of call of the British East India Company

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    The East Indiamen of the British East India Company (EIC) passed many places and stopped at many ports on their voyages from Britain to India and China in the 17th to 19th centuries, both on the way and as destinations. Some of these places were simply landmarks, but a number of the places were the locations of EIC factories, i.e., trading posts.