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The East India Company (EIC) [a] was an English, and later British, joint-stock company that was founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. [4] It was formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with the East Indies (South Asia and Southeast Asia), and later with East Asia.
Sanjiv Mehta (born October 1961) is an India-born British businessman. He is the owner of "the East India company", which he launched in 2010, presenting it as a revival of the historic East India Company that was dissolved on 1 June 1874. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Map of India in 1765, showing the territory administered by the East India Company (pink): Bengal and the Northern Circars, during the time of Clive. Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive , KB , FRS (29 September 1725 – 22 November 1774), also known as Clive of India , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] was the first British Governor of the Bengal Presidency .
Sir Leonard was Master of the Merchant Taylors Company for 1605–06, continued as a 'committee' of the East India Company, invested £400 in the company's third voyage [4] and stood unsuccessfully for the EIC governorship (i.e. chairmanship) in 1609. [4] He died on 9 January 1612, [4] leaving a sizeable estate.
In 1603, Smythe was re-elected governor of the East India Company, and, with one break in 1606–1607, continued to hold that office until July 1621, when he was discovered to be involved in the Virginia Company scandal. During this period, the company established trade with India. Thomas Smythe's letter to Fedor II of Russia (20 April 1605)
Seaview of Fort St. George, the East India Company's headquarters in Madras, 1700s. In 1670, Yale joined the British East India Company, starting as a clerk at East India House in London. [15] Among the board was the Earl of Berkeley, Sir Samuel Barnardiston, Vice-Admiral John Robinson, and Chairman Sir Andrew Riccard. [15]
The United East India Company was the brainchild of Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, the leading statesman of the Dutch Republic. Amsterdam VOC headquarters. The United East India Company (Dutch: Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie [vərˈeːnɪɣdə oːstˈɪndisə kɔmpɑˈɲi]; abbr. VOC [veː(j)oːˈseː]), commonly known as the Dutch East India Company, was a chartered trading company and one of ...
Job Charnock (/ dʒ oʊ b /; c. 1630 –1692/1693) was an English administrator with the East India Company.He is widely regarded by historians as the founder of the city of Calcutta (now Kolkata); however, this view was challenged in court, and in 2003 the Calcutta High Court ruled that he ought not to be regarded as the founder.