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British East India Company

The East India Company (EIC) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. It was formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with the East Indies (the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia), and later with East Asia.

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History19th-century rebellionsWars involving the United KingdomChartered companiesTrade monopolies, Former monopolies19th-century military history of the United KingdomColonial Indian companiesDefunct companies of the United Kingdom, Age of SailHistory of foreign trade in China

  1. The East India Company

    Melvyn Bragg discusses the powerful private trading company that redrew the map of India, built an empire and reinvented the fashions and the foodstuffs of Britain.

    26 June 2003

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    Featuring: Huw Bowen, Linda Colley, Maria Misra

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    HistoryChartered companiesColonial Indian companiesBritish East India CompanyHistory of foreign trade in ChinaTrade monopolies, Former monopoliesDefunct companies of the United Kingdom, Age of Sail

  2. The Indian Mutiny

    Melvyn Bragg and guests Faisal Devji, Shruti Kapila and Chandrika Kaul discuss the Indian Mutiny of 1857 and the rebellion which followed.

    18 February 2010

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    Featuring: Chandrika Kaul, Faisal Devji, Shruti Kapila

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    History19th-century rebellionsWars involving the United KingdomBritish East India Company19th-century military history of the United Kingdom