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...
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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...
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Company rule in India (sometimes Company Raj, from Hindi rāj, lit. 'rule') was the rule of the British East India Company on the Indian subcontinent. This...
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with India, China and the Far East. The venture was inspired by the success of the Dutch East India Company and the British East India Company. This...
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Austrian East India Company (German: Österreichische Ostindien-Kompanie) is a catchall term referring to a series of Austrian trading companies based in...
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powers. The East India Company organised its own private navy, which came to be known as the Bombay Marine. With the establishment of the British Raj after...
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to 1947. It is also called Crown rule in India, or Direct rule in India. The region under British control was commonly called India in contemporaneous...
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Kolkata Port, Paradip Port, Dhamra Port and Haldia are 4 major ports in East India. Subarnarekha Port, Kulpi Port, Gopalpur Port are minor ports in East India...
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of the British East India Company, it is one of the oldest Engineering Departments of the Government of India. Its members are from Survey of India Service...
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commonly known as the Dutch East India Company, was a chartered trading company and one of the first joint-stock companies in the world. Established...
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countries, via the East India Company. According to some commentators, after the British victory over the Mughal Empire (Battle of Buxar), India was deindustrialized...
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the rule of the East India Company was transferred to the Crown in the person of Queen Victoria. The British Raj lasted until 1947, when the British provinces...
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The Cinema of India, consisting of motion pictures made by the Indian film industry, has had a large effect on world cinema since the second half of the...
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Bengal Presidency (redirect from Bengal, British India)
presidencies of British India during Company rule and later a province of India. At the height of its territorial jurisdiction, it covered large parts of what is...
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body to the Ministry of Law and Justice. The first Law Commission was established during colonial rule in India by the East India Company under the Charter...
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to Britain into the late 18th century. A year after the loss of the British East India Company trading base of Calcutta, along with the hoard of imported...
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freight and 87% of passenger traffic. India has a coastline of 7,500 kilometres (4,700 mi) with 13 major ports, 15 big private ports and 60 operational...
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order to decrease dependency on ports in the Persian Gulf which were vulnerable to attack by the Iraqi Air Force. India and Iran first agreed to plans...
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ports. The region became a base for the British East India Company, the French East India Company, the Danish East India Company, the Austrian East India...
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Malabar Coast (redirect from North Kerala, South India)
which marked the beginning of the colonial era of India. European trading interests of the Dutch, French and the British East India companies took centre...
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of the state. Some companies like the East India Company (the most famous), the Hudson's Bay Company, and the Royal African Company ruled large colonial...
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the administration of the Government of India National Parks not under the administration of the Government of India List of wildlife sanctuaries of India...
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survived the Bengal famine of 1943, a man-made disaster by the British government During British East India Company and British Crown rule, India experienced...
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Visakhapatnam (redirect from List of people from Visakhapatnam)
end of the 18th century. The British East India Company captured Visakhapatnam after the 1804 Battle of Vizagapatnam and it remained under British colonial...
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British prisoners and an employee of the East India Company, said that, after the fall of Fort William, the surviving British soldiers, Indian sepoys, and Indian...
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operating port in India and was constructed by the British East India Company. Kolkata is a freshwater port with no variation in salinity. The port has two...
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The Star of India refers to a group of flags used during the period of the British Raj in the Indian subcontinent. India had a range of flags for different...
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the deep water Demi Zirr harbour in the east. Gwadar Port has significant advantages compared to other ports in the region due to its depth, natural breakwater...
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Aden Colony (redirect from The Colony of Aden)
Protectorate. On 18 January 1839, the British East India Company landed Royal Marines at Aden. Their aims were to establish a supply port and stop attacks by Arab...
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the British ships so East India Company tried to manage the Kolis in cricket and been successful. In 1848, the Parsi community in Mumbai formed the Oriental...
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