Category: British East India Company

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Honourable East India Company India Project The British East India Company was an English and later (from 1707) British joint-stock company and megacorporation formed for pursuing trade with the East Indies but which ended up trading mainly with the Indian subcontinent.

The East India Company traded mainly in cotton, silk, indigo dye, salt, saltpetre, tea and opium. The Company was granted a Royal Charter in 1600, making it the oldest among several similarly formed European East India Companies. Shares of the company were owned by wealthy merchants and aristocrats. It was an example of an English joint stock company. The government owned no shares and had only indirect control. The Company eventually came to rule large areas of India with its own private armies, exercising military power and assuming administrative functions.[4] Company rule in India effectively began in 1757 after the Battle of Plassey and lasted until 1858 when, following the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the Government of India Act 1858 led to the British Crown assuming direct control of India in the new British Raj.

The Company was dissolved in 1874 as a result of the East India Stock Dividend Redemption Act passed one year earlier, as the Government of India Act had by then rendered it vestigial, powerless and obsolete. Its functions had been fully absorbed into official government machinery in the British Raj and its private army had been nationalised by the British Crown.

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09 Mar 1777 Charleston, South Carolina, United States - 31 May 1865
30 Apr 1744 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland - 21 Aug 1820
05 Aug 1820 England, United Kingdom - 09 Mar 1894 photo
08 Feb 1786 Drumoak, Aberdeen, Scotland - 16 Dec 1855
14 May 1813 Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. - 10 Aug 1882

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abt 1753 - 24 Aug 1807
14 Sep 1800 Hall Place, Bexley, Kent, England - 13 May 1877 photo
bef 16 Dec 1804 Sittingbourne, Kent, England - 15 Sep 1844
08 Jun 1806 Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England - 11 May 1857
abt 1822 Bengal, India - 02 Oct 1908 photo
28 Dec 1786 Saint Peter Port, Guernsey - Jul 1831
21 May 1820 Fertabgurh, Bengal, India - 26 Nov 1850
1683 St Katherine by the Tower, Middlesex, England - 06 Jan 1738
bef 1592 London, England - 1634

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03 Mar 1735 - 1796
31 May 1806 Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland - 12 Dec 1832 photo
17 Apr 1794 Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland, - 11 Sep 1821 photo
bef 10 Mar 1800 Putney, Surrey, England - abt 10 Jan 1862

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15 Dec 1808 - 17 Aug 1881
bef 03 Jan 1808 Broad Clist Manor, Devon, England, United Kingdom - 24 Aug 1879
bef 02 May 1803 Broad Clist Manor, Devon, England, United Kingdom - 20 Sep 1873
20 Dec 1690 Northallerton, Yorkshire, England - 06 Oct 1753
1756 - 1784
17 Jan 1760 - abt 1782
06 Mar 1697 Hereford, Herefordshire, England - 10 Jan 1775 photo
04 Jul 1830 Ockley, Surrey, England - 01 Dec 1903
03 Mar 1800 Weymouth, Dorset, England - abt 28 Sep 1883
25 Jan 1754 Kilconquhar, Fife, Scotland - 10 May 1836
1819 Halifax, Yorkshire, England - 02 Nov 1895
bef 25 Dec 1736 Canterbury, Kent, England - 17 Nov 1800 photo
abt 1620 England - bef 01 May 1689 photo
1564 Hurley, Berkshire, England - 22 Apr 1634 photo

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05 May 1759 Fortingall, Perthshire, Scotland - 16 Jun 1815
1756 Isle of Coll, Scotland - 11 Dec 1848
1820 Kirknewton and East Calder, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom - 1842
1781 England - 22 Jul 1807
05 Nov 1791 Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, England - 24 Jun 1865
1817 Bath, Somerset, England - 21 Dec 1872
1784 Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, England - 06 May 1835
1772 - 09 Jan 1805
26 Nov 1850 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom - 14 Dec 1936
Dec 1836 - 03 Aug 1877
02 May 1769 Westerkirk, Dumfriesshire, Scotland - 03 May 1833 photo
14 Jul 1764 Burnfoot, Ewes, Dumfriesshire, Scotland - 02 Oct 1813
bef 30 Dec 1752 Combe Florey, Somerset, England - 15 Dec 1815 photo
1676 Wivenhoe, Essex, England - 02 Jul 1749 photo
01 Aug 1776 Croston, Lancashire, England
abt 28 Oct 1640 Kent, England - 28 Apr 1724 photo

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30 Nov 1755 Bombay, Maharashastra, India - 03 Feb 1833 photo
abt 1711 Dorset, England - 1776
abt 14 Feb 1784 Scotland - abt 19 Aug 1846
abt 1779 Kingussie, Highland, Scotland - 04 May 1851
1813 Shirehampton, Gloucestershire, England - 11 May 1864 photo
05 Apr 1774 Rochester, Kent, England - 14 Dec 1850
26 Oct 1807 Bombay, India - 16 Jul 1880
28 Dec 1848 Allahabad, Bengal, India - 20 Apr 1918
11 Mar 1866 Calcutta, West Bengal, India - 04 Dec 1952
15 Feb 1786 Walthamstow, Essex, England - 04 Aug 1825 photo
31 Oct 1813 Friern Barnet,London,England - 06 Jun 1852
abt 1781 - 06 Aug 1825
bef 04 Jul 1775 Walthamstow, Essex, England - 1803
09 Nov 1809 Calcutta, India - 17 Sep 1886
21 May 1784 Walthamstow, Essex, England - 08 Feb 1856 photo
03 Mar 1736 Walthamstow, Essex, England - 04 Feb 1796 photo
04 Sep 1769 Walthamstow, Essex, England - 03 Apr 1834 photo
28 Jul 1807 Calcutta, Bengal, India - 06 Dec 1875 photo
24 May 1744 Coilsfield, Ayrshire, Scotland - 08 Jul 1802
Sep 1742 Bombay, Maharashtra, India - 22 Feb 1798
16 Mar 1710 London, England - 06 Apr 1745
17 Oct 1821 Bombay, India - 28 Dec 1877
29 Sep 1826 Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland - 13 Nov 1901 photo
27 May 1761 Glasgow, Scotland - 06 Jul 1827 photo
30 Sep 1788 - bef 21 Sep 1842
20 Feb 1779 Blandford Forum, Dorset, England - 30 Jul 1837

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27 May 1810 Swindridgmuir, Dalry, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland - 25 Sep 1857
20 Jan 1782 Neath, Glamorgan, Wales - 01 Jan 1845 photo

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abt 13 Jan 1795 Epsom, Surrey, England - 02 Aug 1877
01 Jun 1808 England - 02 Feb 1881
1750 Little Dunham, Norfolk, England - 03 Jul 1827 photo
abt 1778 - 1820
04 Mar 1719 London, England - 11 May 1777 photo
10 Jun 1764 Essex, England - 15 Jun 1835
01 Jul 1787 Sutton, Surrey, England - abt 06 Aug 1843
abt 1636 Sherford, Devon, England - 1715
10 Dec 1825 Bombay, India. - 12 Jun 1860
abt 1560 Cheadle, Staffordshire, England - 19 Jan 1620

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27 Dec 1786 Westminster, London, England - 16 Feb 1870
abt 1787 Dijon, Burgundy, France - 05 Oct 1820 photo
06 Jan 1823 Patrick Brompton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 26 Mar 1881 photo
abt 1575 London, England - 1642
1573 London, England - 1653
1579 London, England - 1626
abt 1789 Saint Helena
06 Sep 1774 Cholsey, Berkshire, England - 09 Mar 1833
1740 Tubney, Berkshire, England - 1807 photo

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abt 1697 England - 12 Apr 1727
1783 Fort St. George, Madras, India - 07 Aug 1817
06 Mar 1704 Salisbury, England or Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay - 24 Nov 1784
aft 1740
08 Aug 1751 Dover, Kent, England - 18 Jan 1836 photo
1575 Cambridgeshire, England - bef 03 Feb 1654

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19 Jul 1779 Calne, Wiltshire, England - abt 02 Jun 1857
1741 - 21 Aug 1766 photo
abt 1754 Ireland - 03 Feb 1825
04 Sep 1800 - 05 Nov 1870
12 Apr 1829 At Sea on board the H.E.I.C. vessel - 29 Jul 1901
1768 - 31 Mar 1807
bef 17 Dec 1786 Cove, County Cork, Ireland - 03 May 1828
23 Nov 1788 Dreghorn, Ayrshire, Scotland - 05 Oct 1815
23 Jun 1786 Dreghorn, Scotland - 28 Dec 1828
1763 Scotland - 26 Aug 1815
1766 Dunipace, Stirlingshire, Scotland - Feb 1837
23 May 1737 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland - 03 Jan 1810
20 Sep 1835 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom - 04 Jun 1876

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01 Apr 1795 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - 1864
25 Apr 1788 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Aug 1852
23 Jun 1782 Fulham, Middlesex, England - 26 Jul 1866
13 May 1731 - 01 Oct 1815
09 Jan 1787 Monghyr, India - 01 Feb 1872
30 Mar 1813 Southwark, Surrey, England - 20 Jan 1853
23 May 1786 Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England - 26 Aug 1866
12 Sep 1615 Guisborough, Yorkshire, England - 09 Feb 1693
29 Jul 1830 At Sea off Ushant (Isle de Ouessant, west of Brest) on board the East Indiaman 'Carolina' - 17 Jan 1904
06 Nov 1790 Starborough Castle, Lingfield, Surrey, England - 13 Apr 1854
30 Apr 1819 India - 24 May 1863
26 Sep 1790 Brechin, Forfarshire, Scotland - 05 Mar 1837
abt 1815 - 1837

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1572 England - 10 Sep 1624
abt 1801 London, England - 15 Feb 1881

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26 Apr 1804 Chunār, Uttar Pradesh, India - 21 Dec 1867
abt 1796 Abbots Morton, Worcestershire, England - abt 1860
bef 16 May 1785 Fordingbridge, Hampshire, England - 23 Jun 1856
Dec 1588 North Cerney, Gloucestershire, England - 11 May 1665 photo

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06 Oct 1727 - 21 Mar 1803 photo
bef 1570 Scotland - aft 22 Apr 1612 photo
abt 1749 Frome, Somerset, England - May 1836 photo
20 Dec 1740 - 08 May 1813
abt 1562 Derbyshire, England - 25 Nov 1639
1721 England - 1781
abt 1752 India
abt 1775 Penniarth, Merionethshire, Wales - 12 Aug 1821
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