East India Company
British trading company (1600–1874)
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Summary
East India Company is a business[1]. It ranks in the top 0.051% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (39,522 views/month, #15 of 29,529).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[3]
- Instance of: enterprise[4], colonial society[5], East India company[6]
- Founder: John Watts[7], George White[8]
- Headquarters location: London[9]
- Commons category: British East India Company[10]
- Industry: international trade[11], slave trade[12]
- Has part(s): Bengal Army[13]
- Inception: December 31, 1600[14]
- Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: June 1, 1874[15]
- Topic's main category: Category:British East India Company[16]
- Commons gallery: British East India Company[17]
- Product or material produced: cotton[18], silk[19], indigo[20], sugar[21], table salt[22], species[23], saltpeter[24], tea[25], slave trade[26], opium[27]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[28], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[29], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[30], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 2[31], The New Student's Reference Work[32], New International Encyclopedia[33]
- Participant in: Siege of Delhi[34], First Herat War[35]
- Legal form: joint-stock company[36]
- Has effect: Tea Act 1773[37]
- Native label: British East India Company[38]
- Owner of: Admiral Barrington[39], Britannia[40], Earl of Mornington[41], HMS Hindostan[42], Nemesis[43], Punjaub[44], Busbridge[45]
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Brands and Namesakes
Things named for East India Company include East India House[46], an administrative building[47], in United Kingdom[48], founded in 1729[49] and it[50], a video game[51].
Why It Matters
East India Company has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[52] It is known by 153 alternative names across languages and contexts.[53]
Entities named for it include East India House[46], an administrative building[47], in United Kingdom[48], founded in 1729[49] and it[50], a video game[51].