British East India Company :- India

The East India company also known as East India trading company or the British East India company was founded in 1600 AD ,it was formed to trade in Indian Ocean initially Indian subcontinent and south-east Asia.

The company seized large part of Indian subcontinent and south-east Asia and Hong Kong.

Originally East India company was termed as a "Governors and the company of merchants of London trading into the East Indies " it wanted to trade in cotton silk indigo sugar spices tea and opium. Later on East India Company captured , controlled and colonised almost all parts of South East Asia which consist modern Afghanistan ,Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka , Myanmar.

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First representatives of East India company Sir Thomas Row and Sir William Hawking came to India under the reign of Mughal Emperor JAHANGIR son of Emperor Akbar in 1608 by the ship Hector , Mughal Emperor Give east India company permission to establish Factory at Surat .No body had ever imagined that with in 200 years this innocent trading company will establish the one of the biggest Empires of the World .

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After the decline of Mughal power in 1707 A.D (Death of Emperor Aurangzeb) and fall of Maratha power in third battle of Panipat 18765 A.D , East India Company become dominant power in India .

French and Portuguese Companies were also defeated and East India Company establish its empire India unto 1850 A.D.

in 1857 A.D a major uprising (First War of Independence ) started in India to oppose oppressive policies of East India Company but crushed down by the Brutal suppression and atrocities on Indian . Finally British crown take over the empire of East India Company in its hand and after 1858 A.D India came under direct control of British Crown .

After a long non violent freedom struggle (unique in world) under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi India wins freedom in 1947 A.D after partition of Indian Subcontinent in two Nations India and Pakistan by the British Government.

Under development ,poverty ,illteracy are the problem still faced by the south east Asia due to long history of Colonialism .

The myth of 200 years of British rule in India | by Saurabh Chandra | Indian National Interest

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