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How did the British East India Company gain control of how much of eastern India?
With its own private army the British East India Company overcame Indian forces at the Battle of Plassey.
You have an 1835 one quarter Anna East India company coin is it worth much?
one quarter anna
Why was India a goog colony of the british empire?
The British first arrived in India around 1600. They came to start trading monopolies with them. The British East India Company was formed to facilitate that trade. The French were also there. At the end of the Seven Years'War (1756-1763), the French lost their trading rights in India and the British East India Company began to establish greater control, generally through agreements with the Mughal rulers. By the 1840's, the British East India Company had control of much of India. In 1857, the Sepoy troops used by the BEIC rebelled against the British. Conditions were bad in India. Following the rebellion, the British government ended the charter of the British East India Company and took over the management of India, making it a colony, and Queen Victoria became the Empress of India. It remained a British colony until 1947. This time period is known as the British Raj.
How did Islam affect the middle ages?
It affected Much of the middle east and india.
How did the East India company gain control of much of much of eastern India?
The East India Company traded mainly in cotton, silk, indigo dye, saltpetre, tea, and opium. The Company also came to rule large areas of India, exercising military power and assuming administrative functions, to the exclusion, gradually, of its commercial pursuits; it effectively functioned as a megacorporation The Company long held a privileged position in relation to the British Government. As a result, it was frequently granted special rights and privileges, including trade monopolies and exemptions. The East India Company traded mainly in cotton, silk, indigo dye, saltpetre, tea, and opium. The Company also came to rule large areas of India, exercising military power and assuming administrative functions, to the exclusion, gradually, of its commercial pursuits; it effectively functioned as a megacorporation The Company long held a privileged position in relation to the British Government. As a result, it was frequently granted special rights and privileges, including trade monopolies and exemptions.
