HISTORY
CIVILIZATIONS OF ASIA
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the British
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the Mongols
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the Persians
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the Turks
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Detailed explanation-1: -The trading firm took command of an entire subcontinent and left behind a legacy that still impacts modern life. Think Google or Apple are powerful? Then you’ve never heard of the East India Company, a profit-making enterprise so mighty, it once ruled nearly all of the Indian subcontinent.
Detailed explanation-2: -Surat in Gujarat was the first trade centre of the British East India Company in India. They also established trading centres at Bombay (Mumbai), Calcutta (Kolkata) and Madras (Chennai).
Detailed explanation-3: -Rising British Influence The East India Company thereafter took political control of much of the Indian subcontinent. Although Mughal emperors maintained their thrones, they had little real power. During the Indian Mutiny of 1857–59, the British exiled the last Mughal emperor.
Detailed explanation-4: -The East India Company was an English company formed for the exploitation of trade with East and Southeast Asia and India. Incorporated by royal charter on December 31, 1600, it was started as a monopolistic trading body so that England could participate in the East Indian spice trade.