East India Company | MCQs

Explanation

The East India Company was an English, and later British, joint-stock company

East India Company was established on December 31, 1600.

Explanation

First factory at Surat, India in 1608

The first factory at Surat name Ship Hector, Commanded by William Hawkins

A few years had established a permanent factory there.

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The East India Company (EIC) was established in 1600 and effectively dissolved in 1858 after the Indian Rebellion of 1857.

Duration: ~258 years

Key Phases:

1600–1757: Trade monopoly (spices, textiles).

1757–1858: Political control (Battle of Plassey to Crown rule).

Explanation

At Qasim Bazar in Bengal was the East India Company given permission to trade and build a factory by the Mughals in 1651.

East India Company established a factory at Qasim Bazar by the permission Mughals .

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On Nov, 1, 1858 the East India Company hand over the rule of India to British crown

The Company lost all its administrative powers following the Government of India Act of 1858, 

The Queen's Proclamation incorporating the transfer of governance from East India Company to the British Crown was made public at Allahabad, on November 1, 1858 by Lord Canning the first Viceroy of India.

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After the 1857 War of Independence, the British Government took direct control from the East India Company in 1858.

Wood's Despatch (1854) laid the foundation for modern education just before the Company's rule ended.

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After the failure of the 1857 War of Independence, the British government ended the rule of the East India Company.

India then came directly under the British Crown’s control, starting the period known as the British Raj.

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The East India Company annexed Punjab on 2 April 1849, following the defeat of the Sikh Empire in the Second Anglo-Sikh War.

Punjab became a part of British India, ending Sikh rule under Maharaja Duleep Singh.

Explanation

The East India Company was an English company formed for the exploitation of trade with East and Southeast Asia and India.

The East India Company was an English, and later British, joint-stock company.

East India Company was established on December 31, 1600.