East India Company | MCQs

Explanation

Eastern Bengal and Assam was an administrative subdivision (province) of the British Raj between 1905 and 1912

.Headquartered in the city of Dacca

Explanation

The British East Indian company rule came to end in the year  1858

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 the rule of the East India Company on the Indian subcontinent from 1773 to 1858.

For rule by the British Crown from 1858 to 1947, see British Raj.

• 1774–1785 (first) Warren Hastings

• 1857–1858 (last)Charles Canning

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British East India Company Founder John Watts

British East India Company was Founded on December 31, 1600

Headquarters--------->East India House, London, Great Britain

Ceased operations June 1, 1874

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Explanation

The East India Company was an English, and later British, joint-stock company founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874.

Founded: December 31, 1600

Founders: Elizabeth I of England, Thomas Smythe, John Watts, Royal charter

Headquarters: London, United Kingdom

Defunct: 1 June 1874; 148 years ago

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Explanation

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

East India Company was established on December 31, 1600.

Explanation

In 1750s, the East India Company began to fortify their important sites, including Calcutta.

Explanation

In 1612 Sir Thomas Roe visited to Mughal Emperor Jahangir to arrange for a commercial treaty that would give the company exclusive rights to reside and build factories in Surat and other areas. Jahangir accepted the proposal and the company created trading posts in Surat (where a factory was built in 1613), Madras (1639), Bombay (1668), and Calcutta (1690).