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1600 CE · commercial institution

Formation of the East India Company

On 31 December 1600, Queen Elizabeth I granted a royal charter to the Governor and Company of Merchants of London trading into the East Indies, creating the corporate body later known as the English East India Company.

Formation of the East India Company
Formation of the East India Company

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