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 * The East Indian Company:**The East Indian Company was an originally English trading company set up in India in the 1600's when they were granted a royal charter. The company was primarily founded by rich merchants from Europe and mainly dealt with cotton, silk, indigo dye, salt, saltpeter, tea and opium. Even though there were trading in Indian they didn't have control of the Indian people until 1757 after the war of Plassey.Through many incidents such as the Mughal convoy piracy incident of 1695 they had continually lost trust with the indigenous people of India. This distrust lead the company to stop its until 1857 and was completely dissolved in 1874 when is was assimilated into the government.


 * Significance****:** The East Indian Company was the foothold that the western countries had in India for many years before they could politically gain control of India. The East India Company was the main means in which the British and many other European countries exploited the land and were the reason for the Indian Rebellion of 1858. The East Indian company was the initial cause of which the British had influence in India and is one of the most important events in Indian`s history.