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East India Company

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Date: 1600-1858
History: The East India Company was established on 31 December 1600 when Queen Elizabeth I granted a charter to 'the governor and company of merchants of London trading to the East Indies'. By a series of charters the Company gained exclusive rights to trade to the 'Indies'. Over a period of 250 years the Company underwent several substantial changes in its functions and by the 1830s its commercial functions had largely been replaced and it exercised responsibility for the government of India under the supervision of the Board of Control, until 1858 when, following the India Act of 1858, it was succeeded by the India Office.
Functions, occupations and activities: Government (central)
References: IC; NCA Rules
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/C281598
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1698-1913: Board of Agriculture and predecessors: Miscellaneous Statistics
The National Archives, Kew
MAF 7
2
1805-1951: East India Company and Colonial Office and Predecessor: St. Helena Original Correspondence
The National Archives, Kew
CO 247
3
1776-1797: Foreign Office and predecessor: Political and Other Departments: General Correspondence before 1906, East India Company
The National Archives, Kew
FO 41
4
1759-1874: Foreign Office: Superintendent of Trade, Legation, Peking, China: General Correspondence and Diaries
The National Archives, Kew
FO 677
Related record creators
  Record creator Description of relationship Dates Category of relationship
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India Office
Successor/Predecessor
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