This is where it all started. On December 31st 1600, the East India Company was established by royal charter in Londonand granted a monopoly on trade with the East by Queen Elizabeth the First.

The British Joint Stock Company i.e. East India Company was founded by John Watts and George White in 1600 AD to pursue trade with South and South-East Asian Nations. These joint-stock company ...

At first, all British trade was dominated by the London based East India Company, which was granted the monopoly on trade with India in 1600. Over the following 200 years the company became ...