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The British East India Company: chartered company rule and corporate governance (1600–1858)

The British East India Company: chartered company rule and corporate governance (1600–1858)

  1. Elizabeth I charters the East India Company

    Labels: Elizabeth I, East India

  2. First Company voyage launches under James Lancaster

    Labels: James Lancaster, East India

  3. Battle of Swally strengthens Company position at Surat

    Labels: Thomas Best, Surat

  4. Company establishes a factory at Surat

    Labels: Surat, East India

  5. Fort St. George completed, anchoring Madras presidency

    Labels: Fort St, Madras

  6. Bombay transferred to Company control by royal charter

    Labels: Bombay, Charles II

  7. Company establishes a trading post at Sutanati

    Labels: Sutanati, Job Charnock

  8. Battle of Plassey establishes Company dominance in Bengal

    Labels: Battle of, Robert Clive

  10. Regulating Act begins British parliamentary oversight

    Labels: Regulating Act, British Parliament

  11. Pitt’s India Act creates the Board of Control

    Labels: Pitt's India, Board of

  12. Charter Act 1813 ends much of Company trade monopoly

    Labels: Charter Act, British Parliament

  13. Charter Act 1833 makes Company mainly administrative

    Labels: Charter Act, Governor-General

  15. Government of India Act transfers rule to the Crown

    Labels: Government of, Secretary of

  16. Crown administration begins as the Act takes effect

    Labels: Crown administration, Viceroy