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Also Known As Governor and Company of Merchants of London Trading into the East Indies • English East India Company • British East India Company • United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East Indies
Areas Of Involvement international trade
Related People Robert Clive • Warren Hastings • William Adams • Mangal Pandey • Sir Eyre Coote • Stringer Lawrence • Charles T. Metcalfe • George Pigot, Baron Pigot • Sir Josiah Child, 1st Baronet • William Marsden • Richard Keigwin • Job Charnock • Claudius James Rich • Sir Thomas Smythe • Sir John Child, Baronet

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