east india company

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  • February 27. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

    East India Company noun english

    an English company formed in 1600 to develop trade with the new British colonies in India and southeastern Asia; in the 18th century it assumed administrative control of Bengal and held it until the British army took over in 1858 after the Indian Mutiny