Class 2-II-The British

After the french came the english who ruled us for nearly a 200 whole years..

                                                The British/ The English
             * The English East India Company was setup in 1600., given a charter by Queen Elizabeth I for Exclusive Trade.
             * It was built by raising shares from the people. 
             * It is a shareholder's share and its also a private institution.
             * From 1600-1813 East India Company possessed the Trade Monopoly with India.
             * The major share holders of the English East India Company was known as the Court Of Directors (COD)


English East India Company
             
             * The body was located in London.
             * It managed all the Indian affairs through representatives.
                              # Governor of Fort Williams (Kolkatta)
                              # Governor General of Fort Williams
                              # Governor General of India, The Viceroy.
             * They set up their first factory at Masoolipattinam in 1611.
             * Their second factory was at Surat in 1613.
             * In 1639, the British got a land called Madras, (from Damarla Venkatadri Nayakudu) and constructed the first ever fort in India, St.George Fort.
             * It was constructed by Governor of Madras, Francis Day.
             * In 1668, the East India Company acquired Bombay for a lease of 10£ per year from the british crown. 
             * As a fact, Bombay, a portuguese settlement was given as a dowry to the British King Charles II for the marriage of Poruguese king's daughter.
             * In 1698, the English East India Company bought the following 3 villages 
                              # Govindpur
                              # Sutanidha
                              # Kalikata
              * In 1700 EIC built a fort called Fort Williams (Kolkatta)


                
                          # Compare with that of french
                          # Masoolipattinam (1621)

                          # Surath (1613)

                          # Madras (1639)

              * Their other trade centres were
                          # Balapore
                          # Hoogley (West Bengal)
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