British East India Company

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Key Facts

Abbreviation
BEIC
Pronunciation
/ˈbrɪtɪʃ ist ˈɪndiə ˈkəmpəˌni/
Category
Business
Related Field
Companies & Firms

Examples in Context

  1. In1819, Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, a British East India Company(BEIC) official, made a treaty with the Sultan of Johore and established Singapore as a trading post and settlement.
  2. The British East India Company(BEIC) established in 1600.
  3. No. This crisis hit Amsterdam in 1772, after a respected Dutch investment syndicate made a disastrous bet on shares of the British East India Company(BEIC).
  4. 1773-The British Parliament passes the Tea Act, designed to save the British East India Company(BEIC) by granting it a monopoly on the North American tea trade.
  5. British interests in the area which would later become South Yemen, began to grow when in 1832, British East India Company(BEIC) forces captured the port of Aden, to provide a coaling station for ships en route to India.

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