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EAST INDIA COMPANY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("East India Company" is a kind of...):
company (an institution created to conduct business)
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