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East India Company Definition
(n)
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
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