British East India Company: All Data

This page is about the data available for this polity, the chronology of the events of the polity is available here.

Was an English, and later British, joint-stock company formed in 1600 to trade in the Indian Ocean region. The company sytematically took control of large territories, in particular it was able to size the whole Indian Subcontinent through direct or indirect (Princely States) rule. Following the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the Government of India Act 1858 led to the British Crown assuming direct control of India in the form of the new British Raj.