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* London supports the most significant population of greater yellow-rattle in Britain, mainly in southern Croydon, Bromley and Sutton.
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SUMMARY
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The East India Company (EIC), also known as the Honourable East India Company (HEIC) or the British East India Company and informally as John Company, was an English and later British joint-stock company. It was formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with Mughal India and the East Indies (Maritime Southeast Asia), and later with Qing China. The company ended up seizing control over large parts of the Indian subcontinent, colonized parts of Southeast Asia, and colonized Hong Kong after a war with Qing China.
Originally chartered as the Governor and Company of Merchants of London trading into the East Indies, the company rose to account for half of the world's trade, particularly in basic commodities including cotton, silk, indigo dye, salt, spices, saltpetre, tea, and opium. The company also ruled the beginnings of the British Empire in India. In his speech to the House of Commons in July 1833, Lord Macaulay explained that since the beginning, the East India company had always been involved in both, trade and politics, just as its French and Dutch counterparts had been.The company received a Royal Charter from Queen Elizabeth I on 31 December 1600, coming relatively late to trade in the Indies. Before them the Portuguese Estado da Índia had traded there for much of the 16th century and the first of half a dozen Dutch Companies sailed to trade there from 1595. These Dutch companies amalgamated in March 1602 into the United East Indies Company (VOC), which introduced the first permanent joint stock from 1612 (meaning investment into shares did not need to be returned, but could be traded on a stock exchange). By contrast, wealthy merchants and aristocrats owned the EIC's shares. Initially the government owned no shares and had only indirect control until 1657 when permanent joint stock was established.During its first century of operation, the focus of the company was trade, not the building of an empire in India. Company interests turned from trade to territory during the 18th century as the Mughal Empire declined in power and the East India Company struggled with its French counterpart, the French East India Company (Compagnie française des Indes orientales) during the Carnatic Wars of the 1740s and 1750s. The battles of Plassey and Buxar, in which the British defeated the Bengali powers, left the company in control of Bengal and a major military and political power in India. In the following decades it gradually increased the extent of the territories under its control, controlling the majority of the Indian subcontinent either directly or indirectly via local puppet rulers under the threat of force by its Presidency armies, much of which were composed of native Indian sepoys.
By 1803, at the height of its rule in India, the British East India company had a private army of about 260,000—twice the size of the British Army, with Indian revenues of £13,464,561, and expenses of £14,017,473. The company eventually came to rule large areas of India with its private armies, exercising military power and assuming administrative functions. Company rule in India effectively began in 1757 and lasted until 1858, when, following the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the Government of India Act 1858 led to the British Crown's assuming direct control of the Indian subcontinent in the form of the new British Raj.
Despite frequent government intervention, the company had recurring problems with its finances. It was dissolved in 1874 as a result of the East India Stock Dividend Redemption Act passed one year earlier, as the Government of India Act had by then rendered it vestigial, powerless, and obsolete. The official government machinery of British India assumed the East India Company's governmental functions and absorbed its navy and its armies in 1858.
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SUMMARY
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The East India Company (EIC), also known as the Honourable East India Company (HEIC) or the British East India Company and informally as John Company, was an English and later British joint-stock company. It was formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with Mughal India and the East Indies (Maritime Southeast Asia), and later with Qing China. The company ended up seizing control over large parts of the Indian subcontinent, colonized parts of Southeast Asia, and colonized Hong Kong after a war with Qing China.
Originally chartered as the Governor and Company of Merchants of London trading into the East Indies, the company rose to account for half of the world's trade, particularly in basic commodities including cotton, silk, indigo dye, salt, spices, saltpetre, tea, and opium. The company also ruled the beginnings of the British Empire in India. In his speech to the House of Commons in July 1833, Lord Macaulay explained that since the beginning, the East India company had always been involved in both, trade and politics, just as its French and Dutch counterparts had been.The company received a Royal Charter from Queen Elizabeth I on 31 December 1600, coming relatively late to trade in the Indies. Before them the Portuguese Estado da Índia had traded there for much of the 16th century and the first of half a dozen Dutch Companies sailed to trade there from 1595. These Dutch companies amalgamated in March 1602 into the United East Indies Company (VOC), which introduced the first permanent joint stock from 1612 (meaning investment into shares did not need to be returned, but could be traded on a stock exchange). By contrast, wealthy merchants and aristocrats owned the EIC's shares. Initially the government owned no shares and had only indirect control until 1657 when permanent joint stock was established.During its first century of operation, the focus of the company was trade, not the building of an empire in India. Company interests turned from trade to territory during the 18th century as the Mughal Empire declined in power and the East India Company struggled with its French counterpart, the French East India Company (Compagnie française des Indes orientales) during the Carnatic Wars of the 1740s and 1750s. The battles of Plassey and Buxar, in which the British defeated the Bengali powers, left the company in control of Bengal and a major military and political power in India. In the following decades it gradually increased the extent of the territories under its control, controlling the majority of the Indian subcontinent either directly or indirectly via local puppet rulers under the threat of force by its Presidency armies, much of which were composed of native Indian sepoys.
By 1803, at the height of its rule in India, the British East India company had a private army of about 260,000—twice the size of the British Army, with Indian revenues of £13,464,561, and expenses of £14,017,473. The company eventually came to rule large areas of India with its private armies, exercising military power and assuming administrative functions. Company rule in India effectively began in 1757 and lasted until 1858, when, following the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the Government of India Act 1858 led to the British Crown's assuming direct control of the Indian subcontinent in the form of the new British Raj.
Despite frequent government intervention, the company had recurring problems with its finances. It was dissolved in 1874 as a result of the East India Stock Dividend Redemption Act passed one year earlier, as the Government of India Act had by then rendered it vestigial, powerless, and obsolete. The official government machinery of British India assumed the East India Company's governmental functions and absorbed its navy and its armies in 1858.
English East India Company | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
00:04:39 1 History
00:04:48 1.1 Origins
00:07:06 1.2 Formation
00:09:17 2 Early voyages to the East Indies
00:12:04 3 Foothold in India
00:14:14 4 Expansion
00:19:21 4.1 Japan
00:20:44 4.2 Mughal convoy piracy incident of 1695
00:24:03 5 Forming a complete monopoly
00:24:14 5.1 Trade monopoly
00:29:18 5.2 Saltpetre trade
00:30:56 6 Basis for the monopoly
00:31:05 6.1 Colonial monopoly
00:33:13 6.2 East India Company Army and Navy
00:34:33 6.2.1 Expansion and conquest
00:39:40 6.3 Opium trade
00:42:22 7 Regulation of the company's affairs
00:42:33 7.1 Writers
00:43:22 7.2 Financial troubles
00:45:02 7.3 Regulating Acts of Parliament
00:45:12 7.3.1 East India Company Act 1773
00:47:42 7.3.2 East India Company Act 1784 (Pitt's India Act)
00:49:40 7.3.3 Act of 1786
00:51:09 7.3.4 East India Company Act 1793 (Charter Act)
00:51:56 7.3.5 East India Company Act 1813 (Charter Act)
00:53:08 7.3.6 Government of India Act 1833
00:54:49 7.3.7 English Education Act 1835
00:55:12 7.3.8 Government of India Act 1853
00:55:55 8 Indian Rebellion and disestablishment
00:57:42 9 Establishments in Britain
01:01:44 10 Legacy and criticisms
01:07:07 11 Symbols
01:07:16 11.1 Flags
01:08:46 11.2 Coat of arms
01:10:37 11.3 Merchant mark
01:11:28 12 Ships
01:13:59 13 Records
01:15:10 14 See also
01:16:20 15 Notes and references
01:16:30 16 Further reading
01:16:39 16.1 Historiography
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Speaking Rate: 0.9110375353991823
Voice name: en-US-Wavenet-B
I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
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The East India Company (EIC), also known as the Honourable East India Company (HEIC) or the British East India Company and informally as John Company, Company Bahadur, or simply The Company, was an English and later British joint-stock company. It was formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with Mughal India and the East Indies (Maritime Southeast Asia), and later with Qing China. The company ended up seizing control over large parts of the Indian subcontinent, colonized parts of Southeast Asia, and colonized Hong Kong after a war with Qing China.
Originally chartered as the Governor and Company of Merchants of London trading into the East Indies, the company rose to account for half of the world's trade, particularly in basic commodities including cotton, silk, indigo dye, salt, spices, saltpetre, tea, and opium. The company also ruled the beginnings of the British Empire in India. In his speech to the House of Commons in July 1833, Lord Macaulay explained that since the beginning, the East India company had always been involved in both trade and politics, just as its French and Dutch counterparts had been.The company received a Royal Charter from Queen Elizabeth I on 31 December 1600, coming relatively late to trade in the Indies. Before them the Portuguese Estado da Índia had traded there for much of the 16th century and the first of half a dozen Dutch Companies sailed to trade there from 1595. These Dutch companies amalgamated in March 1602 into the United East Indies Company (VOC), which introduced the first permanent joint stock from 1612 (meaning investment into shares did not need to be returned, but could be traded on a stock exchange). By contrast, wealthy merchants and aristocrats owned the EIC's shares. Initially the government owned no shares and had only indirect control until 1657 when permanent joint stock was established.During its first century of operation, the focus of the company was trade, not the building of an empire in India. Company interests turned from trade to territory during the 18th century as the Mughal Empire declined in power and the East India Company struggled with its French counterpart, the French East India Company (Compagnie française des Indes orientales) during the Carnatic Wars of the 1740s and 1750s. The battles of Plassey and Buxar, in which the British ...
Honourable East India Company | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
00:05:36 1 History
00:05:46 1.1 Origins
00:08:30 1.2 Formation
00:11:04 2 Early voyages to the East Indies
00:14:23 3 Foothold in India
00:16:58 4 Expansion
00:23:06 4.1 Japan
00:24:45 4.2 Mughal convoy piracy incident of 1695
00:28:43 5 Forming a complete monopoly
00:28:53 5.1 Trade monopoly
00:34:58 5.2 Saltpetre trade
00:36:53 6 Basis for the monopoly
00:37:03 6.1 Colonial monopoly
00:39:35 6.2 East India Company Army and Navy
00:41:09 6.2.1 Expansion and conquest
00:47:16 6.3 Opium trade
00:50:31 7 Regulation of the company's affairs
00:50:42 7.1 Writers
00:51:40 7.2 Financial troubles
00:53:39 7.3 Regulating Acts of Parliament
00:53:49 7.3.1 East India Company Act 1773
00:56:47 7.3.2 East India Company Act 1784 (Pitt's India Act)
00:59:05 7.3.3 Act of 1786
01:00:51 7.3.4 East India Company Act 1793 (Charter Act)
01:01:45 7.3.5 East India Company Act 1813 (Charter Act)
01:03:11 7.3.6 Government of India Act 1833
01:05:14 7.3.7 English Education Act 1835
01:05:40 7.3.8 Government of India Act 1853
01:06:31 8 Indian Rebellion and disestablishment
01:08:38 9 Establishments in Britain
01:13:25 10 Legacy and criticisms
01:19:52 11 Symbols
01:20:01 11.1 Flags
01:21:47 11.2 Coat of arms
01:23:57 11.3 Merchant mark
01:24:55 12 Ships
01:27:53 13 Records
01:29:17 14 See also
01:30:40 15 Notes and references
01:30:50 16 Further reading
01:30:59 16.1 Historiography
Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago.
Learning by listening is a great way to:
- increases imagination and understanding
- improves your listening skills
- improves your own spoken accent
- learn while on the move
- reduce eye strain
Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone.
Listen on Google Assistant through Extra Audio:
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Speaking Rate: 0.7323255189912944
Voice name: en-US-Wavenet-E
I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
=======
The East India Company (EIC), also known as the Honourable East India Company (HEIC) or the British East India Company and informally as John Company, Company Bahadur, or simply The Company, was an English and later British joint-stock company. It was formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with Mughal India and the East Indies (Maritime Southeast Asia), and later with Qing China. The company ended up seizing control over large parts of the Indian subcontinent, colonized parts of Southeast Asia, and colonized Hong Kong after a war with Qing China.
Originally chartered as the Governor and Company of Merchants of London trading into the East Indies, the company rose to account for half of the world's trade, particularly in basic commodities including cotton, silk, indigo dye, salt, spices, saltpetre, tea, and opium. The company also ruled the beginnings of the British Empire in India. In his speech to the House of Commons in July 1833, Lord Macaulay explained that since the beginning, the East India company had always been involved in both trade and politics, just as its French and Dutch counterparts had been.The company received a Royal Charter from Queen Elizabeth I on 31 December 1600, coming relatively late to trade in the Indies. Before them the Portuguese Estado da Índia had traded there for much of the 16th century and the first of half a dozen Dutch Companies sailed to trade there from 1595. These Dutch companies amalgamated in March 1602 into the United East Indies Company (VOC), which introduced the first permanent joint stock from 1612 (meaning investment into shares did not need to be returned, but could be traded on a stock exchange). By contrast, wealthy merchants and aristocrats owned the EIC's shares. Initially the government owned no shares and had only indirect control until 1657 when permanent joint stock was established.During its first century of operation, the focus of the company was trade, not the building of an empire in India. Company interests turned from trade to territory during the 18th century as the Mughal Empire declined in power and the East India Company struggled with its French counterpart, the French East India Company (Compagnie française des Indes orientales) during the Carnatic Wars of the 1740s and 1750s. The battles of Plassey and Buxar, in which the British ...
John Company | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
00:04:38 1 History
00:04:47 1.1 Origins
00:07:07 1.2 Formation
00:09:17 2 Early voyages to the East Indies
00:12:06 3 Foothold in India
00:14:17 4 Expansion
00:19:20 4.1 Japan
00:20:45 4.2 Mughal convoy piracy incident of 1695
00:24:00 5 Forming a complete monopoly
00:24:10 5.1 Trade monopoly
00:29:12 5.2 Saltpetre trade
00:30:48 6 Basis for the monopoly
00:30:58 6.1 Colonial monopoly
00:33:04 6.2 East India Company Army and Navy
00:34:23 6.2.1 Expansion and conquest
00:39:25 6.3 Opium trade
00:42:06 7 Regulation of the company's affairs
00:42:17 7.1 Writers
00:43:06 7.2 Financial troubles
00:44:46 7.3 Regulating Acts of Parliament
00:44:55 7.3.1 East India Company Act 1773
00:47:22 7.3.2 East India Company Act 1784 (Pitt's India Act)
00:49:19 7.3.3 Act of 1786
00:50:47 7.3.4 East India Company Act 1793 (Charter Act)
00:51:33 7.3.5 East India Company Act 1813 (Charter Act)
00:52:47 7.3.6 Government of India Act 1833
00:54:28 7.3.7 English Education Act 1835
00:54:51 7.3.8 Government of India Act 1853
00:55:33 8 Indian Rebellion and disestablishment
00:57:19 9 Establishments in Britain
01:01:18 10 Legacy and criticisms
01:06:36 11 Symbols
01:06:44 11.1 Flags
01:08:13 11.2 Coat of arms
01:10:01 11.3 Merchant mark
01:10:51 12 Ships
01:13:22 13 Records
01:14:34 14 See also
01:15:45 15 Notes and references
01:15:55 16 Further reading
01:16:04 16.1 Historiography
Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago.
Learning by listening is a great way to:
- increases imagination and understanding
- improves your listening skills
- improves your own spoken accent
- learn while on the move
- reduce eye strain
Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone.
Listen on Google Assistant through Extra Audio:
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Speaking Rate: 0.8048311921349666
Voice name: en-AU-Wavenet-C
I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
=======
The East India Company (EIC), also known as the Honourable East India Company (HEIC) or the British East India Company and informally as John Company, Company Bahadur, or simply The Company, was an English and later British joint-stock company. It was formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with Mughal India and the East Indies (Maritime Southeast Asia), and later with Qing China. The company ended up seizing control over large parts of the Indian subcontinent, colonized parts of Southeast Asia, and colonized Hong Kong after a war with Qing China.
Originally chartered as the Governor and Company of Merchants of London trading into the East Indies, the company rose to account for half of the world's trade, particularly in basic commodities including cotton, silk, indigo dye, salt, spices, saltpetre, tea, and opium. The company also ruled the beginnings of the British Empire in India. In his speech to the House of Commons in July 1833, Lord Macaulay explained that since the beginning, the East India company had always been involved in both trade and politics, just as its French and Dutch counterparts had been.The company received a Royal Charter from Queen Elizabeth I on 31 December 1600, coming relatively late to trade in the Indies. Before them the Portuguese Estado da Índia had traded there for much of the 16th century and the first of half a dozen Dutch Companies sailed to trade there from 1595. These Dutch companies amalgamated in March 1602 into the United East Indies Company (VOC), which introduced the first permanent joint stock from 1612 (meaning investment into shares did not need to be returned, but could be traded on a stock exchange). By contrast, wealthy merchants and aristocrats owned the EIC's shares. Initially the government owned no shares and had only indirect control until 1657 when permanent joint stock was established.During its first century of operation, the focus of the company was trade, not the building of an empire in India. Company interests turned from trade to territory during the 18th century as the Mughal Empire declined in power and the East India Company struggled with its French counterpart, the French East India Company (Compagnie française des Indes orientales) during the Carnatic Wars of the 1740s and 1750s. The battles of Plassey and Buxar, in which the British ...
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