East India Company The East India Company was an English joint-stock company formed for pursuing trade with the East Indies but which ended up trading mainly with the Indian subcontinent. Shares of the company were owned by wealthy merchants and aristocrats. The government owned no shares and had only indirect control. The Company operated its own large army with which it controlled major portions of India. The East India Company traded mainly in cotton‚ silk‚ indigo dye‚ salt ‚ saltpetre‚ tea
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British East India Company and Its International Trades British East India Company played a non-ignorable role in history and economic field. From 1600 when it was established by a group of British entrepreneurs to 1874‚ in which it was dissolved eventually‚ the company not only monopolized various international trades‚ but also acted significant military power by the support of British government. Its aim is plundering other countries’ resources and make their own country wealthy. But its failure
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first defeat the imperialistic power. This is the case for the British East India Company. Before its establishment‚ the company faces many strong powers such as the Portuguese‚ Spaniards‚ and Dutch. In 1588‚ Spanish Armada were defeated‚ British were able to enter this competitive field in order to start their quest in exploring and colonizing the international markets. This marked the start of the British East India Company. Initially‚ the doubtful Queen Elizabeth did not approve of this venture
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The East India Company established many things for India including telegraph‚ railroad‚ and irrigation systems. It also set up a large army called the Sepoys to defend its interests and India’s borders. The Sepoys were commanded by the British officers and were supported by the units of the British army. Although the Indians benefited from the British rule many resented British rule. The East India Company made sure that British colonist received most of the advantages from the new technology and
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Introduction The Northeast region of India comprising of eight states – Assam‚ Nagaland‚ Manipur‚ Arunachal Pradesh‚ Mizoram‚ Tripura and Sikkim[1]– a region poorly connected to the Indian mainland by a small corridor‚[2] and surrounded by many countries such as Bhutan‚ Myanmar‚ Bangladesh and China‚ is the setting for a multitude of conflict that undermines the idea of India as a prosperous and functioning democracy. For instance‚ the Naga insurgence‚ which started in the 1950s‚ known as the
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Independence of India ¤ Sailing of San Gabriel To India When the San Gabriel sailed around the Cape of Good Hope to finally dock at Calicut‚ a prosperous port and an independent principality on the Malabar Coast in May‚ 1498‚ half a century of the Portuguese tentative to find a sea route to India was finally crowned with success. The man behind the quest was Vasco da Gama (1460-1524) – a devout Roman Catholic whose nightlong vigil in a Lisbon chapel before commending himself to the unsure
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East Asian Business- Lecture 1 Explaining Asia’s double digit growth- Is there and “Asian model” which has helped countries such as the four tigers (South Korea‚ Taiwan‚ Singapore and Hong Kong” as well as NIC’s (Malaysia‚ Indonesia and Thailand + PRC double digit growth from 1978. Cultural explanations; legacy of Confucianism: Confucianism‚ the teachings of Confucius during 500 BC‚ has played an important role in forming Chinese character‚ behavior and way of living. (Eliot 2001; Guo 1995) Its
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The British Empire was at its zenith when‚ in 1911‚ it was decided to move the capital of British India from Calcutta to Delhi. While the move away from Calcutta was the result of political and administrative considerations‚ the choice of Delhi was dictated strongly by symbolic associations – the desire to tap into the aura of an ancient capital city. Soon work began on grand capital city‚ worthy of the jewel in the crown of the British Empire. A major aim was to represent the might of the Empire
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Racism in A Passage To India A Passage to India by E.M. Forster is a novel published in 1924‚ a time when India had not yet won its independence from the British. Forster had visited India during this time‚ so a lot of the setting comes from firsthand experience‚ although he does make up the setting of the caves as well as the town names. During the time that this book was published‚ racism was a major problem in India and it is a major problem in the novel. India at this time was occupied
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McDonald’s in India In America‚ we consider McDonald’s to be a beef serving‚ sometimes fatty fast food restaurant‚ but after a 6 year business plan to sway the Indian population‚ McDonald’s has transformed. If they can continue this growth in India‚ and all over the world‚ globalization will start to love McDonald’s even more. They seemed to have hit the right points‚ from playing it safe‚ investing their time doing marketing research‚ to find the best places to put a restaurant and finding out
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