Arrival of British in India

  • The lucrative trade with Asia attracted the British as well. In 1599, a group of merchants established a company for this purpose named it ‘Governor of Company of Merchants of London Trading to the East Indies’.
  • The company popularly known as East India Company took over its competitor ‘New Company’in 1708, and hence, ‘The United Company of Merchants of England Trading to East Indies’ was established.
  • In 1608, British Emperor James I sent Captain William Hawkins to the court of Jahangir to seek permission to establish the trading posts in India and hence, he became the first British to enter via sea ....
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