ÿþ<html> <head> <title> WHKMLA : Timelines : East India Company (E.I.C.)</title> <META name="keywords" keyword="British East India Company"> <!-- copyright Alexander Ganse, 2005-2007 --> </head> <body bgcolor="grey" text="black" link="blue" vlink="red" alink="brown"> <style> <!-- A{ font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; font-face: arial; } --> </style> <DIV align ="center"> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "../../index.html"> <img src = "../../whkmla2.jpg" border = "0"></a></TD></TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width = "200" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <font size = "2" face = "arial"><B> History of India <BR> Index Page </b></font></TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "xindia.html"> <img src = "../../region/arrowleft.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "xindia.html"> <img src = "../banners/baneic.jpg" border = "0"> </TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "../../military/milxbrindia.html"> <img src = "../../region/arrowright.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD width = "200" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <font size = "2" face = "arial"><B> Wars of British India </b></font></TD></TR></TABLE> <font size = "3" face = "arial"><B><i>First posted on February 2nd 2005</i></b></font><BR><BR><BR><BR> <script language="JavaScript"> <!-- function SymError() { return true; } window.onerror = SymError; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-5834279270464755"; google_alternate_color = "FFFFE1"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_channel ="4814426207"; google_ad_type = "text"; //2007-02-17: MIT_ Ganse google_ad_channel = "0420158018"; google_color_border = "FF3300"; google_color_bg = "FFFFE1"; google_color_link = "0000CC"; google_color_url = "008000"; google_color_text = "6F6F6F"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <BR><BR><BR><BR> </div> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "center" valign = "center" width = "900"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "5"><B> Timeline : East India Company </B></font> </TD></TR></TABLE> <BR><BR> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "110"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> 1600 <BR> 1612 <BR> 1640 <BR> 1668 <BR><BR> 1694 <BR> 1698 <BR> 1702 <BR> 1746 <BR> 1754-1763 <BR><BR> 1757 <BR> 1767-1771 <BR> 1772 <BR> 1773-1786 <BR> 1773 <BR> 1780-1781 <BR> 1782-1783 <BR> 1784 <BR> 1784 <BR> 1786-1793 <BR> 1793-1798 <BR> 1798-1805 <BR> 1798, 1801 <BR> 1799 <BR> 1805 <BR> 1807-1813 <BR> 1811 <BR> 1813 <BR> 1813-1823 <BR> 1816 <BR><BR> 1819 <BR> 1823-1828 <BR> 1824 <BR><BR> 1824-1825 <BR> 1824-1826 <BR> 1826 <BR> 1828-1835 <BR> 1836-1842 <BR> 1839 <BR> 1839-1842 <BR> 1842-1844 <BR> 1843 <BR> 1844-1848 <BR> 1845 <BR> 1845-1846 <BR> 1848-1849 <BR> 1848-1856 <BR> 1852 <BR> 1853 <BR> 1854 <BR> 1856 <BR> 1857 <BR> 1857-1858 <BR> 1858 <BR> 1874 <BR> </font></TD> <TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "600"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> Queen Elizabeth I. granted royal charter to East India Company <BR> Trade factory established at Surat <BR> E.I.C. constructed fortress at Madras <BR> Bombay acquired (King Charles II. had gained it as part of the dowry of his wife, <BR> Constance of Bragan&ccedil;a, in 1661) <BR> Deregulating Act de facto abolished E.I.C. monopoly <BR> E.I.C. trading factory in Bengal became nucleus for city of Calcutta <BR> E.I.C., competitor English Company Trading to the East Indies merged <BR> Madras conquered by the French (returned to the E.I.C. in 1749) <BR> The French and British East India Companies and their respective Indian <BR> allies were at war with each other (Seven Years' War) <BR> Battle of Plassey; E.I.C. victorious, gained Bengal <BR> First Mysore War <BR> Calcutta became seat of E.I.C. administration of India <BR> Warren Hastings Governor General of Fort William (i.e. of India) <BR> Regulating Act for India imposed reforms on the E.I.C. <BR> Second Mysore War <BR> Third Mysore War <BR> British Parliament passed India Act <BR> E.I.C. annexed Penang <BR> Charles Cornwallis Governor General of Fort William <BR> Sir John Shore Governor General of Fort William <BR> Richard Wellesley Governor General of Fort William <BR> E.I.C. annexed half of Awadh <BR> Fourth Mysore War <BR> Charles Cornwallis appointed Governor General of India; died that year <BR> Baron Minto Governor General of Fort William <BR> E.I.C. occupied Java (Dutch; held until 1816) <BR> E.I.C. trading monopoly with India abolished <BR> Marquess of Hastings Governor General of Fort William <BR> E.I.C. returned Moluccas, Java, Malacca, Dutch factories on Coromandel Coast; <BR> the Dutch ceded Ceylon, the Dutch factories on <A HREF = "tldutindia.html">Malabar Coast</A> <BR> E.I.C. acquired <A HREF = "../seasia/tlsingapore.html">Singapore</A> <BR> Earl Amherst Governor General of Fort William, since 1833 of India <BR> Anglo-Dutch Convention; the Dutch ceded <A HREF = "../seasia/tlmalacca.html">Malacca</A>, the Dutch trade factories <BR> on the <A HREF = "tldutindia.html">Coromandel Coast</A> <BR> Conquest of Assam <BR> <A HREF = "../../military/19cen/burmesewar1.html">First Anglo-Burmese War</A>; acquisition of <A HREF = "../seasia/tlarakan.html">Arakan</A>, <A HREF = "../seasia/tltenasserim">Tenasserim</A> <BR> Singapore, Malacca, Penang combinede to form <A HREF = "../seasia/tlstraits.html">Straits Settlements</A> <BR> Lord Bentinck Governor General of Fort William <BR> Earl of Auckland Governor General of India <BR> E.I.C. annexed Aden <BR> <A HREF = "../../military/19cen/burmesewar1.html">First Anglo-Afghan War</A> <BR> Baron Ellenborough Governor General of India <BR> Conquest, annexation of <A HREF = "tlsindh.html">Sindh</A> <BR> Viscount Hardinge Governor General of India <BR> E.I.C. purchased the continental possessions of Denmark (<A HREF = "tldanindia.html">Tranquebar</A>) <BR> <A HREF = "../../military/19cen/burmesewar1.html">First Anglo-Sikh War</A> <BR> <A HREF = "../../military/19cen/sikhwar2.html">Second Anglo-Sikh War</A>; annexation of the <A HREF = "tlpunjab.html">Punjab</A> <BR> Marquess of Dalhousie Governor General of India <BR> <A HREF = "../../military/19cen/burmesewar2.html">Second Anglo-Burmese War</A>; annexation of Southern Burma <BR> First Railway line opened <BR> First postage stamps issued for E.I.C. India <BR> Annexation of Awadh <BR> Universities of Bombay, Madras and Calcutta founded <BR> <A HREF = "../../military/19cen/sepoy185758.html">Sepoy Rebellion</A> <BR> E.I.C. ceded administration of India to British government <BR> E.I.C. dissolved <BR> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE><BR><BR><BR><BR> <script language="JavaScript"> <!-- function SymError() { return true; } window.onerror = SymError; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-0213752126925919"; google_alternate_color = "FFFFE1"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_channel ="4814426207"; google_ad_type = "text"; google_color_border = "FF3300"; google_color_bg = "FFFFE1"; google_color_link = "0000CC"; google_color_url = "008000"; google_color_text = "6F6F6F"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <BR><BR><BR> <TABLE border = "3" cellspace="5" cellpadding="5" align="center"> <TR> <TD width = "100" valign = "top" align = "center" bgcolor="#FFFACD"> <font size = "3" face = "Times Roman" color = "#000000"> EXTERNAL <BR> FILES </font></TD> <TD width = "750" valign = "top" align = "left" bgcolor = "#FFFACD"> <font size = "2" face = "Times Roman" color = "#000000"> Article British East India Company, from <A HREF = "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_East_India_Company"><B>Wikipedia</B></A> <BR> History of Awadh, from <A HREF = "http://indiancoins.8m.com/awadh/AwadhHist.html"><B>India Coins</B></A> <BR> Article Charles Cornwallis, from <A HREF = "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Cornwallis"><B>Wikipedia</B></A> <BR> Article History of Calcutta, from <A HREF = "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcutta#History"><B>Wikipedia</B></A> <BR> Article Warren Hastings, from <A HREF = "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Hastings"><B>Wikipedia</B></A> <BR> Article Governor-General of India, from <A HREF = "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor-General_of_India"><B>Wikipedia</B></A> <BR> History of Mumbai, from <A HREF = "http://theory.tifr.res.in/bombay/history/"><B>The Mumbai Pages</B></A> <BR> History of Chennai (Madras), from <A HREF = "http://www.chennaibest.com/discoverchennai/sightseeing/history/1639.asp#1"><B> Chennai Best</B></A> <BR> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE><BR><BR><BR><BR> </DIV> <DIV align="center"> <A href="mailto:aganse@hotmail.com"> <IMG src="../../email.gif" border="0"></a><BR> <BR><BR><BR><BR><BR> <font size = "2" face = "Times Roman"> Click here to go <A HREF = "../../index.html">Home</A> <BR> Click here to go to <A HREF = "../../about.html">Information about KMLA, WHKMLA, the author and webmaster</A> <BR> Click here to go to <A HREF = "../..links.html">Statistics</A><BR> </font> <BR><BR><BR> <!-- Start of CH Counter --> <script type="text/javascript"> //<!-- // chCounter v2.0.0 // settings: cstatus = "active"; visible = "1"; path_to_counterfile = "http://www.zum.de/whkmla/counter/counter.php"; urlhp = "http://www.zum.de"; //////////////// url = unescape(location.href); file = url.substring(url.lastIndexOf(urlhp) + urlhp.length, url.length); file = (file.charAt(0) != "/") ? 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