British East India Company The British East India Company was the main source of trade between the east and Britain for more that 200 years. I chose to do my research paper on the British east India Company. The British east India Company was the most important of the various East India companies; this company was a major force in the history of India for more than 200 years. Queen Elizabeth I granted the original charter on …showed first 75 words of 658 total…

…showed last 75 words of 658 total…British army. The company was dissolved on January 1, 1874, when the East India Stock Dividend Redemption Act came into effect. As you have read above the British east India Company has played a major part in history. If not for the company the British would have little if any trading with the east. They were the first to have factories and trading posts in India and Japan and make eastern items accessible to the western world.