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1824 pencil and ink drawing showing the old French factory at Patna on the Ganges. The Dutch, French, British and Danish East India companies all had factories at Patna, the center of opium and saltpetre trade in northern India. France was not able to take back its factory at Patna when it recovered its Indian settlements (Pondicherry, Chandernagore, etc.) in 1816 following the Treaty of Paris of 1814. Cropped from the original drawing by Sir Charles D'Oyly (1781-1845) dated 1824.Français : Vue de l'ancienne loge française de Patna en 1824. Les companies des Indes orientales hollandaise, française, anglaise et danoise avaient des loges à Patna, principal centre du commerce de l'opium et du salpêtre du nord de l'Inde. Malgré ses efforts, la France ne put récupérer sa loge de Patna (et plusieurs autres loges) lorsqu'elle reprit possession de ses comptoirs de l'Inde en 1816. Dessin au crayon et à l'encre de Sir Charles D'Oyly (1781-1845) daté de 1824.

The British East India Company was the first joint-stock corporation to be formed in England, and it eventually became one of the most powerful trading companies in the world, with a virtual monopoly on trade in India and the East Indies. The East India Company or the British East India Company and informally as John Company was an English and later British joint-stock company, which was formed to pursue trade with the East Indies but ended up trading mainly with the Indian subcontinent and Qing China. After the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588, London merchants presented a petition to Queen Elizabeth I for permission to sail to the Indian Ocean. Permission was granted, and on 10 April 1591 three ships sailed from Torbay around the Cape of Good Hope to the Arabian Sea. On 31 December 1600, the Queen granted a Royal Charter to "George, Earl of Cumberland, and 215 Knights, Aldermen, and Burgesses" under the name, Governor and Company of Merchants of London trading with the East Indies. The governance of the company was in the hands of one governor and 24 directors or "committees", who made up the Court of Directors. They, in turn, reported to the Court of Proprietors, which appointed them. Ten committees reported to the Court of Directors. According to tradition, business was initially transacted at the Nags Head Inn, opposite St Botolph's church in Bishopsgate, before moving to India House in Leadenhall Street. The company played a key role in the spread of British influence in India and the development of the British Empire. However, it also became involved in corruption and exploitation, and it was eventually dissolved in 1858, following the Indian Rebellion of 1857.

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