east india company   (TTS Sound)

The east_india_company has 1 Senses.

• east india company
• an English company formed in 1600 to develop trade with the new British colonies in India and southeastern Asia; in the 18th century it assumed administrative control of Bengal and held it until the British army took over in 1858 after the Indian Mutiny
• 1600年につくられた英国の会社で、インドと東南アジアにある新しい英国植民地との貿易を発展させた