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Which British monarch granted the first royal charter to what was eventually known as The East India Company?

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Which British monarch granted the first royal charter to what was eventually known as The East India Company?
posted Apr 26, 2017 by Yogeshwar Thakur

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Queen Elizabeth I

Charter Granted by Queen Elizabeth to the East India Company. Originally chartered as the "Governor and Company of Merchants of London trading into the East Indies", the company rose to account for half of the world's trade. The company also ruled the beginnings of the British Empire in India. The company received a Royal Charter from Queen Elizabeth I on 31 December 1600, coming relatively late to trade in the Indies.

answer Oct 16, 2018 by Salil Agrawal
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