See Also: East India Company(dictionary)
East India Co.(encyclopedia)
East India Co., Dutch(encyclopedia)
East India Co., French(encyclopedia)
India(tourism)
India(encyclopedia)
Air India(tourism)
Little India(tourism)
Taj of India(tourism)
india(medicine)

East India Company (oh)



one of several European companies that developed trade with India and east Asia in the 17th and 18th centuries. The British East India Company (1600-1858) was the most important of these, and was responsible for bringing India into the British Empire.