He soon acquired a reputation as a successful speculator – winning bets based on his gaining early intelligence of the Peace of Paris in 1763, and when East India Company stock soared in 1764-1765.

Robert Clive had joined the East India Company as a clerk in 1744; he was appointed the first Governor of Bengal in 1757. We begin with the immediate concerns of the Huseypur Raja and the ...

Dr Andrea Major: The East India Company changed the way we dress… Um it changed the way we eat - it changed the way we socialise. Dan: And, by accident, created one of the most powerful empires ...

In 1600, Queen Elizabeth I approved the creation of the East India Company, a powerful private trading company. The East India Company was started by merchants close merchantA person involved in ...

Reinert, Sophus A., Paul M. Healy, and Robert Fredona. "The Dutch East India Company (VOC)." Harvard Business School Case 723-002, November 2022. (Revised October 2023.) ...