Tag: East India Company

Podcast

20th June 1756: British prisoners locked in the ‘Black Hole of Calcutta’

20th June 2023
Tagged as: Bengal, Britain, British Empire, Calcutta, East India Company, India, Robert Clive

British prisoners of war were imprisoned in the ‘Black Hole of Calcutta’ after the Bengali army captured Fort William from the East India Company.

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10th May 1857: The start of the Indian Mutiny (First War of Indian Independence)

10th May 2023
Tagged as: Britain, East India Company, Enfield Rifle, Imperialism, India, Mutiny, Politics, Religion, Sepoy

The Indian Mutiny, also known as the First War of Indian Independence, began in Meerut.

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20th March 1602: The Dutch East India Company established

20th March 2023
Tagged as: Dutch East India Company, Dutch Republic, East India Company, Economics, Economy, Finance, India, Netherlands, Ship, Spices, Trade

By the start of the 17th century merchants from the Dutch Republic had begun to undertake voyages to the ‘Spice Islands’ of the Indian Ocean.