00:00The East India Company, later called the British East India Company, initially English, under the
00:06The company was initially known as the East India Company, EIC, and later as the British East India Company, BEIC.
00:14on December 31, 1600 by a royal charter of Queen Elizabeth I of England granting him for 20 years
00:20the monopoly on trade in the Indian Ocean.
00:22The first of the European companies founded in the 17th century to conquer "the Indies" and dominate trade flows with
00:29Asia, it finds its place opposite the Dutch East India Company, the famous VOC, and takes the
00:35'advantage over the French East India Company, which it drove to ruin by conquering all its possessions in
00:40India, while surviving a severe financial crisis.
00:43It profoundly influenced the creation of the future British Empire. It became the most powerful commercial enterprise of its time.
00:50and acquires sovereign military and administrative functions in the administration of the vast Indian territory.
00:56Hit hard by the economic and political developments of the 19th century, it gradually declined, then disappeared in 1858.
01:04after the Sipailles revolt.
01:06From its headquarters in London, its influence has spread to every continent. Among other things, it has presided over
01:12with the creation of British India and the Raj, founded Hong Kong and Singapore, spread tea culture in
01:17India and the use of opium in China, held Napoleon captive on Saint Helena, and found himself directly
01:23involved in the Boston Tea Party which served as the trigger for the American Revolutionary War.
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