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31 December 1600
The East India Company is founded to challenge Dutch and Portuguese dominance of the spice trade. The major force behind British imperial expansion during the next two centuries, the company begins to boom when voyages are made on a joint-stock basis, and the company secures grants of factory concessions in India in the 17th century. |
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