Royal Charter of the East India Company

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The Royal Charter of the East India Company was the 1600 English crown decree that granted the company a trade monopoly in Asia, laying the foundation for British commercial and later political dominance in India.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf founding charter ⓘ
legal document ⓘ
royal charter ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Charter of 1600 of the East India Company ⓘ
authorized formation of a Governor and Company of Merchants of London trading into the East Indies ⓘ
raising of joint stock capital for Asian trade ⓘ
authorizedCreationOf East India Company ⓘ
conferredStatus joint-stock company ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of England ⓘ
dateGranted 1600-12-31 ⓘ
economicEffect established English commercial presence in Asia ⓘ
established East India Company ⓘ
field colonial history ⓘ
economic history ⓘ
legal history ⓘ
followedBy subsequent renewal charters of the East India Company ⓘ
geographicScope Asia ⓘ
East Indies ⓘ
Indian Ocean region ⓘ
linked to: Indian Ocean Region
grantedBy Elizabeth I of England ⓘ
grantedMonopolyOn English trade east of the Cape of Good Hope ⓘ
English trade west of the Straits of Magellan ⓘ
English trade with the East Indies ⓘ
grantedPrivileges exemption from certain customs duties in England ⓘ
grantedRights right to acquire territories with local consent ⓘ
right to build forts ⓘ
right to coin money in certain territories ⓘ
right to maintain armed forces for defense of trade ⓘ
right to make war and peace with non-Christian rulers in specified regions ⓘ
grantedTo East India Company ⓘ
historicalSignificance contributed to later British political control in India ⓘ
laid foundations for British commercial dominance in India ⓘ
issuedBy English Crown ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of England
language English ⓘ
legalBasisFor East India Company’s early operations in India ⓘ
English trade factories in India ⓘ
legalForm letters patent ⓘ
legalSystem English law ⓘ
limitedMembershipTo named group of London merchants ⓘ
mainPurpose grant monopoly over English trade in Asia ⓘ
regulate English trade with the East Indies ⓘ
placeOfIssue London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
precededBy earlier English exploratory voyages to Asia ⓘ
relatedTo British colonization of India ⓘ
history of British imperialism ⓘ
renewalCondition subject to royal review and renewal ⓘ
signedUnder Great Seal of England ⓘ
termOfMonopoly 15 years (initially) ⓘ
yearGranted 1600 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Royal Charter → notableExample → Royal Charter of the East India Company ⓘ
Governors of East India Company presidencies → legalBasis → Royal charter of the East India Company ⓘ
linked to: Royal Charter of the East India Company
British Raj (Company rule in India) → legalBasis → royal charter of the East India Company ⓘ
linked to: Royal Charter of the East India Company
Company Presidencies → legalBasis → Royal Charter of the British East India Company ⓘ
linked to: Royal Charter of the East India Company
Royal Charter of the East India Company → alsoKnownAs → Charter of 1600 of the East India Company ⓘ
linked to: Royal Charter of the East India Company
Armies of the British East India Company → legalBasis → Royal Charter of the East India Company ⓘ