The world’s first megacorp. How Britain’s East India Company grew into an imperial power.
Centuries ago, England controlled India and was heavily invested in China. The country’s economy and trade dwarfed all others, and it was all in the hands of the first multinational: the East India Company.
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The Birth of Empire: The East India Company on BBC Select
This series reveals how the British company grew into an imperial power in the 16th to 19th centuries, and became a hotbed of corruption and greed that led to its downfall.
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