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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tonguez" data-source="post: 1968508" data-attributes="member: 1125">The East India Company FactoriesA bit of British-Indian History for youAnyway due to hostilities between British and Dutch traders these 'factories' (commercial agencies) were fortified (the most famous example being Fort William - the Black Hole of Calcutta).  Around 1670, King Charles II gave the East India Company the rights to "autonomous territorial acquisitions, to mint money, to command fortresses and troops and form alliances, to make war and peace, and to exercise both civil and criminal jurisdiction over the acquired areas" this esentially made the East India Company factories a nation in their own right.  Following the start of the Seven Years war (1754 - 1763) the East India company hit a boom time becoming the major player in the British economy however it was also faced with hostility from French interest in India. Then in 1756 a moghul nawab (with French backing)captured Fort William taking the british residents captive (and commiting various atrocities), in retalliation Robert Clive lead a company army to victory at the Battle of Plassey (1757) thus starting the destruction of (the already weakening) Moghul empire which eventuially lead to the establishment of British rule in India.Anyway besides the establishment of British India the East India Company also founded Hong Kong and Singapore, employed Captain Kidd to combat piracy, established the cultivation of tea in India, held Napoleon captive on Saint Helena and its products were the subject of the Boston Tea Party.A fascinating period in history which imho is absolutely ripe with gaming opportunities</blockquote>

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