Question

3.WHAT IS (BRITANNICA ) ? WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE FOR FORMING EAST INDIA COMPANY?​

Answer 1

Answer:

The East India Company was initially created in 1600 to serve as a trading body for English merchants, specifically to participate in the East Indian spice trade. It later added such items as cotton, silk, indigo, saltpeter, tea, and opium to its wares and also participated in the slave trade.