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How did the royal charter empower the British East India Company?

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The Charter of 1687 invested the East India Company with authority to establish a municipality and a Mayor's Court at Madras. It established Municipality in Bombay and Calcutta and empowered them to establish Courts of Requests.The East India Company was granted the Royal Charter on 31 December, 1600 by Queen Elizabeth I. As a consequence of this Charter the British East India Company set up trading establishments on the east and west coasts of India and in Bengal. The Company's ships first arrived in India, at the port of Surat, in 1608.

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The Charter of 1687 invested the East India Company with authority to establish a municipality and a Mayor's Court at Madras. ... It established Municipality in Bombay and Calcutta and empowered them to establish Courts of Requests.