one eastern coastal region which was trading centre of the British
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The company established trading posts in Surat (1619), Madras (1639), Bombay (1668), and Calcutta (1690). By 1647, the company had 23 factories, each under the command of a factor or master merchant and governor, and 90 employees in India.
The company settled down to a trade in cotton and silk piece goods, indigo, and saltpetre, with spices from South India. It extended its activities to the Persian Gulf, Southeast Asia, and East Asia.
Chief Commissioner's Province refers to a middle-level and minor type of province in British India and in the post-colonial successor states, not headed by a (lieutenant-)governor but by a Chief commissioner, notably : ... Chief Commissioner's Province of Assam. Central Provinces and Berar.
1858
1858: Beginning of the Raj
In 1858, British Crown rule was established in India, ending a century of control by the East India Company.