what do you think was the main factor in the rise of the East India Company in the second half of the eighteenth century? Explain yiuf Answer using evidence
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Originally chartered as the "Governor and Company of Merchants of London Trading into the East-Indies the company rose to account for half of the world's trade during the mid-1700s and early 1800s particularly in basic commodities including cotton, silk, indigo dye, salt, spices, saltpetre, tea, and opium. The company also ruled the beginnings of the British Empire in India.
The company eventually came to rule large areas of India, exercising military power and assuming administrative functions. Company rule in India effectively began in 1757 after the Battle of Plassey and lasted until 1858 when, following the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the Government of India Act 1858 led to the British Crown assuming direct control of India in the form of the new British Raj.
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as we know the east india company came to India for trade but they became interested in buying things from India in lower prices and selling them in England or other countries in higher prices. After that there was a conflict between nawabs of awadh and company called as battle of plassey. so, according to me the battle of plassey gaved a big rise to east India company