Question

What made the East India Company come to India?​

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.

Answer 2

Answer:

The British East India company came to India as traders in spices, a very important commoditv in Europe back then as it was used to preserve meat. Apart from that, they primarily traded in silk, cotton, indigo dye , tea and opium. They landed in the Indian subcontinent on August 24, 1608, at the port of Surut.