1600-86
MILITANT TRADE
An English (later British) joint-stock company, the East India Company (EIC) is formed to trade in the East Indies. It establishes trading posts on the Indian coast and recruits soldiers to secure its settlements from hostile locals and European rivals.
1686-90
01 ANGLO-MUGHAL WAR
The first Anglo-Indian conflict on the subcontinent sees the EIC fighting the Mughal Empire, which
