The coming of east india company to india

  • Period: to

    1657 - 1668

    1657: Oliver Cromwell renewed the charter granting trading rights for the East India Company.
    1667: Cloth makers and drapers in England, angry that imports of Indian cloth were threatening their livelihoods rioted and attacked India house in London.
    1668: King Charles 2 gave Bombay, which he had acquired from the portuguese as part of his wife's dowry, to the east india company.