Consider the following statements in context of the rise of British East India Company EIC in India ...........

Ancient and Medival History Later Mughals and Advent of Europeans

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Consider the following statements in context of the rise of British East India Company (EIC) in India:

The British EIC faced a great challenge from the rulers of Vijay Nagar Kingdom in the beginning of the 17th century.
The East India Company defeated the king of Madras province by 1639 in order to make Madras as the center of their activity.
The island of Bombay was acquired by the EIC after defeating Marathas.

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The British EIC faced a great challenge from the rulers of Vijay Nagar Kingdom in the beginning of the 17th century.

The East India Company defeated the king of Madras province by 1639 in order to make Madras as the center of their activity.
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. ... The company eventually became involved in politics and acted as an agent of British imperialism in India from the early 1700s to the mid-1800s.