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The Birth of Empire: The East India Company

  • 2014
  • Ended
  • Documentary
  • ~1h / ep
  • 1 season
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Dan Snow travels through India in the footsteps of the company that revolutionised the British lifestyle and laid the foundations of today's global trading systems.

Latest: Miniseries · 2014

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  1. E1. Episode 1

    Apr 30, 2014 · 60m

    Dan Snow travels through India in the footsteps of the company that revolutionised British lifestyles and laid the foundations for today's global trading systems.

  2. E2. Episode 2

    May 7, 2014 · 60m

    By 1800 the East India Company had grown from a tiny band of merchants into a colossal trading empire. But scandal and corruption in the 18th century had led to a curtailment of its powers by the British government.