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|image = Flag of the British East India Company (1801).png
|image = Flag of the British East India Company (1801).png
|headquarters = [[London]], [[United Kingdom]]
|headquarters = [[London]], [[United Kingdom]]
|subsidiaries = [[British India Army]]
|related = [[British Empire]]<br />[[Templars]]
|related = [[British Empire]]<br />[[Templars]]
*[[British Rite of the Templar Order|British Rite]]
*[[British Rite of the Templar Order|British Rite]]
|formed = 31 December 1600
|formed = 31 December 1600
|collapsed = 1 June 1874
|collapsed = 1 June 1874
|hidea = yes}}
|hidea = yes
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The '''East India Company''', also known as '''Honourable East India Company'''<ref name="ACCI Database">''[[Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India]]'' – [[Database: East India Company]]</ref> or '''British India Company'''<ref name="ACS Database">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[Database: British India Company (BIC)]]</ref>, was a [[United Kingdom|British]] trading enterprise that delivered goods and commodities to several ports throughout the [[British Empire]], and a major naval force during the {{Wiki|Age of Enlightenment}} and the [[Golden Age of Piracy]]. 
The '''East India Company''', also known as '''Honourable East India Company'''<ref name="ACCI Database">''[[Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India]]'' – [[Database: East India Company]]</ref> or '''British India Company'''<ref name="ACS Database">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[Database: British India Company (BIC)]]</ref>, was a [[United Kingdom|British]] trading enterprise that delivered goods and commodities to several ports throughout the [[British Empire]], and a major naval force during the {{Wiki|Age of Enlightenment}} and the [[Golden Age of Piracy]]. 


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Secretly, however, the business was used on several occasions by members of the [[Templars|Templar Order]], in their efforts to spread their influence throughout the ever-growing empire. As of 1713, Sir [[Aubrey Hague]] was an executive of the company, and [[Benjamin Pritchard]] was a captain sailing for the company until his death that year; both men had been Templars. <ref name="AC4N">''[[Assassin's Creed: Black Flag]]''</ref> Additionally, [[Duncan Walpole]] had been in the employ of the company, before a fellow sailor approached and recruited him into the [[Assassins|Assassin Order]].<ref name="AC4"/> Later, Duncan Walpole was persuaded by [[Henry Spencer]], a Templar and a member of the East India Company's Court of Directors, to betray the Assassins and join the Templar Order.<ref name="ACMN">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Official Movie Novelization]]''</ref>
Secretly, however, the business was used on several occasions by members of the [[Templars|Templar Order]], in their efforts to spread their influence throughout the ever-growing empire. As of 1713, Sir [[Aubrey Hague]] was an executive of the company, and [[Benjamin Pritchard]] was a captain sailing for the company until his death that year; both men had been Templars. <ref name="AC4N">''[[Assassin's Creed: Black Flag]]''</ref> Additionally, [[Duncan Walpole]] had been in the employ of the company, before a fellow sailor approached and recruited him into the [[Assassins|Assassin Order]].<ref name="AC4"/> Later, Duncan Walpole was persuaded by [[Henry Spencer]], a Templar and a member of the East India Company's Court of Directors, to betray the Assassins and join the Templar Order.<ref name="ACMN">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Official Movie Novelization]]''</ref>


Around 1748, the East India Company was in danger of facing resistance from the {{Wiki|Kingdom of Mysore}} and the Assassins in the area. [[John Harrison]], who was stationed in {{Wiki|Calcutta}}, wrote a letter to [[William Johnson]] asking for aid in dealing with the Assassins stationed in the area and to help the Company prosper.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[War Letters]]</ref>
Around 1748, the East India Company was in danger of facing resistance from the {{Wiki|Kingdom of Mysore}} and the Assassins in the area. [[John Harrison]], who was stationed in {{Wiki|Calcutta}}, wrote a letter to [[William Johnson]] asking for aid in dealing with the Assassins stationed in the area and to help the company prosper.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[War Letters]]</ref>


Several years after, in 1773, the company was being used by [[William Johnson]] to fund the sale of [[Kanien'kehá:ka]] territory in colonial America. The company was the only business able to import tea to the city of [[Boston]], where it was taxed at alarming prices before the profits would go to Johnson. However, the intervention of the [[Sons of Liberty]], as well as that of the [[American Brotherhood of Assassins|Colonial Assassin]] [[Ratonhnhaké:ton|Connor]], sparked the [[Boston Tea Party]] and saw the remainder of the unsold tea dumped into Boston's harbor, foiling Johnson's plan.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''</ref>
Several years after, in 1773, the company was being used by [[William Johnson]] to fund the sale of [[Kanien'kehá:ka]] territory in colonial America. The company was the only business able to import tea to the city of [[Boston]], where it was taxed at alarming prices before the profits would go to Johnson. However, the intervention of the [[Sons of Liberty]], as well as that of the [[American Brotherhood of Assassins|Colonial Assassin]] [[Ratonhnhaké:ton|Connor]], sparked the [[Boston Tea Party]] and saw the remainder of the unsold tea dumped into Boston's harbor, foiling Johnson's plan.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''</ref>
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<gallery position="center" widths="180" captionalign="center">
ACCI DB East India Company Rifleman.jpg|East India Company Rifleman
ACCI DB East India Company Rifleman.jpg|East India Company Rifleman
ACCI DB East India Company Sniper.jpg|East India Company Sniper
ACCI DB East India Company Sniper.jpg|East India Company [[Sniper]]
ACCI DB East India Company Corporal.jpg|East India Company Corporal
ACCI DB East India Company Corporal.jpg|East India Company Corporal
ACCI DB East India Company Highlander.jpg|East India Company Highlander
ACCI DB East India Company Highlander.jpg|East India Company [[Scotland | Highlander]]
ACCI DB East India Company Lieutenant.jpg|East India Company Lieutenant
ACCI DB East India Company Lieutenant.jpg|East India Company [[Officer | Lieutenant]]
ACCI DB East India Company Sepoy.jpg|East India Company Sepoy
ACCI DB East India Company Sepoy.jpg|East India Company [[Sepoy]]
ACCI DB East India Company Lance Corporal.jpg|East India Company Lance Corporal
ACCI DB East India Company Lance Corporal.jpg|East India Company Lance Corporal
ACCI DB East India Company Sergeant.jpg|East India Company Sergeant
ACCI DB East India Company Sergeant.jpg|East India Company Sergeant

Revision as of 13:54, 29 April 2020


The East India Company, also known as Honourable East India Company[1] or British India Company[2], was a British trading enterprise that delivered goods and commodities to several ports throughout the British Empire, and a major naval force during the Age of Enlightenment and the Golden Age of Piracy. 

History

The company, originally chartered as the Governor and Company of Merchants of London trading into the East Indies, was founded in 1600, through a Royal Charter by Queen Elizabeth I of England.[1] Throughout its history, the company held a tight monopoly on trade throughout most of the coastlines of the known world, and established a massive trading network that spanned from India and China in the east to the Caribbean Sea and the Thirteen Colonies in the west. The company owned over 1700 ships, creating the largest and most powerful merchant navy of all time.[3]

Secretly, however, the business was used on several occasions by members of the Templar Order, in their efforts to spread their influence throughout the ever-growing empire. As of 1713, Sir Aubrey Hague was an executive of the company, and Benjamin Pritchard was a captain sailing for the company until his death that year; both men had been Templars. [4] Additionally, Duncan Walpole had been in the employ of the company, before a fellow sailor approached and recruited him into the Assassin Order.[3] Later, Duncan Walpole was persuaded by Henry Spencer, a Templar and a member of the East India Company's Court of Directors, to betray the Assassins and join the Templar Order.[5]

Around 1748, the East India Company was in danger of facing resistance from the Kingdom of Mysore and the Assassins in the area. John Harrison, who was stationed in Calcutta, wrote a letter to William Johnson asking for aid in dealing with the Assassins stationed in the area and to help the company prosper.[6]

Several years after, in 1773, the company was being used by William Johnson to fund the sale of Kanien'kehá:ka territory in colonial America. The company was the only business able to import tea to the city of Boston, where it was taxed at alarming prices before the profits would go to Johnson. However, the intervention of the Sons of Liberty, as well as that of the Colonial Assassin Connor, sparked the Boston Tea Party and saw the remainder of the unsold tea dumped into Boston's harbor, foiling Johnson's plan.[7]

In 1839, after the Templar Francis Cotton successfully poisoned, Ranjit Singh, Maharaja of the Sikh Empire, the resulting confusion following the ruler's death allowed the company to launch the Anglo-Sikh wars, which ultimately resulted in the annexation of India by the British.[8]

Beginning in 1842, the senior Templar William Sleeman of the same company, organized expeditions with the Koh-i-Noor and Precursor box, in which it was assumed that by bringing together the two Pieces of Eden would reveal the location of the following pieces, but the Assassin Arbaaz Mir stopped him, retrieving the Koh-i-Noor minus the box.[9]

The Crown eventually took control of the company's powers and assets in 1858.[1] In 1868, the company wanted to crush the independence of India, with the help of Templars led by Brinley Ellsworth, but the twins Assassins Jacob and Evie Frye with his ex-friend Duleep Singh thwarted his plan, leaving the Templar to leave.[10]

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India – Database: East India Company
  2. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Syndicate – Database: British India Company (BIC)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
  4. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Black Flag
  5. ↑ Assassin's Creed: The Official Movie Novelization
  6. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Rogue – War Letters
  7. ↑ Assassin's Creed III
  8. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Brahman
  9. ↑ Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India
  10. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Syndicate – The Last Maharaja

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