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HELP ME ASAP!!!!!!!!!! What was the British East India Company, and how did it become so powerful in colonial India?

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It was an English company formed for the exploitation of trade with East and Southeast Asia and India. Although it started as a monopolistic trading body, it became involved in politics and acted as an agent of British imperialism in India from the early 18th century to the mid-19th century.

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