Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
an English company formed in 1600 to develop trade with the new British colonies in India and southeastern Asia;
in the 18th century it assumed administrative control of Bengal and held it until the British army took over in 1858 after the Indian Mutiny;
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
East India Company
n 1: an English company formed in 1600 to develop trade with the
new British colonies in India and southeastern Asia; in the
18th century it assumed administrative control of Bengal
and held it until the British army took over in 1858 after
the Indian Mutiny