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As India marks its 79th Independence Day, there's an irony worth celebrating. The East India Company, the very entity that paved the way for nearly two centuries of British rule, is now owned by an Indian. Once the backbone of the British Empire, it expanded its reach so widely that it was said, "the sun never sets on it." Today, its story has come full circle.
Founded on December 31, 1600, in England under a royal charter from Queen Elizabeth I, the East India Company began as a trading enterprise with extraordinary powers. Initially dealing in spices, silk, and tea, it soon expanded its influence in India and East Asia. What s...