Why was 'East India Company' named so, when there was no West India or 'West India Company' at that point of time?
2007-08-11 06:38:08 · 7 answers · asked by Vishu 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
Because India is east of England .
2007-08-11 06:42:13 · answer #1 · answered by ♪ Pamela ♫ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because at that time there was a confusion to where india was..u must b knowing how columbus mistook some american islands to b india and that they were named West Indies later on..mayb dats y the companies were named East India Company..
2007-08-11 06:48:11 · answer #2 · answered by shadowy_saka 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
East India resident would be??Indian
Not the same as Indian in North America; is it?(so were designated west indians)
Just to keep you geographically orientated.
2007-08-11 06:45:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
because its in the east of India
2007-08-11 06:43:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There was a mystique about the East. "The East" represented fortune, mystery and the exotic. Hence, the reason they went with East.
2007-08-11 06:45:23 · answer #5 · answered by crackerboy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the employer initially, the employer of retailers of London paying for and advertising into the East Indies, so East talk with the East Indies, what the Pacific Islands and India have been named for the duration of that element.
2016-10-02 02:54:18 · answer #6 · answered by hoehl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-08-11 06:46:52 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋