Polity Ostend Company

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Was a chartered trading company in the Austrian Netherlands (modern-day Belgium) that briefly controlled territories in the East Indies.

Establishment

  • January 1723: Bankipur was an ancient village on the Hugli river located in what is now West Bengal, north of Barrackpore, a little north of Ishapore.

Chronology

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1. Conquests of Shahu I

Expansion during the rule of Shahu I in the Maratha Empire.

  • January 1734: In 1733 the British and Dutch convinced the Mughal general at Hugli to attack Bankipur. He attacked Bankipur and the garrison of only fourteen soldiers escaped and set sail for Europe.

Disestablishment

  • January 1734: In 1733 the British and Dutch convinced the Mughal general at Hugli to attack Bankipur. He attacked Bankipur and the garrison of only fourteen soldiers escaped and set sail for Europe.