While the English East India Company (EIC) was chartered in 1600, its initial structure was closer to a regulated company, evolving into a joint-stock company later. The VOC was founded as a joint- stock company from its inception, pooling capital from multiple investors. The Portuguese trade was largely state-controlled rather than through a joint- stock company model. The French and Danish companies were established later.
The first to start a joint stock company to trade with India were the ______.
Asked in GPSC Prelims CSP 1 2021 · Topic: Advent of European Companies (Arrival and establishment of the Dutch East India Company)
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