> the East India Company Companies. There were several - British, Swedish French, Dutch, Portuguese, you name it. The British ended up taking the rest over, b

> the East India Company Companies. There were several - British, Swedish French, Dutch, Portuguese, you name it. The British ended up taking the rest over, but practically every European colonial power had their own East India Company at one point or another (or tried to) and they all competed on how best to exploit the resources they could extract from India.