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Which company was more powerful, the English East India Company or the Dutch East India Company?

The English East India Company, no doubt.

Dutch East Indian company went bankrupt in 1799 owing to a massive corruption and the Dutch government had to step in and take over the islands that today comprise Indonesia. On the other hand the English EIC was dissolved in the wake of the Indian uprising of 1857 and its rule replaced by the British state.

Both were similar to each other: each had the power to wage war, raise armies and bestow "justice" (ironically I wonder who on earth gave them these "powers" on lands that didn't fall in the realms of the British crown or the Dutch, but then was colonialism for a reason). Both had come to maintain a monopoly in their countries and trade with Asia, and both were seen as a unique symbol of their country's powers. But the EIC was vastly more superior owing to the fact that it managed to conquer the world's second most populous country and overpowered its rival for power, the powerful Maratha dynasty.

Also owing to the differences in Indonesia and India, both companies differed in their operational structure. Dutch EIC was primarily a mercantile organization which held superiority in sea trade, but the English EIC ruled over a massive stretch of land that included some of the most fertile lands in the world, a vast pre-existing network of trade and financial linkages that already existed between South Asia, East Africa and West Asia. English EIC was able to use this to convert itself to becoming the world's largest drug smuggler, and stem the flow of silver into China. Its control over India meant that it was very diversified in its operations and could supply commodities to even ready made garments as Indian merchants already had proto industries and factories. 

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