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Subject: Opium Timeline
afriend 23.03.10 - 07:26pm
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jlh1182 23.03.10 - 07:31pm
1601AD.. Ships chartered by Elizibeth I of england are instructed to buy the finest indian opium and transport it to england.. 1620-1670.. Rajput troops fighting for the Mughals are given opium daily, from 1630 onwards opium becomes the main comodity of british trade with china.. * +
jlh1182 23.03.10 - 07:37pm
1680AD.. Thomas Sydenham introduces Sydenhams Laudanum as ailment relief.. 1700AD.. Dutch begin export of opium to china and islands of south east asia, they introduce smoking opium with tobacco pipes.. * +
jlh1182 23.03.10 - 07:42pm
1729AD.. Emperor Yung Cheng of china issues an edict prohibiting the smoking of opium and domestic sale except under liscence as medicine.. 1750AD.. The British East India Company assumes control of Bengal and Bihar opium districts of india and the company dominates opium trade out of calcutta to china.. * +
jlh1182 23.03.10 - 07:47pm
1753AD.. The father of botany, Linnaeus, classifies the poppy as sleep inducing in his Genera Plantarum.. 1767AD.. The British East India Companys import of opium to china reaches 2000 chests per year.. * +
jlh1182 23.03.10 - 07:52pm
1773AD.. The British East India Company assumes monopoly over all opium produced in Bengal, Bahir and Orissa. Warren Hastings introduces a contract system for dealing with opium at auction.. * +
jlh1182 23.03.10 - 07:57pm
1793AD.. The British East India Company enforces its monopoly on trade by forbidding indian farmers to sell opium to competitor trade companies.. 1796AD.. Import of opium to china becomes a contraband trade and began to be smuggled, silver was also smuggled as method of payment.. * +
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