(n)an English company formed in 1600 to develop trade with the new British colonies in India and southeastern Asia; in the 18th century it assumed administrative control of Bengal and held it until the British army took over in 1858 after the Indian Mutiny
(n)a republic in southeastern Asia on an archipelago including more than 13, 000 islands; achieved independence from the Netherlands in 1945; the principal oil producer in the Far East and Pacific regions, Syn.Republic of Indonesia, Dutch East Indies