1 November 1858 - The British government took over control of the British East India Company.

The once mighty BEIC that had ruled much of India as a going concern had, under a series of Parliamentary Acts, gradually been stripped of its powers over a period of 80 years. The first came in 1773 followed by several more each with the effect of the British government taking on the role of the Company in the administration of Indian trade. 

By the 1850s it was little more than a quasi-government agency responsible for the internal running of India through its vast army of civil servants. The final act came after the 1857 Indian Mutiny which saw the BEIC totally overwhelmed by the rebellion relying on the British Army to rescue it. The Government of India Act took effect on 1 November 1858 in which the Company lost all control of the government of British India, although the company itself didn't close until 1874. 

1 November 1858 - The British government took over control of the British East India Company.

The once mighty BEIC that had ruled much of India as a going concern had, under a series of Parliamentary Acts, gradually been stripped of its powers over a period of 80 years. The first came in 1773 followed by several more each with the effect of the British government taking on the role of the Company in the administration of Indian trade. 

By the 1850s it was little more than a quasi-government agency responsible for the internal running of India through its vast army of civil servants. The final act came after the 1857 Indian Mutiny which saw the BEIC totally overwhelmed by the rebellion relying on the British Army to rescue it. The Government of India Act took effect on 1 November 1858 in which the Company lost all control of the government of British India, although the company itself didn't close until 1874. 

Socialism at work. 

You're a well-hydrated man, Major.  

Plastics are killing our planet.

Nor me. If people want to carry a bottle of water fill an empty one from your own tap, as simple as that. 

1 November 1858 - The British government took over control of the British East India Company.

The once mighty BEIC that had ruled much of India as a going concern had, under a series of Parliamentary Acts, gradually been stripped of its powers over a period of 80 years. The first came in 1773 followed by several more each with the effect of the British government taking on the role of the Company in the administration of Indian trade. 

By the 1850s it was little more than a quasi-government agency responsible for the internal running of India through its vast army of civil servants. The final act came after the 1857 Indian Mutiny which saw the BEIC totally overwhelmed by the rebellion relying on the British Army to rescue it. The Government of India Act took effect on 1 November 1858 in which the Company lost all control of the government of British India, although the company itself didn't close until 1874. 

Socialism at work. 

Not under the Conservative government of the Earl of Derby, anyway the process began in the 1770s before Socialism was a thing. The BEIC grew too powerful in the matter of Far Eastern trade for the government to ignore, so the slow process of transferring its powers to the Crown began taking 85 years to accomplish.  

2 November 1936 - The first BBC TV broadcasts began.

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) began radio transmissions in 1922 with television broadcasts beginning at 1000hrs 2 November 1936 from Alexandra Palace with the news followed by a variety show repeated at 1500hrs, both live. 

Although restricted to the few viewers with TV sets and said to have a range of just 25 miles in fact broadcasts could be picked up much further afield in favourable weather conditions, in 1938 a transmission was picked up in New York. 

HBC & BEIC you mean. They were commercial enterprises chartered by the monarch eh?