British India Steam Navigation Company was formed in 1856 as the Calcutta and Burmah Steam Navigation Company. The company had been formed out of Mackinnon Mackenzie & Co a trading partnership of the Scots William Mackinnon and Robert Mackenzie to carry mail between Calcutta and Rangoon. It became British India SN Co in 1862.

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