Complex sentence: The East India Company recruited seamen from Yemen, Gujarat, Assam and Bengal the were known by the British as "lascars", and a number of these created small settlements in port towns and cities in Britain.
Split into simpler sentences: The East India Company recruited seamen from Yemen, Gujarat, Assam and Bengal. They were known by the British as "Lascars", and a number of these created small settlements in port towns and cities in Britain.