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Growth of East India’s Company Trade | Indian History

In this article we will discuss about the growth of east India’s company trade. The English East India Company had very humble beginnings in India. By 1623 it had established factories (trading posts) at Surat, Broach, Ahmedabad, Agra, and Masulipatam. From the very beginning, it tried to combine trade and diplomacy with war and control of the territory where their [...]

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Wars under British Rule in India | Indian History

The East India Company had by 1772 become an important Indian power and its directors in England and its officials in India set out to consolidate their control over Bengal before beginning a new round of conquests. However, their habit of interfering in the internal affairs of the Indian states and their lust for territory and money soon involved them [...]

By |2016-08-24T08:21:29+05:30August 24, 2016|British India|Comments Off on Wars under British Rule in India | Indian History

British Occupation of Bengal | Indian History

The beginnings of British political sway over India may be traced to the battle of Plassey in 1757, when the English East India Company's forces defeated Siraj-ud-Daulah, the Nawab of Bengal. The earlier British struggle with the French in south India had been but a dress rehearsal. The lessons learnt there were profitably applied in Bengal. Bengal was the most [...]

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