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- Title
India versus the East India Company.
- Authors
Wilson, Jon
- Abstract
The article discusses the history of violence used by the British East India Company to aid its financial ventures in India. Topics include the war of 1686-1690 against the Mughal Empire, how the invasion of India by the Persian warlord Nader Shah helped the Company gain power, and how political instability helped raise the fortunes of British like the merchant-soldier Robert Clive.
- Subjects
EAST India Co.; FOREIGN relations of India; GREAT Britain-India relations; HISTORY of commerce; HISTORY of violence; CLIVE, Robert Clive, Baron, 1725-1774; NADIR Shah, Shah of Iran, 1688-1747; HISTORY of India, 1526-1765; HISTORY
- Publication
History Today, 2017, Vol 67, Issue 1, p7
- ISSN
0018-2753
- Publication type
Article