In an ironic twist of fate, the East India Company, which once ruled India for nearly 200 years, is now owned by an Indian business tycoon.
In Governors of Empire, historian Amar Farooqui traces the journeys each of these men undertook, from arriving on Indian shores, through acquiring territories using equal parts trade agreements and ...
The Dutch East India Company sent almost a million Europeans to Asia on more than 4,700 ships and dominated global trade for ...
As the East India Company extended its sway across India in the late eighteenth century, many remarkable artworks were commissioned by Company officials from Indian painters who had previously worked ...
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