The Battle of Sobraon on 10 February 1846 was the last of four major victories for the British East India Company (EIC) against the Sikh Empire during the First Anglo-Sikh War (1845-6). https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2136/battle-of-sobraon/ #History #Anglo-SikhWars #BattleofSobraon #EastIndiaCompany

Michael D. Bennett (2022) Caribbean plantation economies as colonial models: The case of the English East India Company and St. Helena in the late seventeenth century, Atlantic Studies, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/14788810.2022.2034569 #OpenAccess #OA #Research #Article #Caribbean #Atlantic #EastIndiaCompany #Barbados #C17th #17thCentury #England #History #Histodon #Histodons #EarlyModern @histodon @histodons @earlymodern

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday launched a sharp attack on the opposition for blocking the proceedings of Parliament and for branding their grouping as ‘INDIA’, and dismissed the move to bring a no-trust motion as “inconsequential”. “It has been the practice since the British rule to use ‘India’ as a camouflage for vested interests," the PM is learnt to have said at the closed-door meeting of BJP MPs.
#EastIndiaCompany #IndianMujahideen #PFI #India #PM
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/east-india-company-indian-mujahideen-popular-front-of-india-too-have-india-in-name-pm-launches-attack-on-opposition/articleshow/102116517.cms

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today slammed the opposition as "directionless" and cited the "Indian Mujahideen" and "Popular Front of India" as he derided the opposition alliance for its new name, INDIA.
#EastIndiaCompany #IndianMujahideen #PM #Attack #OppositionFront
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/indian-mujahideens-name-also-has-india-pm-attacks-opposition-front-4238919

Manipur is burning and PM is talking about East India Company: Kharge #Manipur #PM #EastIndiaCompany #Kharge #socialnewsxyz

https://www.socialnews.xyz/2023/07/25/manipur-is-burning-and-pm-is-talking-about-east-india-company-kharge/

#IndianMujahideen #EastIndiaCompany #PM #INDIAOpposition #MastIndia #MastodonIndians #India @mastodonindians
https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/pm-modi-jibe-india-opposition-alliance-indian-mujahideen-east-india-company-parliament-bjp-meet-2411397-2023-07-25?utm_source=rss

The Indian Princely States (aka Native States or Princely India) were those states in the Indian subcontinent the British did not conquer but which were typically bound by treaty first to the East India Company and then to the British Crown. https://www.worldhistory.org/Indian_Princely_States/ #History #BritishRaj #EastIndiaCompany #India

In the early 17th century, the Dutch and English East India Companies turned their eyes towards India, as part of their grand schemes to develop extensive trade networks across the Indian and China Seas. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2048/the-english-and-dutch-east-india-companies-invasio/ #History #BritishEastIndiaCompany #DutchEastIndiaCompany #EastIndiaCompany

@politico
Perhaps a little late in the day, but welcome nevertheless?
#WagnerGroup, the latter-day #EastIndiaCompany, #HudsonBayTradingCompany etc etc, all commercial companies which ended up ruling large land mases.

According to Dalrymple, corporate greed drove EIC’s ambitions in India. #History #India #EastIndiaCompany #Colonialism #HistoryFacts https://www.worldhistory.org/review/366/the-anarchy-the-relentless-rise-of-the-east-india/

The Battle of Ferozeshah (aka Forezeshur) on 21-22 December 1845 was one of four major battles during the First Anglo-Sikh War (1845-6) between the Sikh Empire and the British East India Company (EIC). https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2130/battle-of-ferozeshah/ #History #Anglo-SikhWars #EastIndiaCompany #Ferozeshah

"....Robert Clive’s reputation as a hero had collapsed. In the late 1760s he returned to Britain, bringing with him a staggering personal fortune that he had amassed in Bengal. Regarded as one of the richest men in Europe, he conspicuously bought properties in England and Wales, and spared no expense on rebuilding and furnishing these new residences. Clive’s spending spree coincided with reports of the Bengal Famine, a catastrophe that killed about 10 million people. The source of Clive’s fortune came under scrutiny and his character was aggressively criticised by the British public." https://blogs.bl.uk/untoldlives/2023/05/robert-clive-from-hero-to-villain.html #History #EastIndiaCompany #Britain #histodon #histodons #earlymodern @histodon @histodons

Source: https://twitter.com/UntoldLives/status/1661379349289771011

The English East India Company (EIC or EEIC), later to become the British East India Company, was founded in 1600 as a trading company. https://www.worldhistory.org/East_India_Company/ #History #BritishEmpire #EastIndiaCompany #India

Pip’s nighttime plan to “enlist for India as a private soldier” in Charles Dickens’s “Great Expectations” (1861). #111Words #Pip #GreatExpectations #CharlesDickens #India #EastIndiaCompany #PrivateSoldier #PrivateArmy https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2023/04/pips-nighttime-plan-to-enlist-for-india.html

The Indian Princely States (aka Native States or Princely India) were those states in the Indian subcontinent the British did not conquer but which were typically bound by treaty first to the East India Company and then to the British Crown. https://www.worldhistory.org/Indian_Princely_States/ #History #BritishRaj #EastIndiaCompany #India

Suddenly, games about the East India Company are very popular. Join Justin for his review of East India Companies from R & R Games.
https://www.meeplemountain.com/reviews/east-india-companies/

#BoardGames #Trading #EastIndiaCompany #RnRGames

The Retreat from Kabul in 1842 was one of the most notorious disasters in the history of the British Empire. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2143/retreat-from-kabul-in-1842/ #History #EastIndiaCompany #FirstAnglo-AfghanWar

The Battle of Sobraon on 10 February 1846 was the last of four major victories for the British East India Company (EIC) against the Sikh Empire during the First Anglo-Sikh War (1845-6). https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2136/battle-of-sobraon/ #History #Anglo-SikhWars #BattleofSobraon #EastIndiaCompany

Major General Sir David Ochterlony (1758-1825).
c1820 AD #CompanyPainting by artist Ramlal of #Jaipur #Rajasthan now at Amir Mohtashemi #Art dealers of #London

Ochterlony was born in Boston, America & came to #India in 1877 as a Military Officer with #EastIndiaCompany at #Calcutta, rising to become the British Resident at the #Mughal court at #Delhi
He is reported to have 13 'wives', all of them promenading the walls of#RedFort every evening each one on her own #Elephant

#IndianHistory

The British East India Company (EIC) was founded as a trading company in 1600. Run by a board of directors in London, the company employed a private army, first to protect the trade it conducted in the Indian subcontinent and then to expand its territories as it rampantly colonised its competition. https://www.worldhistory.org/collection/168/the-history-of-the-east-india-company/ #EastIndiaCompany #BritishEmpire #BritishIndia #History