The East India Company was sucked into this vacuum. It would back one local claimant to a throne against another. And in return for its support it would be given little land holdings or trading ...

By the 1760’s, the East India Company had grown from a tiny band of merchants with a small foothold in India - into a colossal trading empire, pouring wealth into the pockets of its share ...

Backed by the Dutch Republic, the Dutch East India Company made its ownership available to the public to fund business and military ventures. View on euronews ...