Excerpt from Rulers of India: Lord William Bentinck The youngest student of the growth Of the British power in India does not need to be told that we first went to that country as traders, and that our only representatives were merchants who thought nothing about the politics Of the country or Of interfering with the Native Powers, and who were exclusively engaged in their counting-houses. That condition Of things went on for nearly I 50 years, and when the competition with the French, who would have expelled all other ...
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Excerpt from Rulers of India: Lord William Bentinck The youngest student of the growth Of the British power in India does not need to be told that we first went to that country as traders, and that our only representatives were merchants who thought nothing about the politics Of the country or Of interfering with the Native Powers, and who were exclusively engaged in their counting-houses. That condition Of things went on for nearly I 50 years, and when the competition with the French, who would have expelled all other European traders if the programme Of Dupleix had been realised, resulted in our unexpected triumph, accomplished by the genius of Clive, the East India Company - still cherishing above territorial possessions and military glory the commercial monopoly granted by Elizabeth and extended by Anne - preserved its character as a society Of merchants, esteeming its annual investment in country goods, whether in Bengal, Bombay, or Madras, of far higher importance than matters Of administration. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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