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By the second half of the eighteenth century, however, a new political power was emerging on the political horizon - The British. The British originally came as a small trading group and were reluctant to acquire territories. Why?

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Explanation: The British or East India Company came to India as a small traders in spices, a very important commodity in Europe back then as it was used to preserve meat. Apart from that, they primarily traded in silk, cotton, indigo dye, tea and opium. They landed in the Indian subcontinent on August 24, 1608, at the port of Surat, and soon they became rulers because of nawabs who are weakned by division of independent states.

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By the second half of the eighteenth century, however, a new political power was emerging on the political horizon - The British. The British originally came as a small trading group and were reluctant to acquire territories. Why?