glimpses of the past
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The year 1757 bears the mark of being an important year in Indian History. The Company Rule, also known as the Company Raj refers to the rule of British East India Company over parts of the Indian Subcontinent. The East India Company was a private company owned by stockholders and reporting to the administration in London. The company came to India and set-up a few factories at different places. However, the company’s beginnings on Coastal India offered no clues to what would become of a lengthy presence on the Indian Subcontinent.
Slowly and gradually, they began expanding and extending their dominance in India. One of the reasons they were able to do so is that they possessed superior weapons. Secondly, they took advantage of the prevailing disturbed circumstances among the Indian rulers. The Indian princes were not at peace amongst themselves. Indian princes, however, were “short-sighted” which means they only considered immediate benefits but ignored its long-term consequences. So, they took help from the English merchants to be able to defeat their rivals. This helped the British East India Company in successfully taking over control from the Indian rulers. The British adopted the “Divide and Rule” policy.
Amongst all the short-sighted Indian rulers, there was one ruler of Mysore, Tipu Sultan who understood their policy and fought against them till his last moment. The Indians, however, had varied opinions and reactions. The first set of people were very happy with the Britishers and were also grateful because they thought peace could finally prevail. They thought it put an end to war and looting by thugs. On the other hand, people saw what was actually happening. They knew that even if some of the princes were cruel, they were at least of their land. They had realised that they were now slaves of the Englishmen.
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