How did a trading company became an imperial power?
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the real answer is that the East India Company became an imperial power to protect its trading Interests from other European traders. it began as a Trading Company, took over political control and became the ruler of entire India. the aim of the company was to gain monopoly of the entire trade in the East.
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The East India Company obtained rights to trade in India from the Mughal Emperor through a firman. This enabled them to obtain a foothold in India from which they could gradually expand power. They then set out to defeat local rulers in the South and Bengal. Their victory in Bengal was particularly significant as it enabled them to obtain the diwani of Bengal through which they could loot the revenue of
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