Question

How did a trading company become an imperial power? Briefly explain any two steps that the east India company took to gain political and economic power in India

Answer 1

East India company was a trading company but after capturing Bengal British came in power and thought that if they can capture Bengal then they can capture more place.After being in power they captured bihar , madhya pradesh ,and u.p. and then they started fighting with mysure and marathas but they were not satisfied with that so, they made a new subsidiary allliance rule which wan an clever plan to capture whole India and then they were ruling south portion of India.