How did one trading company get ahead of other trading companies in the colonial area
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Before the British came to India for trade, the French had already been established as a trading company. They had set their bases in Bombay and Calcutta. The French had a monopoly in the subcontinent before the British took their place.
What made the British surpass the French was their way of expansion and trade. Following are the reasons why British moved ahead of the French and colonized India:
(i)They established an army to protect their factories/bases which was later used to occupy princely states.
(ii) They employed Indians in their company to gain public trust.
(iii) They slowly stepped into the governance by the Doctrine of Lapse, which gave them the right to annex states if their heir was not capable enough under British criteria.
What made the British surpass the French was their way of expansion and trade. Following are the reasons why British moved ahead of the French and colonized India:
(i)They established an army to protect their factories/bases which was later used to occupy princely states.
(ii) They employed Indians in their company to gain public trust.
(iii) They slowly stepped into the governance by the Doctrine of Lapse, which gave them the right to annex states if their heir was not capable enough under British criteria.
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Every trading company used different methods to get ahead of one other. For example the British used military forces,policies as well as trickery( when mir Jafar betreyad Shah u Daula) to take over India. The had strong military forces compared to Indians. Also Aurangzeb provided them with permission to become the Diwan of Bengal which helped them take control.
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