How did the East India company expand it's influence on Indian territories?
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The East India Company (EIC), also known as the Honourable East India Company (HEIC) or the British East India Company, and informally known as John Company,[2] Company Bahadur,[3] or simply The Company, was an English and later British joint-stock company.[4] It was formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with Mughal India and the East Indies, and later with Qing China. The company ended up seizing control over large parts of the Indian subcontinent, colonised parts of Southeast Asia, and colonised Hong Kong after a war with Qing China.
The European explorers came to India in late 1500s. Britishers were one of them. East India Company was from England which setup it's company first at Surat in 1600. Thr main intention of East India Company was trade at first but the political conditions of India led the expansion of Indian territories.
East India Company started expanding its branches in Calcutta, Madras etc. The first territory came under the control of East India company was Bengal. In 1757, Siraj ud daula was defeated by Robert Clive in Battle of Plassey. Later the sovereignty of Mughals declined after the battle of Buxar.
In 1800s British East India Company introduced many policies to expand their territories. Some of them were Doctrine of Lapse and Subsidiary Alliance. Doctrine of Lapse was one such policy which was introduced by Dalhousie. According to this policy the kingdom without any natural heir will be annexed by Britishers. Jhansi, Nagpur, Satara etc were annexed through this policy. Subsidiary Alliance was another policy in which the king should accept the troops of British in their kingdom. Through this policy the sovereignty of the kingdom will be in the hands of Britishers.
In this way British East India Company expanded its territories.