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EIC Rise to Power (Trade (Foothold (Establish bases on coastal ports known…
EIC Rise to Power
Trade
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Trade and politics entwined - connections to powerful merchants and bankers, ended up drawn into politics and conflict
Use Indian intermediaries to commission designs for European market that may not ordinarily be made e.g. textile styles
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Why British?
Combo of all
Not a foregone conclusion/no obvious, definite supremacy
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Warfare
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EIC Army
Sepoys - Indian collaboration, military market - steady pay
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Rivals
European Rivals
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French EIC
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Support rivals to rule of Arcot - war by proxy, British candidate wins
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Mughals
Battle of Plassey 1757
Revenue rights in Bengal
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Money vital - Kumkum Chatterjee, used for a variety of enterprises
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Decline in power
Power vacuum at the center - not negotiating with one, central and powerful state
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Historiography
Colonialist
Had help - justifed, not evil
Also mostly them - powerful, British superiority
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