The East India Company:

    By the mid-1700's, little remained of the Mughal Empire, and there was no effective central power. In these circumstances, the Europeans in India prospered. The East India Company expanded its trade and increased its political power. It also began collecting taxes in some regions. When Indian rulers refused to agree to the company's terms, the company used
force against them. 

    At the Battle of Plassey in 1757, the forces of Robert
Clive, an agent of the East India Company, defeated
the army of the nawab (Mughal governor) of Bengal.
Most historians regard this British victory as the
starting point of the British Empire in India, though at
that time, most of the country still remained under the
rule of Indian princes. Over the next 100 years, however, British
political influence and territorial control expanded. In 1774, Warren
Hastings was appointed the company's first governor general of India.

History| Early Times | The Aryans |
| Invasions by the Persians and the greek | The golden Age | Southern India |
| Period of Invasions | The Mughal Empire | The Europeans |
| East India Company | Indian Rebellion | Rise of Indian Nationalism |
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