Over the course of the next 47 years, the company's reach grew until almost all of India south of Delhi was effectively ruled from a boardroom in the city of London. The creation of this new government marked the moment that the East India Company ceased to be a conventional company and became something much more unusual: an international corporation transformed into an aggressive colonial power. In August 1765, the East India Company defeated the young Mughal emperor and set up, in his place, a government run by English traders who collected taxes through means of a private army. “Superb … A vivid and richly detailed story … worth reading by everyone.” - The New York Times Book Reviewįrom the bestselling author of Return of a King, the story of how the East India Company took over large swaths of Asia, and the devastating results of the corporation running a country. NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY The Wall Street Journal and NPR ONE OF PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR
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