The Birth of Empire: The East India Company Episode #1.2 (Season 1, Episode 2)
TV Episode | 49 min | Documentary, History

The Birth of Empire: The East India Company

Episode #1.2 (Season 1, Episode 2)

TV Episode | 49 min | Documentary, History

By 1800 the East India Company had grown from a tiny band of merchants into a colossal trading empire. But scandal and corruption in the 18th century had led to a curtailment of its powers by the British government. The state now ...See moreBy 1800 the East India Company had grown from a tiny band of merchants into a colossal trading empire. But scandal and corruption in the 18th century had led to a curtailment of its powers by the British government. The state now controlled the company's affairs in India and, throughout the 19th century, would chip away at its remaining powers and trading privileges. The company was transformed from a trading enterprise into the rulers of India, and governed vast swathes of the subcontinent on behalf of the British Crown. Its territory expanded enormously and an empire was born. As the company traded opium to a reluctant Chinese Empire, in India a dangerous chasm opened up between the British rulers and the Indian people. Alienated and disaffected, significant numbers of the company's massive army of Indian soldiers finally revolted and the Company's handling of the mutiny was its final undoing. In 1858 British India passed into Queen Victoria's hands and the Raj was born. See less

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Dan Snow Self - presenter and narrator Self - presenter and narrator See fewer	The Christmas Truce (2020)
Zareer Masani Self - non-fiction author Self - non-fiction author See fewer	The Birth of Empire: The East India Company (2014)
Saul David Self - professor of military history, University of Buckingham Self - professor of military history, University of Buckingham See fewer	7 Days in Entebbe (2018)
Robert Hutchinson Self - historian Self - historian See fewer	Inside the Court of Henry VIII (2015)
Margaret MacMillan Self - history professor, University of Oxford Self - history professor, University of Oxford See fewer	Paris 1919: Un traité pour la paix (2009)
Oindrila Gooptu Self - teacher, La Martiniere College Self - teacher, La Martiniere College See fewer	The Birth of Empire: The East India Company (2014)
Nick Robins Self - non-fiction author Self - non-fiction author See fewer	The Birth of Empire: The East India Company (2014)
Subbiah Muthiah Self - non-fiction author Self - non-fiction author See fewer	The Birth of Empire: The East India Company (2014)

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