Lord Minto served as Governor General and Viceroy of India from 1905 to 1910. He witnessed the outburst of Indian National Movement. Major events that happened during his...
The Charter Act 1793 or the East India Company Act 1793 was passed by British Parliament to renew the charter of East India Company. This act authorized the...
Lord Cornwallis twice held the high post of governor general. His first tenure lasted from 1786 to 1793. For second time, he came to India in 1805, but...
From 1734 to 1766, Mysore was under Krishnaraja Wodeyar II. His commander in chiefs dominated his reign and among them; Hyder Ali came to prominence from 1760 onwards....
Robert Clive (born 1725) was appointed as Clerk in the service of the East India Company in 1743. The Seize of Arcot (1761) during Second Carnatic War gave...
Among the Dutch, Danish, Portuguese and French, the French East India Company was the last to be formed. Jean-Baptiste Colbert founded the French East India Company in 1664....
British East India Company was the First among various East India Companies formed and it was granted an English Royal Charter, under the name “Governor and Company of...
The first East India Company was the British East India Company. The term East India Company refers to the following entities. {Kindly note the order of establishment} British...
The Battle of Jajau, fought on 20 June 1707, was a decisive conflict that determined the successor to the Mughal throne following the death of Emperor Aurangzeb. The...
