EPISODE · Feb 5, 2026 · 48 MIN
The East India Company Goes to War (Supplemental) | 1756
from The History of the 7 Years War · host Rob Hill
Send us Fan MailSend us a message at - [email protected] the Seven Year's War reaches India in fulll, one of its most important combatants is already in place- and it isn't a government. this supplemental episode introduces the British East India Company: what it was, what it was created to do, and how a private trading company slowly became a political and military power. Tracing the Company's evolution from commerce to coercion - through militarization, political intervention, and the First and Second Carnatic Wars - this episode explains why India becomes the a decisive theater of the goal war, and why what follows willll look less like Britain vs France and more like contracts, careers, and cannons colliding.Mughal Empire (1707)https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mughal_Empire,_1707.pngEuropean Settlements in India 1498 - 1739https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:European_settlements_in_India_1501-1739.pngMap of the Carnatic Region of India https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CarnaticRegion.jpgMap of Bengal (1733)https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_the_Nawabs_of_Bengal.jpg
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Send us Fan Mail Send us a message at - [email protected] Before the Seven Year's War reaches India in fulll, one of its most important combatants is already in place- and it isn't a government. this supplemental episode introduces the British East India Company: what it was, what it was created to do, and how a private trading company slowly became a political and military power. Tracing the Company's evolution from commerce to coercion - through militarization, poli...
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