... governing power every day. At this time, the Company was still sharing government stations with native Indians. Clive decided to give the governorship of Bengal to Mir Jafar. Overestimating the wealth of Murshidabad, Mir Jafar did not have enough money to meet his obligations to the East India Company.# ... Thus, the Company was forced to pour vast amounts of money into the Mir government. With Mir Jafar in power the wealthiest Indian region, Bengal, was destroyed, resulting in famine that the Company did not bother themselves to alleviate. The testing of Calcutta being a "sponsored Ind...

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... allowed the imperialism of India, by the company, to occur. In 1757 at the Battle of Plassey was where the military genius, Robert Clive, defeated the French, Portuguese, Nawb of Bengal and Siraj-ud-daulah powers. This was when the French and Portuguese trade diminished to almost nothing. Once the seven years war was over, 1756-1763, England took over almost ... -continent of India came under firm organized control. Dalhousie's doctrine of lapse was the downfall of the company. The doctrine stated that if the ruler of a state in India without a male heir died, that the lands would be ann...

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