Britain''s Army in India - From Its Origins to the Conquest of Bengal

Britain's Army in India (1978) tells how a joint stock company, the Honourable East India Company, came to organise a private army and lay the foundations for the establishment of the British Empire in India.

List of contents

1. Origins 2. The Company Expands 3. Peaceful Traders, 1690-1745 4. Anglo-French Rivalry in the Carnatic 5. Dupleix's Great Design 6. The War in the Carnatic - the Opening Stages 7. The First Battle for Trichinopoly 8. The Alliance Breaks Up 9. The Second Battle of Trichinopoly 10. Peace and a Catastrophe in Bengal 11. The Recovery of Calcutta 12. The Destruction of Siraj-ud-daula 13. The French Strike in the Carnatic 14. The Conquest of the Northern Circars 15. The Campaign in the Carnatic, 1759-60, and the Battle of Wandewash 16. The Second Siege of Pondicherry 17. The Rebellion in the South 18. Bombay; the Consolidation of British Power in Bengal; the Battle of Buxar

Summary

Britain’s Army in India (1978) tells how a joint stock company, the Honourable East India Company, came to organise a private army and lay the foundations for the establishment of the British Empire in India.

Product details

• Authors: James P. Lawford, Lawford James P.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.2024
• EAN: 9781032410708
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3241070-8
• No. of pages: 340
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Colonialism and Imperialism
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, India, Colonialism & imperialism, Colonialism and imperialism, Asian History, HISTORY / Asia / South / India