The East India Company’s royal charter gave it the ability to “wage war,” and initially it used military force to protect itself and fight rival traders. In 1757, however, it seized control ...

Britain’s tariff policies on Indian goods were not just economic measures; they were tools to maintain imperial control over ...

On July 4, 1776, the U.S. declared independence from British rule—a journey echoing India's own freedom struggle. Both ...

W hen the British East India Company set sail to explore—and exploit—the riches of the world in the 1600s, it was based out of an unpretentious London house. How it grew from that to toppling ...

On June 1, 1874, the East India Company was dissolved. East India Arms, a bar named after the company. Lloyds of London, built on the site of the company's old headquarters, is in the background.

East India Company. British involvement in India during the 18th century can be divided into two phases, one ending and the other beginning at mid-century.

A painting by Benjamin West depicts the moment in 1765 when the British governor of Bengal, Robert Clive, secured tax revenues for the East India Company from the Mughal emperor.

Almost 100 years earlier, troops from the British East India Company had faced the Nawab of Bengal and his French allies in eastern India at the Battle of Plassey, ...

In this buoyant 10-part series inspired by Jules Verne’s ‘Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea,’ Captain Nemo and his fellow ...

A historical painting showing the victory of Indian ruler Tipu Sultan against the British troops of East India Company was sold for £630,000 at an auction hosted by Sotheby’s on Wednesday ...