The East India Company: The Corporation That Conquered Nations — Fexingo History
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How did a London trading company become the de facto ruler of India? The East India Company started as a joint-stock venture in 1600, chasing spices, but by the mid-18th century it ran armies, minted coins, and governed millions. Lucas and Luna trace the Company's transformation from merchant fleet to imperial machine: the battle of Plassey (1757) where Robert Clive bent Bengal to Company will; the scandalous 'nabobs' who returned with fortunes; the opium trades that forced open China; and the Sepoy Rebellion of 1857 that finally brought Crown rule. They explore how a corporation waged war (Anglo-Mysore conflicts, Anglo-Maratha wars), administered justice (Warren Hastings' impeachment), and reshaped global trade—tea, silk, saltpeter. Along the way, they question whether the Company was a rogue state or just capitalism ahead of its time. This is the story of how profit and power fused to build an empire that still echoes in today's debates over corporate influence and colonial legacies.
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The EIC's Forgotten Banker: Jagat Seth and the Fall of Bengal
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Aug 27, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Saltpetre: The Powder That Built Empire
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Aug 26, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Silk: How Bengal's Mulberry Fed Empire
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Aug 25, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Tea Cargo: The Twankay Ship
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Aug 24, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Army: Sepoys and the Rise of Madras
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Aug 23, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Warehouse: London Docklands and the Tea Trade
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Aug 22, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Tea Horse: The Pony Express of the Himalayas
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Aug 21, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Spice Port: Bencoolen and the Pepper Trade
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Aug 20, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Factory: Surat, the First English Base in India
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Aug 19, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Tea Auction: How London Priced an Empire
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Aug 18, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Tea Gardens: Darjeeling's First Planters
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Aug 17, 2026 |
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The EIC's Opium Gambit: Canton, Silver, and the Trade That Changed Asia
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Aug 16, 2026 |
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The EIC's Last Gamble: The Charter Act of 1813
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Aug 15, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Tea Tasters: How Britain Fell in Love with Black Tea
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Aug 14, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Diplomats: Agents, Residents, and the Fall of Awadh
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Aug 13, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Forts: Bombay's Seven Islands
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Aug 12, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Tea Plant: Robert Bruce and Assam
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Aug 11, 2026 |
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The EIC's Tea Trade and the Taste for Empire
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Aug 10, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Shipwrights: Bomba's Wadia Family
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Aug 09, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Spy: The Mystery of George Williamson
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Aug 08, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Banker: Jagat Seth and the Fall of Bengal
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Aug 07, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Navy: Bombay Marine and the Pirates
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Aug 06, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Mint: Coins of the Company Raj
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Aug 05, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Fort: St George and the Birth of Madras
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Aug 04, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Accountant: The Great Specie Drain
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Aug 03, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Scandal: The Great Bengal Bubble of 1757
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Aug 02, 2026 |
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The First English Ship in Japan: William Adams and the EIC
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Aug 01, 2026 |
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Battle of Swally How the East India Company Beat the Portuguese
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Jul 30, 2026 |
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Battle of Buxar: How the EIC Became the Ruler of Bengal
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Jul 30, 2026 |
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The Black Hole of Calcutta: Myth, Propaganda, and Reality
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Jul 29, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten War: The Treaty of Salbai
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Jul 29, 2026 |
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The Sepoys of the East India Company
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Jul 28, 2026 |
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The EIC's First Fleet: Lancaster's Voyage to the East Indies
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Jul 28, 2026 |
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Sir Thomas Roe at the Mughal Court: When the EIC Begged for Permission
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Jul 27, 2026 |
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The Amboyna Massacre: When the Dutch Executed English Traders
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Jul 27, 2026 |
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Mir Jafar and the Dual Government of Bengal
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Jul 26, 2026 |
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The EIC's Permanent Settlement: The Land Tax That Shaped Bengal
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Jul 26, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Cargo: Slaves and the Oceanic Trade
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Jul 25, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Tea: From Canton to the Boston Tea Party
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Jul 24, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Mapmaker: Jean-Baptiste d'Anville and the Atlas of Asia
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Jul 24, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Rebel: Yakut Khan and the Siege of Bombay 1689
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Jul 23, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Opium: How the Company Addicted China
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Jul 23, 2026 |
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How the East India Company Nearly Went Bankrupt in 1772
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Jul 22, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Execution: Company Bahadur and the Trial of Warren Hastings
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Jul 22, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Shipwright: Lowji Nasarvanji Wadia and Bombay's Dockyards
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Jul 21, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Fortress: Bombay Castle and the Island City
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Jul 21, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Bankers: The Jagat Seth and the Battle of Plassey
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Jul 20, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Failure: The Siege of Bombay 1689
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Jul 20, 2026 |
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The Company's First Factory: Masulipatnam and the Coromandel Coast
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Jul 19, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Cartographer: James Rennell and the Map of Bengal
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Jul 19, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Naval Battle: The Bombay Harbour Clash of 1689
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Jul 18, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Treaty: The Treaty of Paris 1763
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Jul 18, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten War: The First Anglo-Maratha Conflict
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Jul 17, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Governor: Robert Clive's First Plassey
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Jul 17, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Embassy: Thomas Roe at Jahangir's Court
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Jul 16, 2026 |
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The East India Company's Forgotten Factory: Bombay Before the Castle
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Jul 16, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Language: Persian and Company Diplomacy
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Jul 15, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Island: St Helena and Napoleon
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Jul 15, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten General: Stringer Lawrence and the Madras Army
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Jul 14, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Mint: How the Company Made Its Own Money
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Jul 14, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Factory: Surat and the Birth of Empire
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Jul 13, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Fortress: St. George and the Siege of Madras
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Jul 13, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten City: Calcutta Before the Empire
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Jul 12, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Doctor: Helenus Scott and the Bombay Vaccine
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Jul 12, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Island: Bombay Before the Castle
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Jul 11, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Fortress: Bombay Castle and the Island City
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Jul 11, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Pirates: William Kidd and the Indian Ocean
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Jul 10, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Drug: Opium and the China Trade
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Jul 10, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Shipwreck: The Grosvenor and Company Justice
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Jul 09, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Doctor: John McNab and the Madras Smallpox Vaccination
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Jul 09, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Constitution: The Charter Acts That Built Empire
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Jul 08, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Currency: The Rupee That Built an Empire
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Jul 08, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Rebellion: The Sepoy Mutiny of 1857 and the Company's Fall
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Jul 07, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Language: Persian and Company Diplomacy
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Jul 07, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Spymaster: John Malcolm and the Anglo-Persian Gambit
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Jul 06, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten War: The First Anglo-Burmese War
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Jul 06, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Mapmaker: James Rennell and the Survey of Bengal
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Jul 05, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Spice: Cinnamon and the Secret Colony
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Jul 05, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Ship: The East Indiaman's Hidden Voyages
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Jul 04, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Spy: Jaswant Rao and the Network of Informants
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Jul 04, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Rebel: The Sanyasi Uprising of Bengal
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Jul 03, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Artist: Tilly Kettle and Company Painting
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Jul 03, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Reformer: Lord William Bentinck and the End of Suttee
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Jul 02, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Shipwright: Lowji Nasarvanji and Bombay's Dockyard
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Jul 01, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Battle: Plassey and the Price of Betrayal
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Jul 01, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Fortress: St. George and the Siege of Madras
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Jun 30, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten General: Stringer Lawrence and the Birth of the Company Army
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Jun 30, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Architect: How Bombay Became a City
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Jun 29, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Opium: Trade, War and Addiction
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Jun 29, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Bodyguard: The Peons of Empire
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Jun 28, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Plague: Smallpox and the Empire of Disease
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Jun 28, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Rebellion: The Vellore Mutiny of 1806
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Jun 27, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Food: Rice, Curry and the Making of Empire
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Jun 27, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Fortress: Surat Castle and the Mughal Gateway
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Jun 26, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Financier: Indian Moneylenders
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Jun 26, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Fortress: St. George and the Siege of Madras
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Jun 25, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Mint: How Company Silver Became Mughal Rupees
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Jun 25, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Fortress: Bombay Castle and the Defence of Empire
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Jun 24, 2026 |
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The Bombay Marine: The EIC's Forgotten Navy
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Jun 24, 2026 |
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EIC's Forgotten Hospital: The Bombay Lunatic Asylum
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Jun 23, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Envoy: Sir William Norris and the Court of Aurangzeb
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Jun 23, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Admiral: Charles Watson and Bengal
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Jun 22, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Trial: Maharaja Nanda Kumar and the Limits of Company Justice
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Jun 22, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Ship: The Grosvenor Wreck
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Jun 21, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Spies: Ross Daniels and the Secret Intelligence of Empire
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Jun 21, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Ship: The Grosvenor Shipwreck and Survival
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Jun 20, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Map: James Rennell and the Survey of India
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Jun 20, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Diplomat: Sir John Wood and the Treaty of Titalia
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Jun 19, 2026 |
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The EIC's War on Coasts: The Bombardment of Algiers
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Jun 19, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten War: The Battle of Buxar and the Birth of Empire
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Jun 18, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten War: The Battle of Buxar and the Birth of Empire
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Jun 18, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Trade: Opium, Tea, and the China Market
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Jun 17, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten General: Eyre Coote and the Battle of Wandiwash
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Jun 17, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten War: The Anglo-Mysore Conflict and Tipu Sultan
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Jun 16, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Governor: Gerald Aungier and Bombay
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Jun 16, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Palace: Government House and Imperial Calcutta
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Jun 15, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Factory: Surat and the Birth of Company Trade
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Jun 15, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Mint: The Rupee and the Making of Empire
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Jun 14, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Artist: Tilly Kettle and Company Painting
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Jun 14, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten General: Stringer Lawrence and the Madras Army
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Jun 13, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten General: Stringer Lawrence and the Making of the Madras Army
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Jun 12, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Constitution: The Hastings Impeachment
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Jun 12, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Enclave: Bencoolen and the Pepper Trade
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Jun 11, 2026 |
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The EIC's Secret Revenue: The Khas Tariq and Land Tax
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Jun 11, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Shipwreck: The Trial of the Ganj-i-Sawai Pirates
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Jun 10, 2026 |
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The Siege of Arcot: Robert Clive's Daring Gamble
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Jun 10, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Fort: Fort William and the Black Hole Controversy
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Jun 09, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Mint: The Surat Mint and the Rupee
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Jun 09, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Fort: Bombay Castle and the Island City
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Jun 08, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Tax: The Dastak and Private Trade
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Jun 08, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Armada: The Bombay Marine and Indian Ocean Piracy
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Jun 07, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Shipwreck: The Grosvenor and Indian Ocean Piracy
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Jun 07, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Shipwreck: The Grosvenor and Indian Ocean Piracy
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Jun 06, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Navy: Bombay Marine and the Battle of Swally
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Jun 06, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Spy: William Paxton and the Fall of Siraj-ud-Daulah
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Jun 05, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Fortress: St. George and the Birth of Madraspatnam
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Jun 05, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Enemy: The Maratha Navy and Angria
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Jun 04, 2026 |
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The Company's Forgotten Fort: St. George and the Birth of Madras
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Jun 04, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Ally: The Dutch Governor Who Saved Madras
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Jun 03, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Prison: The Andaman Islands and Cellular Jail
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Jun 03, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Spice: Nutmeg, Bandas, and the First Corporate War
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Jun 02, 2026 |
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The EIC's Opium Trade: Drugs, Diplomacy, and the Canton System
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Jun 02, 2026 |
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The EIC's Last Governor General: Dalhousie and the Annexation of Awadh
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Jun 01, 2026 |
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The Company's Forgotten Banker: Jagat Seth and the Flow of Silver
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Jun 01, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Army: How a Corporation Built a Military Machine
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May 31, 2026 |
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The Company's Mughal Broker: Khwaja Wazid and Indian Banking
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May 31, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Enemy: The Maratha Empire's Greatest General
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May 30, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten War: The First Anglo-Maratha War
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May 30, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Frontier: The Anglo-Nepalese War and the Gurkha Legacy
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May 29, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Chinese Trade: Hong Merchants and Canton
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May 29, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Governor: Lord Wellesley and the Subsidiary Alliance
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May 28, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Rebellion: The Vellore Mutiny of 1806
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May 28, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Spies: Intelligence in Mughal India
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May 27, 2026 |
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The EIC's Irish Governor: Lord Mornington in India
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May 27, 2026 |
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Renewing the Charter: The EIC's Parliamentary Fight for Survival
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May 26, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Governor: Lord William Bentinck and the Abolition of Sati
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May 26, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Earthquake: Calcutta 1737
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May 25, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Fort: The Siege of Bombay 1689
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May 25, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Reformer: Lord William Bentinck
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May 24, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Painters: Art and Advertising in Company India
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May 24, 2026 |
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The EIC's Calcutta: From Mud-Flat to Imperial Capital
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May 23, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Accountant: Who Audited the Company
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May 23, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Trade: Tea, Opium, and Canton
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May 20, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Ship: The Batavia and the Company's Darkest Voyage
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May 20, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Pirate: Captain Kidd's Secret Mission
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May 19, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Fort: Fort St. George and Madras' Rise
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May 19, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Leader: Sir Josiah Child and the Company's First War
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May 18, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Bank: Jagat Seth and the Credit Network
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May 18, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Naval Disaster: The Battle of Colachel
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May 17, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Architect: Gerald Aungier and Bombay's Rise
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May 17, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Governor: Sir John Shore and the Non-Intervention Policy
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May 16, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Rival: Surat's Merchant Republic
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May 15, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten War: The Third Anglo-Mysore War
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May 13, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Army: The Sepoy Mutiny of 1857
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May 12, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Siege: Seringapatam and Tipu Sultan
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May 12, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Bank: Currency, Credit and the Birth of Modern Finance
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May 11, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Mistress: Private Fortunes and Indian Women
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May 11, 2026 |
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The EIC's Spice Island Massacre at Banda
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May 10, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Founder: Sir Thomas Smythe and the First Voyage
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May 10, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Currency: Cowries and the Indian Ocean Economy
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May 09, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten General: Sir Eyre Coote at Wandiwash
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May 09, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Fortress: Bombay and the Rise of a Port City
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May 08, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Governor-General: Lord Auckland and the First Afghan War
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May 08, 2026 |
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The EIC's Opium Monopoly and the First Opium War
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May 07, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten War: The First Anglo-Maratha War
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May 07, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Conqueror: Robert Clive at Arcot
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May 06, 2026 |
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The EIC's Opium Trade: Drug Trafficking and Empire
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May 06, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Conqueror: Robert Clive at Arcot
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May 05, 2026 |
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The EIC's Tea Obsession: How China Lost Its Monopoly
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May 05, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Fortress: St. George and Madras
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May 04, 2026 |
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The EIC's Spice Islands Conquest: Banda Massacre
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May 04, 2026 |
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The EIC's Pirate Hunters: The Bombay Marine
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May 03, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten Ally: The Story of the Nawab of Carnatic
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May 03, 2026 |
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The EIC's Railway Revolution: Tracks of Empire
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May 02, 2026 |
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The EIC's Secret Empire: The Private Trade of Company Officials
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May 02, 2026 |
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Sugar and Sacrifice: How the EIC's Slave System Built the Caribbean
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May 01, 2026 |
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The EIC's Forgotten War: The First Anglo-Burmese War
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May 01, 2026 |
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The EIC's Antithesis: The Dutch East India Company
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Apr 30, 2026 |
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The Battle of Plassey Myth and the Rise of Mir Jafar
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Apr 30, 2026 |
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The Company's Last War: EIC vs Sikh Empire
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Apr 29, 2026 |
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The Last Nawab of Awadh: How the EIC Consumed a Kingdom
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Apr 29, 2026 |
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The EIC's Last Gasp: The Charter Act of 1833
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Apr 28, 2026 |
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The Charter Act of 1813: Opening India to Missionaries
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Apr 28, 2026 |
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The Last Battle: EIC vs the Maratha Confederacy
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Apr 27, 2026 |
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The Trial of Warren Hastings: Impeaching a Corporate Empire
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Apr 27, 2026 |
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The EIC's Private Armies: How the Company Raised Its Own Military
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Apr 26, 2026 |
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The Great Famine: How the East India Company Starved Bengal
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Apr 26, 2026 |
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The Opium Wars: How the East India Company Built an Empire on Drugs
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Apr 25, 2026 |
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The Mughal Emperor Who Lost India: Shah Alam II
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Apr 25, 2026 |
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Tipu Sultan and the Mysore Resistance
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Apr 24, 2026 |
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Robert Clive and the Battle of Plassey
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Apr 24, 2026 |
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The Birth of a Corporate Empire
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Apr 23, 2026 |