Author : John Malcolm
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780265876503
Total Pages : 632 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (765 download)
Book Synopsis The Political History of India, from 1784 to 1823, Vol. 2 of 2 (Classic Reprint) by : John Malcolm
Download or read book The Political History of India, from 1784 to 1823, Vol. 2 of 2 (Classic Reprint) written by John Malcolm and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-28 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Political History of India, From 1784 to 1823, Vol. 2 of 2 From the time that the India Company first formed factories, and carried on a commercial intercourse with the East, a century and a half elapsed before they attained political power. This great change in their condition is to be ascribed to the hostility of the French, more than to all other causes combined. The scheme of establishing an eastern empire for his nation was first formed by Dupleix, the most able and ambitions of the governors of adicherry and this plan, which he prosecuted almost to completion, comprehended, as a certain consequence, the destruction of the India Company, who, in their struggle to defeat it, Were fighting for existence: T he first great Contest between the English and French, on the coast of Coromandel, which termi usted in the complete overthrow of the latter, in volved the India Company in all the complexity of political relations with the native states, whom they had supported, while it made them just objects of firture apprehension to those whom they had opposed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
