Vitamin_C
Chief Minister (5k+ posts)
East India company was just a trading company. They had no ambitions in India in the beginning nor the capability. Many similar companies were operating and trading all over the world.
They minded their business most of the time until they saw the empire crumbling, by the time they took power, the Mughal empire was just a name and their control did not go beyond the suburbs of Delhi, thanks to Aurengzeb.
There was one battle in particular. The EAC was operating only in areas it was allowed to operate in, then the French started trading for a post in that area without permission.
The EAC complained to the Indians about this and the Indians sent few thousand soldiers with war elephants to confront the French. The French numbered around 100 men with musket rifles defeated this large army and EAC was watching all this from a hill. This is the moment their eyes opened.
They minded their business most of the time until they saw the empire crumbling, by the time they took power, the Mughal empire was just a name and their control did not go beyond the suburbs of Delhi, thanks to Aurengzeb.
There was one battle in particular. The EAC was operating only in areas it was allowed to operate in, then the French started trading for a post in that area without permission.
The EAC complained to the Indians about this and the Indians sent few thousand soldiers with war elephants to confront the French. The French numbered around 100 men with musket rifles defeated this large army and EAC was watching all this from a hill. This is the moment their eyes opened.
Akbar allowed the east india company to operate. It is the east india company that made trouble like how Iran, India and US are doing to Pakistan these days.