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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. #EastIndiaCompany #BritishEmpire #RobertClive #BattleOfPlassey #WarrenHastings #SepoyRebellion #OpiumWars #Nabobs #AngloMysoreWars #AngloMarathaWars #Imperialism #ColonialIndia #JointStock #CorporatePower #TeaTrade #History #WorldHistory #FexingoHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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We trace the East India Company's tea trade from its origins in Canton to its explosive consequences in Boston Harbor. Lucas explains how the Company's monopoly on Chinese tea was the financial backbone of its empire, sh
Lucas and Luna explore the cartographic rivalry between the British East India Company and the French geographer Jean-Baptiste d'Anville, who created one of the most accurate maps of Asia in the 18th century without ever
In 1689, a year before the Mughal War that nearly broke the East India Company's hold on western India, an Adil Shahi admiral named Yakut Khan—also known as the Siddi of Janjira—led a devastating attack on Bombay. This e
In this episode, we uncover the East India Company's transformation from a trader in spices and cloth to the world's largest drug cartel. Lucas and Luna trace the opium trade's origins in Bengal's poppy fields, the Compa
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the East India Company's near-collapse in 1772, triggered by a credit crisis in London and massive debts from the Bengal famine. They discuss the Company's financial structure, the
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore one of the most dramatic political trials of the 18th century: the impeachment of Warren Hastings, the first Governor-General of Bengal. Hastings was charged with corruption, cruel
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the pivotal but often overlooked role of Lowji Nasarvanji Wadia, a Parsi master shipwright who transformed Bombay into a major shipbuilding centre for the East India Company. They
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the early years of Bombay under the East India Company. They discuss how the port city grew from a sparsely inhabited island into a strategic hub, driven by the construction of Bom
This episode uncovers the story of the Jagat Seth, the banking dynasty that financed the Mughal Empire and, ultimately, helped the East India Company conquer Bengal. We explore how Fateh Chand and his nephew Mahtab Rai c
In 1689, the East India Company faced its greatest humiliation: the Mughal siege of Bombay. After years of escalating tensions with Emperor Aurangzeb, the Company's arrogant military adventures in Bengal and on the weste
Before Surat, before Bombay, before Madras—the East India Company's very first foothold in India was a small trading post on the Coromandel Coast called Masulipatnam. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore how the Compa
In 1764, a young British surveyor named James Rennell was sent to map Bengal for the East India Company. Fresh from the Battle of Buxar, the Company had just won the diwani—the right to collect revenue from Bengal, Bihar
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the Treaty of Paris of 1763, a pivotal agreement that reshaped the global balance of power and cemented the East India Company's transformation from a trading corporation to a terr
Before Robert Clive's victory at Plassey, the East India Company faced a far more dangerous enemy: the Maratha Empire. This episode dives into the First Anglo-Maratha War (1775–1782), a brutal conflict that nearly ended
In this episode of The East India Company: The Corporation That Conquered Nations, Lucas and Luna dive into the controversial legacy of Robert Clive — not the familiar 'Clive of India' of later fame, but his early, audac
In 1615, King James I sent Sir Thomas Roe to the court of Mughal Emperor Jahangir to secure trading rights for the fledgling East India Company. Roe spent three years at the Mughal court, navigating delicate diplomacy, l
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the early history of Bombay before it became the East India Company's commercial capital. They discuss the Koli fishing communities who originally inhabited the island, the Portugu
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore how the East India Company used Persian as its diplomatic and administrative language for over a century. They discuss the rise of Persian in Mughal India, the Company's adoption o
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the East India Company's rule over St Helena, the tiny South Atlantic island where Napoleon was exiled after Waterloo. They trace the EIC's 250-year history as the island's proprie
Before Clive, before Plassey, there was Stringer Lawrence — the gruff, debt-ridden veteran who shaped the East India Company's first real army in Madras. In this episode, Lucas and Luna trace Lawrence's rise from a cashi
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