Articles on East India Company
St. Mary’s Church: A Contextual Study of Madras’ Oldest British Structure
By Roshini Roy · Journal of Indian History and Culture, 2022
St. Mary’s Church in Fort St. George, Madras (now Chennai), is the first Anglican church in Asia and the oldest existing British structure in Madras. This study examines the church’s construction, significance, and role in reflecting the socio-religious,…
Feeding the East India Company: Troops and Configuration of Power in Eighteenth-Century Deccan
By Aakhya · Journal of Indian History and Culture, 2022
The article examines the East India Company's (EIC) rise to power in the Deccan during the eighteenth century, emphasizing food grains as a critical factor in its political and military dominance. It argues that the EIC's control over agricultural surplus,…
Weavers' Settlements and Colonial Trade in 17th-18th Century Madras
By J. Sumathi · Journal of Indian History and Culture, 2022
During the 17th and 18th centuries, Madras emerged as a significant commercial hub under the English East India Company, driven by the trade of Indian textiles like cotton weaves and calico. Key merchants, including Beeri Timmanna Chettiar, Velu Mari, Kasi…
English Private Trade and Territorial Expansion in Seventeenth-Century East Coast India
By Jyoti Phulera · Journal of Indian History and Culture, 2022
This study examines English private commercial activities in seventeenth-century India, focusing on the eastern coast. It highlights how personal investments and greed of influential English individuals, along with private trading, drove the East India…
British Imperialism and East India Company's Conquest of India
By Rukmini Nagarajan · Journal of Indian History and Culture, 2005
The British East India Company's expansion in India during the 18th century was driven by strategic alliances with local rulers, exploiting political fragmentation to establish dominance. Initially focused on trade, the Company gradually extended its…
Private Commercial Dealings of the Servants of the East India Company from 1757-1767
By Dhan Keswani · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1960
This article examines how servants of the English East India Company amassed fortunes through private trade between 1757 and 1767. After the conquest of Bengal, company officials exploited their power to monopolise salt, betel‑nut and other commodities, using…
Reviews
By Sushil Kumar De · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1952
The article reviews Holden Furber’s 1948 book, "John Company at Work: A Study of Euro-Pean Expansion in India in the Late Eighteenth Century," published by Harvard University Press. The volume examines the methods European powers used to consolidate their…
Dispute between Court Cutcherry and Mayor’s Court, Calcutta
By Tarit K. Mukherji · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1951
Focusing on early colonial Calcutta, this article analyses a jurisdictional conflict between two courts: the Mayor’s Court, established under the Charter of 1726, and the Court Cutcherry, which represented the zamindar’s judicial authority. A new charter…
Cheap the Magnificent
By Hari Ranjan Ghosal · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1946
In the late eighteenth century the East India Company employed numerous servants whose official duties overlapped with their private trading ventures. This biographical essay reconstructs the career of one such figure, Robert Cheap, derisively known to…
Siraj‑ud‑daulah and the English before 1756
By Kali Kinkar Datta · The Indian Historical Quarterly
This article studies relations between Siraj‑ud‑daulah, Nawab of Bengal, and the English East India Company before 1756. In May 1752 Nawab Alivardi named Siraj his successor, and during Siraj’s stay at Hugli he was visited by French and Dutch officials,…
English Missions to Mir Jumla
By Jagadish Narayan Sarkar · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1940
Mir Jumla's conquest of the Carnatic in 1647 significantly influenced his relations with the English, who initially viewed him as a potential overlord but sought his favor due to his strategic importance. Despite his hostile stance toward the Dutch—stemming…
Durlabhrām: A Prominent Bengal Officer of the Mid‑eighteenth Century
By Kali Kinkar Datta · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1940
The Silk Trade of Patna in Early Seventeenth Century
By Jagadish Narayan Sarkar · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1939
This comprehensive study traces the early seventeenth‑century silk trade centred on Patna and its integration into global commerce. Patna was already known for cotton goods, but English factors discovered that the city and surrounding region were a thriving…
The East India Company and Its Trade Monopoly
By Prakash Chandra · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1936
The East India Company's trade monopoly faced increasing challenges during the late 18th century, particularly with the passage of the India Act of 1784, which established the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India to oversee the Company's political…
Bombay and English Constitutional Law
By Arthur Berriedale Keith · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1935