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PankajMishra^~ 59239 blog postsEast India Rail OF the East India Company
It was but natural that the East India Company should seek a base in Bengal. With the decline in the Mughal empire, the Company increasingly grew more powerful, until it replaced Mughal rule completely. While Delhi or Agra had been the political capital of the Mughals, Bengal's commercial importance meant that Calcutta became the capital city from where the East India Company traded and ruled.
With the setting up of the East India Rail, closer links emerged between Calcutta and Delhi and made trade and...
more...
It was but natural that the East India Company should seek a base in Bengal. With the decline in the Mughal empire, the Company increasingly grew more powerful, until it replaced Mughal rule completely. While Delhi or Agra had been the political capital of the Mughals, Bengal's commercial importance meant that Calcutta became the capital city from where the East India Company traded and ruled.
With the setting up of the East India Rail, closer links emerged between Calcutta and Delhi and made trade and...
more...