British East India Company's conquest of India
SEPOY REBELLION OF 1857-59 REINTERPRETED BY AGHA HUMAYUN AMIN ISBN-13: 978-1480085701 ISBN-10: 1480085707 BISAC: History / Military / General CHAPTER ONE THE ENGLISH EAST INDIA COMPANY'S CONQUEST OF INDIA 1757-1849 W hen the Uzbeks ejected Babur, the future Mughal Emperor of India from Central Asia, they knew little, what this great man or his descendants would achieve in India. The Mughal Empire was the predecessor of the British Empire in India. In between the demise of Mughals and the foundation of British Empire there was a dark period of anarchy which started from 1707 and continued almost uninterrupted till 1849 when the English East India Company conquered Punjab. The term 'English East India Company's conquest of India' is both misleading and incorrect. The East India Company did conquer India single handedly but with the help of Indians who constituted some three fourth of their army. These Indian mercenaries were called 'Sepoys' by the British ...