The East India Company: everything you wanted to know
Jon Wilson responds to listener queries and popular search enquiries about the trading company that went on to become an agent of British imperialism in India during the 18th and 19th centuries

Published: September 20, 2020 at 12:15 pm
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In the latest of our series tackling the big questions on major historical topics, historian Jon Wilson responds to listener queries and popular search enquiries about the English trading company that went on to become an agent of British imperialism in India during the 18th and 19th centuries.
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