The East India Company changed the way we dress… Um it changed the way we eat - it changed the way we socialise. Dan: And, by accident, created one of the most powerful empires in history.

This episode examines how Britain took control of India through the East India Company. Read more ...

As he sailed down the Coromandel coast from Machilipatnam looking for a place to set up a factory and perhaps a future settlement for the East India Company, Day was clear that among the factors ...

He soon acquired a reputation as a successful speculator – winning bets based on his gaining early intelligence of the Peace of Paris in 1763, and when East India Company stock soared in 1764-1765.

We begin with the immediate concerns of the Huseypur Raja and the circumstances that shaped the nature of his opposition to ...

Inland navigation on Gangetic rivers was a lengthy and risky business — until the arrival of William Tolly, an officer of the ...