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

Discover the forgotten history of Bobbili kingdom's fierce battle with the French in 1757 at the Bobbili Fort museum.

That meant within decades the East India Company was becoming a sovereign entity in its own right.: had the power to raise revenue, to make war and peace, to mint its own coins, to administer justice.

Dr. Andrea Major: The East India Company changed the way we dress ... given sweeping new powers in revenue , diplomacy, and war. It was nothing less than the birth of Empire.