Historical ContextThe vast wealth and rich natural resources were inviting the European traders to trade with India.
The political instability of India and the wars in Europe gave these traders an excuse to interfere in the politics of India to protect their commercial interests. |
Source : CNN Millenniums Channel,
Islamic India: 18th Century and the Start of the British Occupation |
"...The whole country of Hindustan, or empire of the Great Mogol is and ever has been, nevertheless, in a state so feeble and defenseless, that it is almost a miracle that no Prince of Europe, with maritime power at command, has not yet thought of making such acquisition the, as at one stroke would put him and his subject in possession of infinite wealth, and of such other advantages, in point of commerce as might counter-balance the mines of Brazil and Peru"
- William Bolts quoted in Biplab Das Gupta, "European Trade and Colonial Conquest". Published 2005.
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