British East India Company. It turns out, India was never originally colonised by the British crown, but by a multinational company (MNC). Robert Clive, who won the Battle Of Palashi (‘Plassey’ for ...

On a March day in 1602, the Dutch Republic tried to solve a problem of commerce with a piece of statecraft. Rival merchant groups were bidding up the cost of spices in Asia, squeezing profits at home, ...

The East India Company established the British rule in India, and ruled the Indian subcontinent and other major parts of the world for nearly centuries, expanding the British Empire to the point where ...

As the East India Company extended its sway across India in the late eighteenth century, many remarkable artworks were commissioned by Company officials from Indian painters who had previously worked ...

Venezuela holds approximately 303 billion barrels of oil, which accounts for about 17 per cent of the world’s known reserves, ...