New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) In the summer of 1820, a seemingly minor administrative action unfolded in the British Parliament: the introduction of the East India Company’s Volunteers Bill. This legislation sought to formalise the existence of a modest infantry corps in London, tasked with the prosaic duty of protecting the Company’s massive warehouses. For the governing elite in Westminster, this was a petty squabble over budgets and security arrangements in a time of domestic unrest. But viewe…
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New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) On April 4, 1811, in the House of Commons in London, the Chancellor of the Exchequer rose to perform a formality mandated by law. It was a routine step, yet the quiet words he spoke sent a shiver through the East India Company (EIC) directors and heralded a massive storm of financial, commercial, and political upheaval that had profound and devastating consequences for the millions of people in India.The Chancellor officially gave notice that the EIC’s Charter, which ves…