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British East India Company’s Struggle with Religious Activity in Early 19th Century

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New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) By the second decade of the 19th century, the British East India Company (EIC) had ceased to be a mere commercial concern. It was a staggering, debt-ridden empire, ruling over a vast population of seventy to eighty millions of souls. The tranquility of this immense possession, according to those who governed it, rested not solely on the sheer physical force of its armies, but on a highly volatile mix of “moral influence, and in a great degree even by prejudice”.In this fr…