The East India Company 1784 - 1834

Originally published in 1940 this .is the first detailed study and appraisal of the relations between the Court of Directors and the Board of Control during the fifty formative years after Pitt set up this government office to direct and control the Companys Indian administration. it was an extremely intricate system of dual government with checks and balances and interlocking factions and interests. Contents Include: The East India House 1784-1834 The Opposition of the Indian Interest 1784-88 The Ascendancy of Dundas 1788 94 The Revolt of the Shipping Interest 1794-1802 The Triumph of the Shipping Interest 1802-06 The India House Divided Against Itself 1806-12 Buckinghamshire Versus The India House 1812-16 Cannings East India Policy 1816-22 The Failure of the Private Trade Interest 1822-30 The Companys Surrender 1830-34 Concluding Remarks