Aman Bhattarai’s Reviews > The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire > Status Update

Debauchery continues. Mir Jafar is dethroned by a revolution by the EIC, Mir Qasim, and Jagat Seth. Shah Alam attacks Mir Qasim to take power, but is unsuccessful. Mir Qasim, by increasing taxation and smoothing administration, tries to put Bengal back on track. EIC is disobedient to the Nawab. Warrren Hastings is introduced. Tensions ignite between Mir Qasim and the EIC after just 3 years of dethroning Mir Jafar.

Siraj violently attacks Fort William, and upon hearing this news, Clive and Watson come to Calcutta from Madras. They take back Calcutta, fortify it again. Jagat Seth (banker) and Mir Jafar make a deal with Clive to kill Siraj. Clive wipes out Siraj and his men in Plassey in 1757. EIC takes a lot of wealth, as per the deal. Bengal has now been plundered to an extent that it cannot recover.

Clive Robert is introduced. He outsmarts the French and is lauded as a hero. Calcutta, led by Aliverdi Khan is pictured as prosperous but his grandson, next to the throne, Siraj ud-Daula is filled with debauchery. Shah Alam escapes Imad al-Mulk's assassination attempt. Roger Drake builds tensions with the then and now 'Nabobs' of Bengal.

1599, when English merchants collected money and resources to finance their voyage to bring in lucrative spices from the East Indies. And are thwarted by the resourceful Dutch voyagers.
They now give up the chase for spices and are planning to trade in textiles, fabrics, and chintzes from India.