Pint of History with Don Chiswell
Live in the Cellar Bar
Building on the success of our ‘Pint of’ nights, join Don in the Cellar Bar for a history talk with an edge! Enjoy a real ale, glass of wine or Tea/Coffee while you listen.
The East India Company
How did a commercial company, chartered by Queen Elizabeth I and given a monopoly of trade between England and the Far East, become the de facto ruler of a large part of India during the eighteenth century? Why did Company interests turn from trade to territory and their colonisation of parts of Southeast Asia, including Hong Kong. Despite the Company’s political and military power why did the British Crown in 1858 assume direct control of the Indian subcontinent in the form of the new British Raj?
Cellar Bar
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