The Battle in Bengal That Handed a Trading Company an Empire
From Turning Points: World History · 4:25
Show by Madin Misan
One battle in Bengal handed a trading company an empire — and India changed hands. Fifty thousand men, forty cannons, ten war elephants — against three thousand. The battle was decided before it began, in a back room, with a promise and a purse.
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