British East India Company initially came to India for making lucrative trade fortune. It resultantly brought India under the British hegemony. In the present book the fascinating story of the emergence of East India Company is narrated in authoritative way. Major themes dealt herein are: Jahangir and Sir Thomas Roe, English policy of ruthless repression, Shahjahan and the English, Aurangzeb, Revolt of British Indian Army, Investment of British capital In Mughal India, Trade to territory, Way to decadence, East India Company as a territorial power, East India Company as King-Maker, Dual Government: 1765-1762, Warren Hastings: 1772-1785, Under the Mughals, Indian Merchants, Political participation of Indian merchants, Major trends in the commercial activities of the Dutch in Mughal India etc. This whole weaves an authentic history, which will immensely benefit the readers.

Of the five great European maritime powers of 16th and 17th centuries, France was the fourth to enter into the race for commercial communication with India. The restless action that had made the France of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries the fomenter of disturbances in Europe soon found in India a wide field for its display, whilst the ambition that had urged her most famous monarch to dream of universal dominion in the West, began, before very long, to form plans for the attainment of a French empire in the East. Organised in eight chapters namely-French in India; Company of the Indies; The rise of the French power in India; La Bourdonnais and Dupleix; Bussy to 1754; The fall of Dupleix; Carnatic war; and Anglo-French conflict etc. this book tries to weave an authentic history of the French in India. Students, researchers and historians will find this useful and informative.

The discovery of sea-route India by the end of fifteenth century (the credit of which goes to the Portuguese) and the establishment of European trade on the Indian coast that brought about the economic revolution. This was a great event from the point of view of the results that followed from it. The trade on Malabar coast formed the core of trade in spices in this period and the Portuguese trade established there right at the dawn of sixteenth century had international repercussions. By the end of seventeenth century, the Portuguese had been displaced by their Dutch rivals in Malabar. This work, in two volumes, portrays complete picture of Portuguese and their activities in India. The entire information is organised under total 26 chapters. No doubt, this work will prove a dependable reference tool to all concerned.

The story of European expansions in Asia forms one of the great epics of modern times. India was the cornerstone of European imperialism in Asia. The Dutch also tried their hard to make fortune in India. This book gives an authoritative account of the Dutch in India. Themes like- Recapture of Quilon, Conquest of Cochin and Cannanore, Developments in Cochin down to 1678, Dutch influence in Cochin and in Tekkenkur, Dutch relations with Travancore, Bedara, Post-Bedara period, 1759-72, Warren Hastings and the Dutch, Dutch Settlements , 1784-1816, Cession of the Dutch possessions in India to British Government , 1824-25, Factory and fort, Bengal etc. will prove of utmost use for the students, researchers and teachers in field of history, politics and international relations.