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“It was Dupleix who had first showed the way of intervening in disputes of the Indian rulers and thereby acquiring political control over vast territories- a technique which was later perfected by the English East India Company.” Elaborate.

  • UPSC 2020
  • European Penetration into India

Dupleix pioneered a specific method of empire-building — using disputed successions among Indian rulers as an entry point for political control — that the English East India Company, starting with Clive, adopted, refined, and eventually systematized into the standard instrument of British paramountcy across India.

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  • Dupleix's Original Method
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