Anglo-Mughal war (1686–1690)

Uncommon card · No. 169086

The Anglo-Mughal war, also known as the Child's War, was the first Anglo-Indian war on the Indian subcontinent. The English East India Company had been given a monopoly and numerous fortified bases on the western and south-eastern coasts of the Mughal Empire by the Crown, which was permitted by the local governors. In 1682, William Hedges was sent on behalf of the Company to negotiate with the governor of the proto-industrialised Bengal Subah, Shaista Khan, and to obtain a firman, an imperial decree that would allow the English company regular trading privileges across the Mughal provinces. In 1685, after some breaking of negotiations by Josiah Child, the Governor of Bengal reacted by increasing the tributaries of the trade with the north-east from 2% to 3.5%. The company refused the newly introduced taxes and began to try to get the province of Bengal to accept new terms in favour of the trading power and expressed to capture Chittagong. They also planned to establish fortified enclaves...

Read on Wikipedia · Image Guillaume Thomas François Raynal, Public domain