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1. East India Company

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   The immense territorial acquisition outpaced the EIC's administrative capabilities. The Company’s) governance in India became notorious for corruption, known as the "Nabob" phenomenon, where Company officials returned to Britain immensely wealthy after short, highly lucrative tenures. This systemic greed, combined with administrative failures—such as the […

2. East India Company

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   Dissolution and Legacy
   The structure established after the 1784 Act gradually eroded the EIC's independence. The final catalyst for the Company’s) demise as a governing body was the Indian Rebellion of 1857 (often termed the Sepoy Mutiny). Although the EIC forces, along with direct British Army units, eventually suppressed the uprising, the scale of the vi…