Under Clive, the East India Company built up its private army to 260,000 soldiers, double the size of the British Army, and became ‘too big to fail’. Again, the modern parallels are ominous.

Standing at 5 feet, 3 inches, it's easy to overlook the average Gurkha, let alone see him as a soldier ... they were invaded by the British East India Company, over 200 years ago.

By 1857, the sepoys in the East India Company’s army began a rebellion after a rumour spread about a new rifle they would be receiving. To load the rifle soldiers believed they would have to ...

Every time the East India Company’s Royal Charter had come up ... the people who had close daily contact with the Indian soldiers were the refuse. Were the worst of the lot and they didn ...