What event led to the formal occupation of India by the British?
The British East India Company came to India as traders in spices, a very important commodity in Europe back then as it was used to preserve meat. Apart from that, they primarily traded in silk, cotton, indigo dye, tea and opium.
Explain the leadership of the British in two paragraphs.
The words ‘army’ and ‘leadership’ may seem an obvious combination, but back in 2015 the British Army commissioned a leadership review. After prolonged and intense campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq, it seemed the right time to reflect on mistakes and failures – and learn from them.
More pressingly, the Army needed to look hard at how it should adapt to future challenges. It wasn’t short of them. Its operating environment was changing, uncertain and complex. As chief of the defence staff General Sir Nicholas Carter put it, in an era of cyberwarfare and fake news there were “no longer two clear and distinct states of ‘peace’ and ‘war’”. Soldiers had to cope with being back in barracks. Defence cuts meant that the Army was continuing to shrink.
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