Is that why your British East Indian company had to borrow money from Indian merchants? EIC literally begged from Virji Vora.
Virji Vora was just a merchant. He wasn't a king. And he was richer than your Queen Elizabeth I.
There were scores of such merchants in just Surat.
Virji Vora was just a merchant. He wasn't a king. And he was richer than your Queen Elizabeth I.
There were scores of such merchants in just Surat.
The English depended on Virji Vora for their financial survival.
He used to give them loans of 100,000 whenever they were facing an economic crisis.
EIC letters admit that their factories were kept alive only by his loans
That was their real Aukat before they conquered India
He used to give them loans of 100,000 whenever they were facing an economic crisis.
EIC letters admit that their factories were kept alive only by his loans
That was their real Aukat before they conquered India
Infact, in the 17th century, the British built many of their early roads, buildings, passageways and markets in London from loans given to them by Indian merchants
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