madras

• The celebrated east india company was all - powerful from 1756 , when the english first gained a foothold on the spot where now stands the city of madras , down to the time of the great sepoy insurrection . it gradually annexed province after province , purchasing them of the native chiefs , whom it seldom paid , and appointed the governor - general and his subordinates , civil and military
  自从1756年那一年英国在现今马德拉斯城所在的地方建立了它在印度的第一个殖民机构直到印度士兵大起义的那一年，那人所共知的东印度公司曾经专横一时，它逐步吞并了很多省，名义上是用分期付欺的地价券从土王手里买来的，其实这些地价券很少兑现，甚至根本就不兑现。