A Mughal fleet commanded by Sidi Yaqub…

1684 CE to 1695 CE

A Mughal fleet commanded by Sidi Yaqub attacks Bombay in 1689.

After a year of resistance the East India Company garison surrenders in 1690, and the company sends envoys to Aurangzeb's camp to plead for a pardon.

The company's envoys have to prostrate themselves before the emperor, pay a large indemnity, and promise better behavior in the future.

The emperor withdraws his troops and the company subsequently re-establishes itself in Bombay and sets up a new base in Calcutta.

The company will eventually come to rule large areas of the Indian subcontinent with its private armies, primarily composed of Indian sepoys, exercising military power and assuming administrative functions.

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