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This is the great act of the constitutional entrance of the Company into the body politic of India.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “This is the great act of the constitutional entrance of the Company into the body politic of India.”
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Burke highlights the significance of the Company's formal entry into Indian governance.
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