They were odious to many of the India House here; they were odious to that corrupt influence which had begun and was going on to ruin India; but in the face of all this odium, they gave the appointment to Mahomed Reza Khân, because the act contained in itself its own justification.
Burke highlights the integrity of the majority in the Council who appointed Mahomed Reza Khân despite facing opposition.
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