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The East Indian Company had an army by the 1750s, that was comprised of British officers and Indian soldiers. The forces of the Company in the 1750s were led by Rober Clive (later Clive of India). In 1757, Clive, who proved to be a brilliant general, defeated the Nawab of Bengal and his French allies at the Battle of Plassey. This victory turned the Company into perhaps the strongest power in India. Soon Clive and other Company commanders defeated Indian, French and other forces that were contesting British influence in India.<ref> Bence-Jones, Mark. ''Clive of India''.(London, Constable & Robinson Limited, 1974), p. 89.</ref>

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====How did the British East India Company Dominate most of India?====

By 1760, much of the sub-continent was under the direct or indirect influence of the East India Company <ref> Bence-Jones, p. 45#.</ref>" The Company was in turn influenced by the British government, who used it to further its interests in India. London effectively let the East Indian Company rule Indian in its name. In the remaining decades of the eighteenth century, the British, through the East India Company expanded their influence. They were resisted by native monarchs such as Tipu Sultan and the powerful Sikh Empire. Arthur Wellesley, later the Duke of Wellington, achieved significant victories against those Indian states that defied British influence <ref> Harrington, Jack. ''Sir John Malcolm and the Creation of British India'' (New York, Palgrave Macmillan, 2010), p. 119.</ref>