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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. ''[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0230108857/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0230108857&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=1dcb0d471451a79534d1a36363bfd192 Sir John Malcolm and the Creation of British India]'' (New York, Palgrave Macmillan, 2010), p. 119.</ref>

By 1800, the majority of the Indian sub-continent was under the de-facto control of the East India Company, which was supervised by the British government. It must be remembered that the Company did not seek to conquer India, they sought to exploit the subcontinent's wealth and to extend their influence. There was no concentered policy to dominate India and its rulers, rather they came to gradually rule, because of their own strengths and the Indians India's weakness. <ref>Faught, C. Brad. ''Clive: Founder of British India''. (Washington, D.C.: Potomac Books, Inc. 2013),p. 34.</ref>