To avoid losing out, the Company had to enter the fur trade itself or license British traders to operate at Canton in China.

As China lay within the area of the East India Company’s trading monopoly, it was likely that British merchants would try to circumvent this restriction by entering foreign employment. From Handbook to Vancouver Island and British Columbia (London, 1862)Ĭaptain James Cook’s third voyage (1776-1780) had shown that there was potential for a maritime fur trade between North West America and China. The Sound is one of many inlets along the Pacific coast of the island. Nootka is situated on the west coast of Vancouver Island in the province of British Columbia, Canada. Taboo is fictional, but Nootka is a real place and the East India Company had indeed been interested in it in the late 18th century. Viewers of the BBC TV series Taboo have heard about Nootka Sound and the machinations of the East India Company to acquire land there owned by James Keziah Delaney. How Lala Shri Ram set up Lady Shri Ram College for Women and empowered women with sewing machines.‘Bholaa’ review: High on action and colour filters.Fiction: Stories by Kannada writer Kodagina Gouramma Gouramma, who wrote of dowry and widowhood.How ‘misogyny influencers’ on social media exploit young men’s anxieties.No way home for eight Indian Navy veterans jailed by Qatar?.India drops six places to 144 among 199 countries in passport index.Karnataka Elections: ‘Vokkaliga regions have been least accepting of the BJP and its ideology’.Watch: Men on motorbike try to snatch mobile phone from woman filming video on Bengaluru street.Watch: Roger Federer gets on the wrong train with Trevor Noah in Swiss tourism advertisement.Is ‘glass skin’ achievable? A dermatologist answers this and other skincare questions in a new book.Why are Sikhs abroad more pro-Khalistan than community members living in India?.Kalakshetra abuse controversy should force a rethink of power hierarchies in ‘classical’ dance world.

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