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narrow sense Richard Wellesley’s success who gained the full

control of Mughal India.

Wellesley had two ambition or goals in his mind from the


very beginning of his arrival in India. One is securing India
for British Empire and second is ousting French from India.
This statement showed that Richard had less loyalty for the
company for whom he supposed to work. He had more loyalty
for the British Empire. Remember that Wellesley was a
politician from his very young age. He preferred politics more
than business. Another fact was that he had hatred or fear
about French. The reason behind this hatred and fear could be
the brilliant history of the French military. Again, this hatred
and fear could be seen from his personal point of view. As the
French had a rivalry with the British and Wellesley was loyal
and obedient towards Britain, it was natural of having hatred
for the enemy of Britain which was France. Out of this hatred,
Wellesley decided to take control of all the regions of Indian
subcontinent which was then dominated by the French
mercenaries. Wellesley started his homework against French
even before reaching to India. While his ship was on repair in
Cap, Richard met Major William Kirkpatrick who worked his
entire adult life in India and has observed French mercenaries
from very close contact. Richard took Major Kirkpatrick with
him to Calcutta to implement his plan of expelling the French
from India. It showed the desperateness of Wellesley of
making India free from the French domination.

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