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on 2006-09-14 by tonycurzonprice

burke tries to restrict power of east india company

on 2006-09-14 by tonycurzonprice

burke tries to restrict power of east india company

on 2006-09-15 by tonycurzonprice

burke tries to restrict power of east india company

on 2006-09-15 by tonycurzonprice

burke tries to restrict power of east india company

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The philosopher-politician Edmund Burke took up the baton in the 1780s, introducing legislation in 1783 to make the company accountable to parliament, arguing that its corporate charter carried with it intrinsic duties: "this nation never did give a power without imposing a proportionable degree of responsibility".

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