Background Information Britain and other European countries established trading companies and trading posts in India in the early 1700s. Gradually the british influence became dominant(占统治地位的) over the domestic and foreign affairs of India In 1772 Britain named its first Governor general to india and formally began to rule the country as a British colony. British administrators or colonial officials held key posts within the government but they were dependent on Indian personnel under them to carry out the daily operations of the government. India underwent a long series of wars between the ruling British colonialists on the one hand and various regional and political groups or religious sects on the otherBackground Information Britain and other European countries established trading companies and trading posts in India in the early 1700‘s. Gradually the British influence became dominant (占统治地位的) over the domestic and foreign affairs of India. In 1772 Britain named its first Governor General to India and formally began to rule the country as a British colony. British administrators or colonial officials held key posts within the government but they were dependent on Indian personnel under them to carry out the daily operations of the government. India underwent a long series of wars between the ruling British colonialists on the one hand and various regional and political groups or religious sects on the other