Burke says Parliament gave them power not total control The Company used this power for greed not for good Burke says We sold I admit all that we had to sell that is our authority not our control We had not a right to make a market of our duties He wants Parliament to act If it does not stop them people will think Britain sold Indian lives for gold Selling and Reselling Burke says the Company sold Indian rulers like things in a market They sold the Great Mogul s lands to his own minister They sold the Rohilla nation for no reason Burke says There is not a single prince state or potentate great or small in India with whom they have come into contact whom they have not sold I say sold The Company also sold Mir Jafar to Mir Kasim and then back again They sold his sons and even his wife They sold the Maratha ruler Ragobah and then gave him to his enemies These acts brought ruin to India Greed and Cruelty The Company was full of greed Its leaders wanted only money They did not care who suffered They punished honest men like Rajah Nundcomar for speaking the truth They ruled with fear They took land broke homes and hurt the weak Their rule did not bring peace It brought pain Burke showed that they had no plan to help India They only thought of profit This greed turned a rich land into a sad poor one Breach of Trust The Company broke its word many times They took money from rulers and gave no help They broke treaties with the Mogul Hyder Ali and the Marathas They punished people who trusted them The Begums of Oude were old women The Company called them rebels to take their gold Rulers like the Rani of Rajeshahi and the Rani of Burdwan were also betrayed Burke says But the Company wanted money and the old women must be guilty of a plot They were accused of rebellion and they were convicted of wealth A Business Mindset Burke says the Company acted like traders not rulers They ruled India like a market They bought and sold kings They punished the honest They made fake charges to take money Their aim was not good rule It was self-gain They wanted wealth not peace Hastings their leader used fear and tricks to stay in power Anyone who stood against him was ruined The Company s rule became a dark chapter in India s history In short Burke s speech shows that the East India Company was not a friend to India It was a greedy ruler It sold kings broke promises and crushed the poor It used lies and tricks to take gold and land It hurt both India and Britain s names Burke spoke with facts not hate His words still remind us that power must be honest and fair The people of India became victims of a cruel and false rule