Meanwhile, the affairs of the East India Company had come under the consideration of parliament.
When Hastings landed at Calcutta in October 1750 the affairs of the East India Company were at a low ebb.
At last, when he was reduced to actual destitution, it was arranged that the East India Company should grant him an annuity of 4000 for a term of years, with 90,000 paid down in advance.
Peter, a merchant adventurer, who had migrated from Danzig to London about 1670, was also a director of the East India company.
On the final overthrow of the peshwa in 1817, Dharwar was incorporated with the territory of the East India Company.
