indians

• They East India Company set up trading posts called factories, in India.
• As the company expanded its trading activities, more officials were needed in India to run the Company's affairs.
• The returning Englishmen made it possible for Indian people to migrate to England.
• Some worked as Ayahs (nannies) for their employers children and carried on their job when the family returned to England.
• Some Indians married officers in the East India Company and moved to England with their families.
• Some Indians worked as servants to Englishmen in the East India Company, and were brought with them when they returned to England
• Some Indians worked as lascars (Indian sailors who worked on East India Company ships).
• Some worked as sailors on different ships or picked up work as casual labourers.
• Some Indian servants were treated as respected and useful servants, especially the Indian children.