The East India Company and the Portuguese loss of the Província do Norte

The Anglo-Portuguese relationship in Asia was marked by cooperation and antagonism, in a connection that can be entitled as pragmatic, flexible and adaptable to the circumstances. This complex and multi-faced interaction had in the Portuguese-Maratha wars of the 1730s a paradigmatic example of how it was managed the frontier proximity between Bombay and the Estado da India. In this article, we aim to analyze the dynamics of the Anglo-Portuguese interaction in the particular context of the Maratha attacks to the Província do Norte and to frame them in the long relationship process initiated with the cession of Bombay.

Keywords:
Estado da Índia;Bombay;Marathas;Província do Norte.