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By 1760, much of the sub-continent was under the East India Company's direct or indirect influence <ref> Bence-Jones, p. 45#.</ref>" The Company was in turn influenced by the British government, who used it to further its interests in India. London effectively let the East Indian Company rule Indian in its name. In the eighteenth century's remaining decades, the British, through the East India Company, expanded their influence. They were resisted by native monarchs such as Tipu Sultan and the powerful Sikh Empire. Later the Duke of Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, achieved significant victories against those Indian states that defied British influence <ref> Harrington, Jack. ''[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0230108857/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0230108857&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=1dcb0d471451a79534d1a36363bfd192 Sir John Malcolm and the Creation of British India]'' (New York, Palgrave Macmillan, 2010), p. 119.</ref>