The celebrated east india company was all-powerful from 1756 , when the english first gained a foothold on the spot where now stands the city of madras , down to the time of the great sepoy insurrection .

自从1756年那一年英国在现今马德拉斯城所在的地方建立了它在印度的第一个殖民机构直到印度士兵大起义的那一年，那人所共知的东印度公司曾经专横一时。