Original: From the mid-eighteenth century, the East India Company began to maintain armies at each of its three main stations, or Presidencies of British India, at Calcutta (Bengal), Madras and Bombay.
Simplified: From the mid-eighteenth century, the East India Company began to keep armies at each of its three main stations, or â Presidenciesâ, in India at Calcutta (Bengal), Madras and Bombay.