For the British East India Company, the evolution of a shadow government in the area around Calcutta in Bengal on the northeast coast would be strategically advantageous in the wake of the collapse of Mughal central power as regional leaders could _________ in securing British supremacy in the area.

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The collapse of Mughal central power left a power vacuum that the British East India Company could exploit by enlisting regional leaders as allies, thereby securing British supremacy in the area.

For the British East India Company, the Evolution of a Shadow