Ka cika wannan jumla: Ƙaruwar ikon kamfanin ya zo ne a hanyoyi biyu. Na farko daga cikin waɗannan shi ne haɗin kai na jihohin Indiya da kuma gudanar da mulki kai tsaye na yankuna masu tushe waɗanda suka haɗu suka zama Indiyawan Indiya. Yankunan da aka haɗe sun haɗa da lardunan Arewa maso Yamma (wanda ya ƙunshi Rohilkhand, Gorakhpur, da Doab) (1801), Delhi (1803), Assam (Ahom Kingdom 1828) da Sindh (1843). Punjab, Yankin Arewa maso Yammacin Yankin, da kuma Kashmir an haɗe su bayan da
Yaƙe-yaƙe na Anglo-Sikh a cikin 1849 <unk> 56 (Lokacin aikin Marquess na Dalhousie Gwamna Janar). Koyaya, nan da nan aka sayar da Kashmir a ƙarƙashin Yarjejeniyar Amritsar (1850) ga Daular Dogra ta Jammu kuma ta haka ta zama masarauta. A cikin 1854, an haɗa Berar tare da jihar Oudh shekaru biyu bayan haka.