▁ 1 7 5 5 ▁where ▁he ▁spent ▁some ▁time ▁working ▁in ▁the ▁diam ond ▁trade . ▁ ▁Four ▁years ▁later , ▁Bol ts ▁decided ▁to ▁vent ure ▁to ▁Beng al , ▁where ▁he ▁was ▁employed ▁in ▁Cal cut ta ▁as ▁a ▁factor ▁in ▁the ▁service ▁of ▁the ▁English ▁East ▁India ▁Company . ▁He ▁learned ▁to ▁speak ▁Beng ali , ▁in ▁addition ▁to ▁his ▁other ▁languages , ▁English , ▁Dutch , ▁German , ▁Portuguese ▁and ▁French . ▁Later , ▁he ▁was ▁appointed ▁to ▁the ▁Company ' s ▁Ben ares ▁( Var an asi ) ▁factory , ▁where ▁he ▁opened ▁a ▁w ool ens ▁mart , ▁developed ▁salt p eter ▁manufact uring , ▁established ▁op ium ▁works , ▁imported ▁cot ton , ▁and ▁promoted ▁the ▁trade ▁in ▁diam onds ▁from ▁the ▁P anna ▁and ▁Ch ud der po or ▁( Ch hat arp ur ) ▁mines ▁in ▁Bund el k hand . ▁ ▁He ▁fell ▁f oul ▁of ▁the ▁East ▁India ▁Company ▁in ▁ 1 7 6 8 , ▁possibly ▁because ▁diam onds ▁were ▁a ▁favorite ▁means ▁for ▁Company ▁employees ▁to ▁secret ly ▁rem it ▁to ▁Britain ▁the ▁ill - got ten ▁g ains ▁of ▁private ▁trade ▁in ▁India , ▁which ▁they ▁were ▁officially ▁forb idden ▁to ▁eng age ▁in . ▁He ▁announced ▁in ▁September ▁of ▁that ▁year ▁that ▁he ▁intended ▁to ▁start ▁up ▁a ▁newspaper ▁in ▁Cal cut ta ▁( which ▁would ▁have ▁been ▁India ' s ▁first ▁modern ▁newspaper ), ▁saying ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁" in ▁manuscript ▁many ▁things ▁to ▁communicate ▁which