Inspired by watchin SHARPE'S CHALLENGE on late-night ABV TV a cpl wks back- WI some disgurntled but highly talented European officer in the EIC Army (along the lines of the historical Anthony Pohlmanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Pohlmannn- ) deserted to the army of a local Indian ruler, beat the British & their local Indian sepoys time after time, then somehow (probably after cunningly deposing his employer) became an effective ruler of his own province & posed a continuing threat to British hegemony ? Or if more than 1 such EIC renegades were in fact able to carve out their own little states in India ?