Colonization of India

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  • 1498

    The first direct sea trade route

    The first direct sea trade route from Europe to Asia was established
  • Period: 1498 to

    Colonization of india

  • Queen Anne 1 granted a royal charter to some London merchants

    Queen Anne 1 granted a royal charter to some London merchants to have sole ownership of trade with the East Indies

  • The EIC company receiving freedom to act as a free entity

    The EIC was on a mission to expand faster and more efficiently, which led to the company receiving freedom to act as a free entity in 1670.

  • EIC wage wars on the states in the Indian region including Siraj ud-Daulah, the Nawab (governor) of Bengal during the Battle of Plassey

    With the new powers bestowed to the company by the British ruler, the EIC was able to fight the other European merchants in the India region in order to be the largest and most powerful of the groups. It also allowed the EIC to wage war on the states in the Indian region including Siraj ud-Daulah, the Nawab (governor) of Bengal during the Battle of Plassey in 1757. Bengal was one of the wealthiest regions in India.

  • the EIC fought the Mughal emperor and the Nawab of Oudh to gain control of Bihar and Oudh.

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    EIC expanded south taking control over the Madras and Carnatic regions

    For the rest of the 18th century, the EIC expanded south taking control over the Madras and Carnatic regions via alliances with rulers and military campaigns.

  • The EIC were supplying their Indian ranks with gunpowder containers that were closed with corks covered in grease which was made up of cow or pig fat. This was against the Indian soldier’s religion, so they replied with a mutiny.

    The EIC were supplying their Indian ranks with gunpowder containers that were closed with corks covered in grease which was made up of cow or pig fat. The Sepoy mutiny of 1857 led to the direct control of the territories previously captured by the EIC by the British crown. The British Crown stepped in to keep that region under its control. The British Crown established the British Raj to rule over India after taking over for the EIC.
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    Later stages

  • he Government of India Act

    the Government of India Act transferred full governing authority from the EIC to the British government

  • The Salt March

    Over the next 71 years, the British rulers were being challenged left and right by their ruled peoples. One such challenge was the Salt March which was a nonviolent show of civil disobedience led by Gandhi.