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  • 1498

    first direct sea trade route from Europe to Asia

    The first direct sea trade route from Europe to Asia was established in 1498 when Vasco da gama of Portugal reached the port of Calicut on the southwestern coast of India.

  • Queen Anne 1 granted royal charter to London merchants

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

  • British East India Company established its first factory

    Around the year 1611, the British East India Company established its first factory post in Masulipatnam on the Andhra Coast of the Bay of Bengal.

  • EIC freedom

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

  • India’s peak

    At its peak before 1750,

  • The EIC was allowed to wage war

    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.

  • The Sepoy mutiny of 1857 led to the direct control of the territories

    The Sepoy mutiny of 1857 led to the direct control of the territories previously captured by the EIC by the British crown.

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

    In 1858, the Government of India Act transferred full governing authority from the EIC to the British government

  • Queen Victoria of the British Empire was named Empress of India

    18 years later in 1876, Queen Victoria of the British Empire was named Empress of India
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    British rulers were being challenged

    Over the next 71 years, the British rulers were being challenged left and right by their ruled peoples.

  • salt march

    One such challenge was the Salt March in 1930 which was a nonviolent show of civil disobedience led by Gandhi.