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Vasca De Game, a Portuguese explorer, reached the port of Calicut. He filled his ship with spices and goods and sailed back to Portugal.
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Aurangzeb's reighn drained the empiren of its resources. Two million people died of famine when he away fighting in a war.
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The Industrial Revolution refers to the greatly increased output of machine-made goods that began in England in the middle 1700s.
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Robert Clive led East India company troops to a victory over Indian forces allied with the French at the Battle of Plassey. It became the leading company in India.
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A rumor was spread around that the rifles they were going to use were greased with beef and pork fat. The sepoys rebelled after 85-90 people didn't take the guns and were jailed.
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As a result of the mutiny, in 1858 the British government took direct command of India.
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Growing nationalism led to the founding of two nationalist groups, the Indian National Congress in 1885 and the Muslim League in 1906.
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The British government regulated the East India Company's efforts both in London and in India.
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The organization was founded in India to protect Muslim interests.
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It was used to protest the Rowlett Act. The British shot into the crowd of people without warning and about 400 died. Indians who were loyal to the British became nationalists after that.
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The act allowed the government to jail protesters for as long as 2 years without trial.
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The massacre at Amritsar set the stage for Mohandas Ghandi to emerge as the leader of the independence movement.
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Ghandi got a lot of Indians to boycott British goods and services. He also boycotted British clothes.
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It was a demonstration to defy the hated Salt Acts. They traveled 240 miles to the sea coast to make their own salt. They end up getting arrested.
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The British parliament passed the act. It provided local self-government and limited democratic elections, but not total independence.
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The British had to hand over power to either the Muslims or Hindus. Four days of clashes in Calcutta left more than 5,000 people dead and more than 15,000 hurt.
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British officials soon became convinced that partition, an idea first proposed by India's Muslims, would be the only way to ensure a safe and secure region.
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The British House of Commons passed an act that granted two nations, India and Pakistan, independence in one month.
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A Hindu extremist who thought Gandhi was too protective of Muslims shot and killed him.
