Colonization of India By bellam54 1600 Queen Anne 1 granted a royal charter. 1611 The British East India Company established its first factory post. 1670 The company receives freedom to act as a free entity. 1757 Battle of Plassey. 1766 The EIC fought the Mughal emperor and the Nawab of Oudh to gain control of Bihar and Oudh. 1857 The Sepoy mutiny led to the direct control of the territories previously captured by the EIC by the British crown. 1858 The Government of India Act transferred full governing authority from the EIC to the British government. 1876 Queen Victoria was named empress of India. 1930 Salt March. 1945 British gave up rule of India which leads to India's independence and the partition of India into Pakistan and India.