How India Became A Colonized Region Of the British

By MariahMeow304
  • 1498

    First direct sea trade route

    From Europe to Asia.

  • The decline of the region

  • East India Company established first factory post

  • Company received freedom to act as a free entity

  • Area was 25% of industrial production

  • Mughal Empire Peak

  • Battle of Plassey

  • EIC fought Mughal emperor and Nawab of Oudh

    To gain control of Bihar and Oudh.

  • The Sepoy Mutiny

    led to the direct control of the territories previously captured by the EIC and British crown.

  • Government of India act transferred full governing authority

    From the EIC to the British government.

  • Queen Victoria was named empress of India

  • Period: to

    The British rulers were being challenged

    They were being challenged by their ruled peoples.

  • Salt March

    Nonviolent show of civil disobedience led by Gandhi.

  • British were ready to give up rule in India.

    This led to Indian independence and the partition of the rule area into two separate nations (Pakistan and India).