HOW INDIA BECAME A COLONIZED REGION OF THE BRITISH

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    Trade rout

    sea trade route from Europe to Asia was established in 1498
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    ownership trade

    1600, Queen Anne 1 granted a royal charter to some London merchants to have sole ownership of trade with the East Indies
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    British East India Company established its first factory post

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

    led to the company receiving freedom to act as a free entity in 1670.
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    Battle of Plassey

    g the Battle of Plassey in 1757. Bengal was one of the wealthiest regions in India. 9 years later, the EIC fought the Mughal emperor and the Nawab of Oudh to gain control of Bihar and Oudh
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    british crown

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

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

    , Queen Victoria of the British Empire was named empress of India.
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    salt march

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