india colonization

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  • Period: Jan 1, 1498 to

    trade route

    the first trade route from Europe to Asia was established
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    grand charter

    On the very last day of 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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    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
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    EIC waged 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
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    Sepoy mutiny

    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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    Queen victoria becomes empress

    18 years later in 1876, Queen Victoria of the British Empire was named empress of India
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    salt march

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