1600-1930

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  • Royal 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.

  • establishment of the 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.

  • receiving freedom to act as a free entity

    The EIC was on a mission to expand faster and more efficiently, which led to the company receiving freedom to act as a free entity in 1670.

  • the battle of plassey

    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.

  • EIC fought the Mughal emperor and the Nawab of Oudh

    9 years later, the EIC fought the Mughal emperor and the Nawab of Oudh to gain control of Bihar and Oudh.

  • British Crown rules over india

    The British Crown established the British Raj to rule over India after taking over for the EIC. In 1858, the Government of India Act transferred full governing authority from the EIC to the British government.

  • Queen Victoria was named empress of india

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

  • the salt march

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