Indian Colonization

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  • 1498

    Sea Trade Route

    vasco da gama from portugal found a new way to trade directly from europe to asia by sailing to calicut, a port city in southwestern india.

  • Queen Anne I

    queen anne 1 gave special permission to london business people to control all trade with the east indies

  • The British East India Company

    the british east india company starts its first trading post in masulipatnam on the coast of andhra pradesh, by the bay of bengal, which is the start of britain being in india

  • King Charles II

    king charles ii gives the british east india company the freedom to do a lot of things on its own. this includes taking over new lands, making its own money, having its own army, making peace, starting wars, and being in charge of laws in the lands it takes over

  • The battle of Plassey

    the battle of plassey happened when the british east india company beat siraj ud-daulah, the leader of bengal. this made the british company the boss in that area

  • The BEIC

    the British East India Company fights the Mughal emperor and the Nawab of Oudh to gain control of Bihar and Oudh

  • The BEIC expands

    for the rest of the 18th century, the British East India Company expands southward, taking control over the Madras and Carnatic regions through alliances with local rulers and military campaigns

  • the sepoy mutiny

    the sepoy mutiny, or indian rebellion of 1857, happened because indian soldiers in the british east india company's army were upset about religious and cultural issues

  • the british crown

    the british government takes over the areas that used to be run by a company called the british east india company. this creates what's called the british raj. the government of india act moves all the power from the british east india company to the british government

  • queen victoria

    queen Victoria of the British Empire is now named the "empress of India", further solidifying british control over the region

  • the salt march

    the salt march, a nonviolent protest led by Gandhi, occurs, challenging brtish rule and monopoly on salt

  • india gains independence

    India gains independence from British rule, leading to the partition of the region into two separate nations, India and Pakistan.