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1498
the first direct sea trade
in 1498 when Vasco da Gama of Portugal reached the port of Calicut on the southwestern coast of India -
queen anne granted royal charter
Queen Anne 1 granted a royal charter to some London merchants to have sole ownership of trade with the East Indies -
the EIC's first factory
the British EIC made its first factory post in Masulipatnam on the Coast of the Bay of Bengal -
the EIC becomes a free entity
prince Charles II granted the EIC the ability to act as a free entity allowing them to colonize territories -
EIC wages war on Indian regions
the EIC was able to fight the other European merchants in the India region in order to be the largest and most powerful of the groups. 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 -
the EIC aid in war
The EIC were supplying their Indian ranks with gunpowder containers that were closed with corks covered in grease which was made up of cow or pig fat. This was against the Indian soldier’s religion, so they replied with a mutiny. The Sepoy mutiny of 1857 led to the direct control of the territories previously captured by the EIC by the British crown -
EIC gains full governing authority
the Government of India Act transferred full governing authority from the EIC to the British government -
queen victoria became the empress of india
Queen Victoria of the British Empire was named Empress of India -
a nonviolent civil war
a nonviolent show of civil disobedience led by Gandhi. They were protesting the British monopoly on salt. By the end of World War II, the British were ready to give up rule in India which led to Indian independence