Indian Colonization Timeline

By IzacOG
  • 1498

    Sea Trade

    The first direct sea trade route from Europe to Asia was established

  • Queen Anne 1

    Queen Anne 1 granted a royal charter to some London merchants to have sole ownership of trade with the East Indies.

  • The british East india company first factory

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

  • East indian company

    the EIC had to compete with Dutch, French, and Portuguese merchants. 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.

  • The act granted by king Charles II

    The act granted by King Charles II 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.

  • The Government of India Act

    The Government of India Act transferred full governing authority from the EIC to the British government.

  • Queen Victoria

    Queen Victoria of the British Empire was named empress of India.

  • The Salt March

    the Salt March in 1930 which was a nonviolent show of civil disobedience led by Gandhi. They were protesting the British monopoly on salt.