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1498
The first direct sea trade route from Europe to Asia
Vasco da Gama of Portugal reached the port of Calicut on the southwestern coast of India. This established direct route to India led to the next step of India’s colonization. -
London merchants owned of trade with the East Indies.
Queen Anne 1 granted a royal charter to some London merchants to have sole ownership of trade with the East Indies. -
British East India Company's first factory post in Masulipatnam
The British East India Company established its first factory post in Masulipatnam on the Andhra Coast of the Bay of Bengal. -
East India Company received freedom to act as a free entity
The act granted by King Charles II gave the EIC the power to colonize territories, mint its own money, employ its own military, make peace, declare war, and have judicial powers over those territories taken over. -
India's peak in wealth
At this time India made up 25% of the world’s industrial production -
Battle of Plassey
During this battle the Bengal was one of the wealthiest regions in India -
The EIC fought the Mughal emperor
The Nawab of Oudh to gained control of Bihar and Oudh. -
The Sepoy mutiny
This led to the direct control of the territories previously captured by the EIC by the British crown. The British Crown did not want to lose total control of the region, so they stepped in to keep that region under its control. -
The Government of India Act
This transferred full governing authority from the EIC to the British government -
Queen Victoria was named empress of India.
In 1876 Queen Victoria of the British Empire became the empress of India. -
Salt March
The Salt March was a nonviolent show of civil disobedience led by Gandhi. They were protesting the British monopoly on salt. -
The British gave up their rule of India.
This led to Indian independence and the partition of the ruled area into two separate nations- Pakistan and India.