Timeline of British imperialism in Asia

Dec 31, 1600

British East India Company created
Period: Nov 1, 1839 to Jan 1, 1842

1st Opium War
Period: Dec 1, 1850 to Aug 1, 1864

Taiping Rebellion
Period: Jan 1, 1856 to Jan 1, 1858

2nd Opium War
Period: Jan 1, 1857 to Jan 1, 1947

Britain controls India (the Raj)
Period: May 10, 1857 to Jun 20, 1858

Sepoy mutiny
Period: Jan 1, 1860 to Dec 31, 1869

India is Britain's largest supplier of cotton
Period: May 1, 1871 to Apr 1, 1946

Britain controls Malasia
Dec 28, 1885

Indian National Congress created
Period: Jun 20, 1900 to Sep 7, 1901

Boxer Rebelion
Period: Oct 16, 1905 to Jan 1, 1908

Boycott on British goods
Dec 30, 1906

Muslim Leauge founded
Jan 1, 1910

India has the 4th largest railway in the world

British East India Company created