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May 20, 1497
Vasco De Gama sails for India
After decades of sailors trying to reach India with thousands of lives and dozens of vessels lost in shipwrecks and attacks, Gama landed in Calicut, India. He established the first sea trade routes between India and Europe. -
The East India Company is formed
Royal Charter formd the East India Company. The company established trading posts to a trade in cotton and silk goods, indigo, and saltpeter, and spices from South India -
British defeat the Mughal Emperor
British defeat the weak Mughal Emperor to become rulers of Bengal, richest province of India. -
Indian Rebellion
The Indian Mutiny erupted in May 1857, when sepoys rose up against the British and tryed to massacre all of British they could find.The British dispatched more troops to India and eventually succeeded in putting down the mutiny. -
India becomes a British colony
In 1857, power was transferred from the East India Company to the British Crown and India became a British colony. -
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British Rule of India
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India gains independence from Britain
On August 15, 1947, India gained its independence from Great Britain. Mahatma Ghandi led the Indian Independence Movement Gandhi's non violence movement was the instrument behind the independence of India and Gandhi soon became the sole leader of India for the struggle of independence.
