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The East India Company is formed and received the rights to trade.
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The first British ships land in India at Surat, Gujarat
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The British establish their first trading post/ factory in Machilipatnam
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The EIC deafeats the Portuguese in the battle of Swally and establishes a trading post
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Sir Thomas Roe signed a treaty with Jahangir in exchange for luxury goods from Europe and protection against the Portuguese.
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The trading post in Surat, Gujarat becomes the EIC's chief establishment.
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The EIC move their chief establishment from Surat to Bombay
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Clive defeats the Nawab of Arcot and his french allies in south India
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Robert Clive defeats the Nawab of Bengal at the battle of Plassey and the EIC takes control of Bengal.
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Tipu Sultan defeats the EIC army at the battle of Pollilur.
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Tipu Sultan gets defeated in his own capital by the EIC
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British defeated the Marathas in the third Anglo-Maratha War, marking the end to the empire; most of India is now in British control.
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Thomas's education system replaces the traditional one; English becomes the official language of the government
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British government formalizes system of Indian indentured labor.
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British defeated the Sikhs and gained much land in the Punjab and all of Kashmir
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British defeat the Sikhs and take the remainder of Punjab and NW frontier.
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India's first war of independence
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The East India Company dissolves
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Queen Victoria assumes title of "Empress of India".
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First Indian National Congress meets in Bombay