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In the 17th century (1600) Queen Elizabeth created The British East India Company that was a company to trade with countries in the region of Asia called the "East Indies".
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Official Company rule of India, or raj, began in 1757
The British without any potical consolidation, controlled several territories of India -
-Was a major uprising in India against the rule of the British East India Company, which functioned as a sovereign power.
-The rebellion posed a considerable threat to British power in that region
-The Indian rebellion started due to the resentment that had emerged against elements of British rule, which included:
* invasive social reforms
* harsh land taxes
* that they treated better the rich people
* the new laws -
After the Sepoy revolution, the british council decided to take control of India to avoid further riots.
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After the nominal Mughal Emperor was deposed at the conclusion of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 (10 May 1857 - 1 November 1858), the government of the United Kingdom decided to transfer control of British India and its princely states from the mercantile East India Company (EIC) to the Crown, thus marking the beginning of the British Raj.
She was proclaimed Empress of India -
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It was a mass movement againts British rule carried out by Muslims.
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Two separate countries were created when the British decided to leave Subcontinent. India became a secular country while Pakistan became an Islamic republic.
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The Indian independence movement encompasses the efforts to free India from British rule from the Nineteenth Century until the granting of Independence in 1947.
