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1498
he first direct sea trade route from Europe to Asia
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Queen Anne 1 granted a royal charter to some London merchants to have sole ownership of trade with the East Indies.
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British East India Company established its first factory post in Masulipatnam on the Andhra Coast of the Bay of Bengal.
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The EIC was on a mission to expand faster and more efficiently, which led to the company receiving freedom to act as a free entity
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The EIC to wage war on the states in the Indian region including Siraj ud-Daulah, the Nawab (governor) of Bengal during the Battle of Plassey
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EIC fought the Mughal emperor and the Nawab of Oudh to gain control of Bihar and Oudh
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Direct control of the territories previously captured by the EIC by the British crown.
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Government of India Act transferred full governing authority from the EIC to the British government
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Queen Victoria of the British Empire was named empress of India.
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Salt March
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The end
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British rulers were being challenged left and right by their ruled peoples.