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1498
Vasco da gama
1498 when Vasco da gama of Portugal reached the port of Calicut on the southwestern coast of India -
sole ownership of trade with east
On the very last day of 1600, Queen Anne 1 granted a royal charter to some London merchants to have sole ownership of trade with the East Indies -
first factory post
Around the year 1611, the British East India Company established its first factory post in Masulipatnam on the Andhra Coast of the Bay of Bengal -
freedom act
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 in 1670 -
decline of the region
The decline of the region started about 150 years before their peak in 1750 -
25% of the worlds production
At its peak before 1750, the area we call India today made up 25% of the world’s industrial production -
battle of plassey
It also allowed 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 in 1757. -
war to gain control
9 years later, the EIC fought the Mughal emperor and the Nawab of Oudh to gain control of Bihar and Oudh -
control of territories
The Sepoy mutiny of 1857 led to the direct control of the territories previously captured by the EIC by the British crown -
transferred full governing to British
In 1858, the Government of India Act transferred full governing authority from the EIC to the British government -
british empire named expres of india
18 years later in 1876, Queen Victoria of the British Empire was named empress of India. -
civil disobedience led by Gandhi
One such challenge was the Salt March in 1930 which was a nonviolent show of civil disobedience led by Gandhi.