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In 1599, the East India Company was granted a Royal Charter. The East India Company traded mainly in cotton, silk, indigo dye, salt, saltpetre, tea and opium.
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In 1610, the Company built its first factory in south India in the town of Machilipatnam on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal. The high profits reported by the Company after landing in India prompted King James to renew the charter given to the Company for an indefinite period.
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In this year, the East India Comapny defeated the Portuguese and gained control of India
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Around the 1800s, India became a British colony (a territory inhabited and controlled by people from a foreign land).
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In 1857, Indian troops revolted, triggering viloence all across India. THe British government crushed the rebellion and took control of India away from the East India Company. With that, the British Government began to rule India directly.
