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First English ship in India.
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British East India Company sets up a trading post at Surat.
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Mughals grant Britain the right to trade and establish factories in exchange for the English navy's protection of the Mughal Empire, which faces Portuguese sea power.
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Decline of the Mughal Empire. When Aurangzeb's reign ended, the empire's sources were depleted. When he died, the empire was just a wealthy figurine.
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British defeated the weak Mughal Emperor to become rulers of Bengal, the richest province of India.
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The British East India Company obtained a monopoly on the production and sale of opium in Bengal in 1773.
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Bangladesh, formerly East Pakistan, gains independence from Pakistan following the war.