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May 20, 1498
India's discovery
On the 20th of may the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama arrived in India and therefore became the first person to discover India -
Queen Elizabeth I
Queen Elizabeth I start the East India Company in 1600 to develop trade between Britain and India. -
British India enters the war
During the British rule over India officials in British India decided that supporting their allies in a war like this would be great and in September 1939 they had officially declared war on Nazi Germany -
The british rule ends
15th of august the British rule over India ends