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Period: Jan 1, 1498 to
trade route
the first trade route from Europe to Asia was established -
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grand charter
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 -
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first factory
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 -
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EIC waged war
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 -
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Sepoy mutiny
The Sepoy mutiny of 1857 led to the direct control of the territories previously captured by the EIC by the British crown -
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Queen victoria becomes empress
18 years later in 1876, Queen Victoria of the British Empire was named empress of India -
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salt march
One such challenge was the Salt March in 1930 which was a nonviolent show of civil disobedience led by Gandhi