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The first direct sea trade route from Europe to Asia was established
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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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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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the EIC had to compete with Dutch, French, and Portuguese merchants. 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.
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The act granted by King Charles II 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.
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The Government of India Act transferred full governing authority from the EIC to the British government.
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Queen Victoria of the British Empire was named empress of India.
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the Salt March in 1930 which was a nonviolent show of civil disobedience led by Gandhi. They were protesting the British monopoly on salt.