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In 1617 the British East India Company was given permission for the first time to trade in India.
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The English East India Company has control over the seas, the resources, the military power and the technology.
It starts controlling Bengal and the annexation of most of India takes place. -
The British Empire holds control over the Indian economy, education, social reforms and culture through the East India Company.
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Rebellion in India against the rule of the British East India Company.
In the aftermath, all power was transferred from the East India Company to the British Crown, which began to administer most of India as a number of provinces. -
Aproximately 1 million Indians served for the United Kingdom during World War I.
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Beginning of the non-violent movement of non-cooperation led by Mahatma Gandhi.
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During the Second World War, India was controlled by Britain, with the British holding territories in India. British India officially declared war on Nazi Germany in September 1939. The British Raj, as part of the Allied Nations, sent over two and a half million volunteer soldiers to fight under British command against the Axis powers (Germany - Italy - Japan).
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The Partition of India was the partition of the British Indian Empire[1] that led to the creation of the sovereign states of the Dominion of Pakistan (which later split into Pakistan and Bangladesh) and the Union of India (later Republic of India).
India becomes an independent nation. -
Mahatma Gandhi assassinated by a right wing Hindu nationalist.
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