Colonization of India

  • Queen Anne 1 granted a royal charter.

  • The British East India Company established its first factory post.

  • The company receives freedom to act as a free entity.

  • Battle of Plassey.

  • The EIC fought the Mughal emperor and the Nawab of Oudh to gain control of Bihar and Oudh.

  • The Sepoy mutiny led to the direct control of the territories previously captured by the EIC by the British crown.

  • The Government of India Act transferred full governing authority from the EIC to the British government.

  • Queen Victoria was named empress of India.

  • Salt March.

  • British gave up rule of India which leads to India's independence and the partition of India into Pakistan and India.