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FIRST EAST INDIA COMPANY EXPIDITION LANDS IN THE SPICE ISLANDS
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BRITISH NAVY DEFEAT PORTUGUESE AT SPICE ISLANDS
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BRITISH NEGOTIATE RIGHTS TO BUILD FACTORIES ACROSS INDIA
SIR THOMAS ROE
TOOK 3 YEARS -
BRITISH SHIP OWNERS HAD RIGHT TO DEMAND NAVY PROTECTION
1ST MILITARY INVOLVEMENT WITH THE COMPANY -
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FIRST ANGLO-DUTCH WAR
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BRITISH NAVY DEFEAT DUTCH NAVY
DUTCH NAVY WERE MAIN RIVALS FOR GLOBAL TRADE OF GOODS -
KING ACQUIRES PORT OF BOMBAY
PORTRUGESE PRINCES GIFTS BOBMAY TO KING AS WEDDING GIFT -
EAST INDIA COMPANY RENT BOMBAY PORT
RENTED FROM KING -
FOUNDATION OF CALCUTTA
FORTIFIED BRITISH FACTORY AT GANGES DELTA -
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WAR OF AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION
PART OF BATTLE FOR INDIA VS FRANCE -
Period: to
UNOFFICIAL WAR IN INDIA
PART OF BATTLE FOR INDIA VS FRANCE -
Period: to
SEVEN YEAR WARS
PART OF BATTLE FOR INDIA VS FRANCE -
Period: to
ROBERT CLIVE GOVERNOR OF BENGAL
MILITARY GENIUS
REASON BRITISH DOMINATED INDIA
CLIVE OF INDIA -
Period: to
ROBERT CLIVE GOVERNOR OF BENGAL 2ND TERM
MILITARY GENIUS
REASON BRITISH DOMINATED INDIA
CLIVE OF INDIA -
COMPANY HAS TO BORROW £1.4M FROM TREASURY
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JUDICATURE ACT
SET UP A SUPREME COURT IN CALCUTTA USING BRITISH JUDGES
DECIDED IF PEOPLE COULD APPEAL TO LONDON -
REGULATING ACT
ESTABLISH GOVT. RIGHT TO OVERSEE AND REGULATE INDIAN AFFAIRS
MADE GOVERNOR GENERAL OF BENGAL MOST IMPORTANT
ADVISED BY SUPREME COUNCIL OF CROWN APPOINTEES -
INDIA ACT
INDIA NOW UNDER DUAL CONTROL
- BOARD OF CONTROL IN LONDON AND COMPANIES BOARD OF DIRECTORS HEADED BY SEC OF STATE -
BRITISH DOMINANCE IN INDIA
BRITIAIN DEFEATED FRENCH, PORTUGUESE AND DUTCH IN INDIA
VICTORY WON BY EAST INDIA COMPANY
DUE TO SUPREME NAVY, BRITISH GOVT. SUPPORT AND ALLIANCES WITH LOCAL RULERS -
COMPANIES DEBTS - £40m
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BATTLE OF WATERLOO
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Period: to
1ST BURMA WAR
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COMAPANY BANNED PRACTISE OF SUTTEE
BURNING OF HINDU WIDOW AT FUNERAL OF DEAD HUSBAND
INTEFERING WITH HINDU CUSTOMS -
COMPANY SUPRESSED THUGEE
BANDS OF ROBBERS WHO STRANGLED VICTIMS AS SACRIFICES TO GODDESS KALI -
Period: to
1ST AFGHAN WAR
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Period: to
1ST SIKH WAR
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Period: to
2ND SIKH WAR
ANNEXATION OF ALL THE PUNJAB -
Period: to
2ND BURMA WAR
ANNEXATION OF BURMA -
PRINCES CONTROL 30% OF SUBCONTINENT
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GENERAL SERVICE ENLISTMENT ACT
ALL MEMBERS OF INDIAN ARMY HAVE TO BE PREPARED TO CROSS THE SEA TO FIGHT
THIS WENT AGAINST INDIAN BELIEFS -
COMPANY RULED 2/3 OF INDIA
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Period: to
INDIAN MUTINY
CAUSES
- GREASED CARTRIDGES
- GENERAL SERVICE ENLISTMENT ACT
- ANNEXING PRINCLEY STATES WITHOUT AN HEIR
EVENTS
- REVOLUTIONARIES HELD DELHI
- BRITISH MASSACRE AT KANPUR
- BRITISH REVENGE REPRISALS
CONSEQUENCES
- REORGANISATION OF COMMAND OF INDIA
- INDIANS NOT ALLOWED TO WORK ARTILLERY
- FAVOURED RELIGIONS -
Period: to
THE RAJ
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INDIAN COUNCILS ACT
REORGANISED VICEROYS COUNCILS
ALLOWED PROVINCIAL COUNCILS -
ILBERT BILL
ALLOW SENIOR INDIAN MAGISTRATES TO PRESIDE OVER CASES INVOLVING BRITISH SUBJECTS IN INDIA -
INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS FOUNDED
FIRST EVER SESSION HELD AT BOMBAY -
CONGRESS CONFERENCE 1892
MUSLIM - 14.6%
HINDU - 82.4%
OTHER - 3% -
CONGRESS CONFERNCE 1896
MUSLIM - 6.9%
HINDU - 90.4%
OTHER - 2.7% -
Period: to
VICEORY CURZON
HEADSTRONG
IMPERIALIST
WENT AGAINST ADVISORS ON PARTITION OF BENGAL
DRIVEN
TRAVLLED INDIA TO BECOME ACCUSTOMED TO CULTURE -
CONGRESS CONFERENCE 1900
MUSLIM - 9.9%
HINDU - 82%
OTHER - 8.1% -
CONGRESS CONFERENCE 1905
MUSLIM - 2.6%
HINDU - 93.1%
OTHER - 4.3% -
PARTITION OF BENGAL
SEPERATED BENGAL INTO EAST AND WEST
MUSLIM DOMINATED EAST
HINDU DOMINATED WEST
HINDUS COMPALINED AS GONE FROM MAJORITY TO MINORITY -
MUSLIM LEAGUE FORMED
MEETING WITH VICEROY
MUSLIMS RECOGNISED AS SEPERATE FROM CONGRESS
ML AIM TO MEET VICEROY ANNUALLY -
CONGRESS CONFERENCE 1909
MUSLIM - 2.1%
HINDU - 95.5%
OTHER - 2.4%
LAHORE -
VICEROY ASSASINATION ATTEMPT
HOMEMADE BOMB THROWN AT VICEROYS TRANSPORT
ESCAPED WITH FLESH WOUNDS -
Period: to
WW1
£146M CONTRIBUTED TO WAR EFFORT BY INDIA
827,000 COMBATANTS ENLISTED
64,500 INDIAN SOLDIER CASUALTIES
MARCH 1915 NO BRITISH BATTALIONS IN INDIA -
827,000 INDIANS ENLISTED IN COMBAT
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MUTINY IN MEERUT
36 MILES FROM DELHI