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1825 - 1839
1825: Despite the ban an opium by China, the company was paying for all the tea it exported from China with illegally imported opium which was stored in the company's factory at Cantom.
1833: East India Company Act 1833. This act removed the company's remaining trade monopolies and extended its charter for a further twenty years.
1838: The first shipload of Assam tea reached England.
1839: Aden, a port in Yemen, was conquered by the East India Company -
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1842 - 1853
1842: Treaty of Nanking. The British victory in the first opium war led to this treaty which gave the island of Hong Kong to the british crown.
1848: A botanist named Robert Fortune was hired by the East India Company to use the finest tea plants from China to establish tea plantations.
1853: Government of India Act this act stated that the company would continue to administer British India until parliament decided otherwise. -
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1856 - 1857
1856: Second Opium War this was a continuation of hostilities between Britain and China following the first opium war.
1857: The Indian mutiny, this began after the british introduced the enfield rifle that used catridges greased with pig or cow fat. Soldiers had to bite off the end of the catridge prior to use. The majority of Indian soldiers were either Muslim or Hindu and refused to put thd catridges into their mouths. The protest of the soldiers spread to general against East India Company. -
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1793 - 1823
1793: East India Company Act 1793. This act renewed the East India's charter for twenty years.
1813: East India Company Act 1813. This act asserted British control over Indian territories controlled by the company.
1820: An outbreak of cholera in India led to the deaths of 10,000 british troops and thousands of Indians.
1823: Assam tea was discovered by two East India Company employees, Charles Alexander and Robert Bruce.