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TIMELINE OF BRITISH CONTROL IN INDIA
1600 The East India Company (EIC) is formed, 1600.
1615 The company acquires its first territory in Bombay.
1748 Anglo-French War In India.
1757 War of Plassey.
1792 The EIC defeats the Marathas and Tippu Sultan of Mysore.
1806 10 July: Mutiny at Vellore
1857 Mutiny of the Indian Army at Barrackpore.
The Rebellion becomes a War of Independence
First Indian War of Independence.
1858 Bahadur Shah Zafar, the Last Mogul, is proclaimed as Emperor.
The Mutiny is crushed and the Last Mogul Emperor is disposed.
The Revolt is crushed ruthlessly.
End of the EIC's rule in India.
End of Mogul rule in India.
British Crown takes over India, beginning of the Raj.
1869 Mahatma Gandhi born in Porbandar, Gujarat (Oct 2)
1877 Queen Victoria becomes the Empress of India.
1885 Indian National Congress is formed.
1897 Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.
1914 The Great War breaks out in Europe.
1919 Jalianwala Bagh Massacre.
Parliament passes the Rowlatt Acts.
1939 World War II breaks out with Germany's invasion of Poland.
1947 India and Pakistan become self-governing.
From 1757, Britain increased its control of India through the East India Company. From 1757 - 1858 it controlled much of India.. From 1858 onwards, the British government directly ruled India, and it became known as the British Raj. The British Raj had a significant impact on people living in India.
British India
Partition of India 1947
India liberated Bangladesh from Pakastan in 1971
East India Company (EIC) – By 1803, its private army of 260,000 men swiftly subdued and seized the entire subcontinent.
Conquests began in Bengal in 1756; 47 years later, the company’s reach extended as far north as the Mughal capital of Delhi, and almost all of India was effectively ruled by EIC
History of East India company.
https://www.worldhistory.org/video/3143/history-of-the-english-east-india-company/#google_vignette
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Create a mind map - title 'British Colonisation of India'
Answer the following questions using the documentary above and your won research
When was India colonised by the British - key dates
How was India ruled before colonisation?
Who were the British East India Company? What role did they play in the colonisation of India?
How did the EIC change agricultural practices?
What impact did that have on the Indian population?
What was the British Raj?
What resources did India provide to the Empire?
Why was India called the 'Jewel in the Crown'? Why did it play a significant role in the British Empire?
The Mughal emperor Shah Alam hands a scroll to Robert Clive, the governor of Bengal, which transferred tax collecting rights in Bengal, Bihar and Orissa to the EIC , 1765
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