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The British first came to India in the 1600s by establishing the British East India Company for trade purposes. In 1612, James I instructed Sir Thomas Roe to visit the Mughal Emperor Nuruddin Salim Jahangir (r. 1605 - 1627) to arrange for a commercial treaty that would give the Company exclusive rights to reside and build factories in Surat and other areas. In return, the Company offered to provide the Emperor with goods and rarities from the European market. This mission was highly successful.
The Company, benefiting from the imperial patronage, soon expanded its commercial trading operations, eclipsing its Portuguese and Dutch trade rivals.
The Company's victory under Robert Clive in the 1757 Battle of Plassey and another victory in the 1764 Battle of Buxar (in Bihar), consolidated the Company's power, and forced emperor Shah Alam II to appoint it the diwan, or revenue collector, of Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa. The Company thus became the de facto ruler of large areas of the lower Gangetic plain by 1773. It also proceeded by degrees to expand its dominions around Bombay and Madras. The Anglo-Mysore Wars (1766-1799) and the Anglo-Maratha Wars (1772-1818) left it in control of large areas of India south of the Sutlej River.
The proliferation of the Company's power chiefly took two forms. The first of these was the outright annexation of Indian states and subsequent direct governance of the underlying regions, which collectively came to comprise British India.
The rule lasted until 1858, when, after the Indian rebellion of 1857 and consequent of the Government of India Act 1858, the British government assumed the task of directly administering India in the new British Raj. The system of governance was instituted in 1858, when the rule of the British East India Company was transferred to the Crown in the person of Queen Victoria - who in 1876 was proclaimed Empress of India - and lasted until 1947, when the British Indian Empire was partitioned into two sovereign dominion states, the Union of India (later the Republic of India) and the Dominion of Pakistan (later the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the eastern half of which, still later, became the People's Republic of Bangladesh).
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What year did India stop ruling India?
Do you mean the British?? If so then 1947 :)
How did the British took over India in what date?
The East India Company was formed in 1600, which was a British company that had a monopoly of trade within India they dealt in commodities like tea and spices. In 1856 the British ruled in the form of the British raj. India was part of theBritish empire and the British ruled there for decades. the British raj ended and the British left India in 1947 and they left India in 2 separate nations, India and Pakistan
When start English in India?
When british came to india.
What was the ruling nation of the British Empire?
England was and is the ruling nation of the British Empire.
Can a British born young Indian girl compete in bodybuilding if so where do you start?
Start in india itself
What is the events in the date of August 15 1947 India?
India received independence on the stroke of midnight of 14th to 15th August, 1947, from the British who had been ruling over India for 347 years!!!!!!!!! INDIAN INDEPENDENCE!
Who were Indian royalty?
The British Royal Family was the last Royal Family of India. Before the British consolidated the Indian subcontinent into one dominion and proclaimed their monarch to be the Emperor of India, India consisted of a number of independent "countries" ruled by a variety of nobles and there was no Royal Family of India.
Which party is ruling in India?
BJP
Name the ruling party of India?
The ruling party of India is Indian National Congress led United Progressive Alliance [UPA].
Who was the 1st British viceroy of India?
King George V was the first ruling British monarch to visit India.Queen Victoria was named Empress of India in 1876, but she did not visit the country. Edward VII visited India in 1876, when he was Prince of Wales. However, he did not visit the country again after his accession. George V was the first ruling British monarch to visit India. He first visited India as Prince of Wales in 1905. With his wife, Queen Mary, he returned, as king and emperor, to the elaborate coronation ceremony, called a durbar, at Delhi, held on Dec. 12, 1911. George V was the only ruler to attend his own Indian coronation ceremony.
How did the British rule their colonies?
they did by ruling them
Does India have a Prince?
India no longer have any prince , who are ruling their state.
