The waterway that became a vital link between Britian and India is the Suez Canal.
The Suez Canal, a man-made waterway in Egypt, greatly increased trade for Britain in India.
This happened in 1947.
India became a colony of Great Britain.
India became the Republic of India on August 15, 1947. It was given its independence from the Empire of Great Britain.
None. There never was a waterway since North America was in the way.
Britain used to occupy India, similar to how it once occupied the United States of America, except when India became independent, the inhabitants remained mostly native Indians; not immigrants, like modern Americans.
Britain gained economic domination of India.
Britain and India were on the same side in World War 2
Yes and No. In 1877, after about 16 years of British rule of India, the British Government decided to recognize Queen Victoria as Empress of India. Our Kings kept that title until soon after India became independent in 1948. So, although the Monarchs were not Emperor of Britain, they were King of Britain and Emperor of India.
The Suez Canal
In 1947, Great Britain divided the Indian subcontinent between the Hindu and Muslim communities. The Muslims received the homeland they desired, which was Pakistan, while the Hindu majority remained India. Both countries then became commonwealths of Great Britain.
India had been a Crown Colony of Britain. Japan, like Britain (with the exception of the Roman occupation) had always been it's own empire.