Queen Elizabeth I send an English captain to Surat to take permission for trade from the Mughal ruler that the Mughal ruler granted.King James I send his ambassador, Sir Thomas Roe. This is how the British gradually enter themselves in India and established the East India Company for their trade.
There was definitely a British, Dutch, and French.
Sepoy Mutiny
the British East India Company
British East India Company is one of the company. It was present in 1800s.
The British East India Company was interested in India because it had lots of good trading materials (such as spices and other luxury goods) and minerals such as gold and diamonds.
It removed the East India Company from control
East India Company
The British first arrived in India around 1600. They came to trade. The British East India Company was formed to facilitate that trade. The French were also there. At the end of the Seven Years War (1756-1763), the French lost there trading rights in India and the British East India company began to establish greater control, generally through agreements with the Mughal rulers. By the 1840's the British East India Company had control of much of India. In 1857, the Sepoy troops used by the BEIC rebelled against the British. Conditions were bad in India. Following the rebellion, the British government ended the charter of the British East India Company and took over the management of India, making it a colony. Queen Victoria became the Empress of India. It remained a British colony until 1947. This time period is known as the British Raj.
With its own private army the British East India Company overcame Indian forces at the Battle of Plassey.
There was definitely a British, Dutch, and French.
Sepoy Mutiny
Sepoy Mutiny
The British first arrived in India around 1600. They came to start trading monopolies with them. The British East India Company was formed to facilitate that trade. The French were also there. At the end of the Seven Years'War (1756-1763), the French lost their trading rights in India and the British East India Company began to establish greater control, generally through agreements with the Mughal rulers. By the 1840's, the British East India Company had control of much of India. In 1857, the Sepoy troops used by the BEIC rebelled against the British. Conditions were bad in India. Following the rebellion, the British government ended the charter of the British East India Company and took over the management of India, making it a colony, and Queen Victoria became the Empress of India. It remained a British colony until 1947. This time period is known as the British Raj.
the British East India Company
The British, EIC (East India Company). The french were 2nd.
Great Britain controlled India indirectly by using the British East India Company. After the Sepoy mutiny, Britain decided to control India directly. The Sepoy Mutiny ended the indirect control by the East India Company and instead Britain controlled them directly.
East India company and the British