Being a list of the main historical events effecting the British role in India from the foundation of the East India Company in 1600 to the final withdrawal of Britain in 1947.
Part One - the East India Company
Part One - the East India Company
- 1600 Elizabeth I grants a charter to the East India Company
- 1612 The East India Company establishes a factory at Surat
- 1640 The East India Company establishes a factory at Madras
- 1661 Charles II receives Bombay from Catherine of Braganza as part of her dowry; the East India Company establishes a factory there
- 1690 The East India Company establishes a factory at Calcutta
- 1756-63 The Seven Years War
- 1757 The Battle of Plassey - the British defeat Siraj Ud Daulah
- 1760 The Battle of Wandiwash - the British defeat the French
- 1761 The Battle of Panipat - the British defeat the Marathas
- 1764 The Battle of Buxar - the British defeat Mir Kasim
- 1765 The Treaty of Allahabad - the British granted Diwani Rights in Bengal, Bihar and Orissa
- 1767-1769 The First Mysore War - the British are forced to concede a peace treaty with Hyder Ali
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