The British Raj And The First war of independence
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- Vasco Da Gama, The Portuguese sailor discovered a sea route to India in 1498. He had travelled all around Africa to reach India. He had landed in Calicut, Kerala.
- Wow! I am the first European to reach India by sea route.
- He then met King Zamorin of Calicut to seek permission for establishing trade with India. He also captured some places - Goa, Daman and Diu.
- Your Highness, I would request you to allow me to trade in your region.
- Portuguese
- Ok, Permission granted.
- Portuguese
- The next Europeans the Dutch arrived in India after the Portuguese and wanted to trade with India.
- Your Highness, I would request you to allow me to trade with your goods.
- Dutch
- Ok, Permission granted.
- Dutch
- India has such small Kingdoms.
- They can't even protect themselves.
- We can do much more than business! We can RULE India and the land is also fertile.
- And that too they fight among themselves.
- The British heard that many European countries were going to India. They also went to India by sea route and met King Jahangir. They were granted permission to have a factories all over india
- Then the Danish and French also arrived in India and all European countries formed East India Companies.
- Your Highness, I would request you to allow me to set up a factory in Surat.
- British
- Ok, Permission granted.
- British
- The Battle of Plassey was fought between the Nawab of Bengal Siraj-ud-Daulah and English East India Company (EEIC) in 1757.And it was against Robert Clive . Siraj ud Daulah was unable to fight because one of his commanders betrayed him Zafir and made a puppet ruler named Zafir The growing discontent among the Indians against the British led to the Revolt of 1857. The rule of EEIC ended after the Revolt and .The Britishers came up with a law to make them more rich, to take over more kingdoms . It meant that whenever a king does not have a son or daughter the Britishers would take over the kingdom.
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