advent of british in india
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- How far are we from the glorious India? Do your men see any landform in the far east?
- Yes, Sire. We can see the port of Kozhikode.
- Back in 15th century, traders from all around the world were hearing the stories about the riches of India. Many explorers were trying to find the sea route to India, but without any success.Vasco Da Gama was sailing his fleet to India, which was a dream destination of theEuropeans!
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- Ohh Ok, We will do trade with you and let you set factories.
- At last Vasco Da Gama landed in Calicut, India. He went to king Zamorin and asked permission to trade with India. After discussing with his ministers, he granted permissionto Vasco Da Gama. Later onPortuguese took over Daman and Diu and Goa.
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- Ok, I have given you Permission!
- Your Majesty, We are honored to meet you! We have come from Britain to trade with India and build some factories. We will give gold to you. Will you grant us permission?
- Following Portuguese, Dutch, French and Danes came. In the sixteenth century, the British East India Company with the permission from Queen Elizabeth I. They went to the Mughal Emperor Jahangir. They asked him if they can build factories and trade with India.
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- Sire, these Indians are soo stupid!
- Hmm... We are exploited!
- Gora workers are getting more pay than us although we work for more hours!
- The British set up factories in Surat, Calcutta, Madras and Bombay. They set up settlements and built Fort Saint George in Madras in 1639 and Fort Williams in Calcutta between 1696-1702. After the death of Aurangzeb in 1707, there was no single powerful ruler in India. India saw the rise of regional powers. Being the most wealthiest, Bengal Province started gainingprominence. Bengal Nawabs became powerful.
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- 1757Battle of Plassey!
- 1764Battle of Buxar!
- Siraj-Ud-Daula, the Nawab of Bengal at that time didn't like EIC's interference and misusing of trade concession. He refused to abolish duties for doing trade in Bengal. British conspired and fought the Battle of Plassey in 1757. British won and took over Bengal Province. Later in 1764, Nawab of Awadh, Shuja-ud-Daula, Mughal emperor, Shah Alam II and Nawab of Bengal, Mir Qasim came together to fight British in the famous Battle of Buxar. British won the battle.
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- Yes, your Majesty. We will surely try to pay you the tax soon.
- Thus, British took over Bengal, Awadh and Delhi. They made few policies, like Doctrine of Lapse, that strengthened their control over India. British would employ puppet kings on the throne but they would be the actual ruler. Eventually, they took over the whole India.
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- Your Majesty, I am Vasco Da Gama from Portugal. I have got gifts for you from Portugal. I would like to trade with India. Long lived King Zamorin!
- Yes, they are soo easy to fool!
- Maharaja! Where is my tax?
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