Today in this article we are telling you about the arrival of European trading companies in India and the British occupation.
- Vasco da Gama reached the coast of Calicut in Kerala by sea in 1498 AD.
- In 1505 AD, Francisco de Almeida came to India as the first Portuguese Viceroy.
- Albuquerque conquered Goa from Yusuf Adilshah of Bijapur in 1510 AD.
- The first Portuguese trading room in India was established in coaching.
Revolt of 1857
- The first Dutch factory in India was set up in Masulipatnam.
- The final fall of the Dutch in India was in 1759 AD at the Battle of Vedra.
- The first Englishman to go to the Mughal court was Captain Hawkins, who went to Jahangir's court as the ambassador of James I. 1
- Sir Thomas Roe reached Jahangir's court from 6 to 15 AD.
- In 1717 AD, Farrukhsiyar granted trading rights to the Company in Bengal, Bihar and Orissa in return for ₹3000 annual work.
- In 1757 AD, under the leadership of Clive, the British defeated the Nawab of Bengal, Siraj-ud-Daulah, in the Battle of Plassey and established English suzerainty.
- In the Battle of Buxar (1764 AD), the British defeated Shah Alam (Mughal Emperor), Shuja-ud-daula (Nawab of Awadh) and Mir Qasim (Nawab of Bengal) and extended British dominion to Delhi by defeating the combined forces.
- The French opened their first factory in Surat in 1667. The French governor Dupleix was very ambitious. He desired French expansion in India.
- The ambition of the French collapsed in the battle of Vandiwas in 1700 AD. He was defeated in this war by the British.