How did the British came in India?
Portuguese explorer Vasco de Gama walk out in the search of America. Because of the go way off he he arrived India through the see route of Cape of Good Hope in1498. Vasco De Gama opened the way for Europeans to trade in South Est Asia.
By the way British arrived at the Port of the Surat in India for the purpose of the spices trade in Bengal in 1608 after some time they began to trade cotton, silk, tea, opium (Afim) and Indigo dye(Nile). Mughal Emperor Jahangir gave the permission to trade in the region of the Bengal that time Bengal was present region of the Bihar, West Bengal, Bangladesh, Orisha, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand.
Establishments of British Factories and Places
East India Company (EIC)- Establishment and Fall
The East India Company (also known as British joint-stock company) was established by John watts and George White in 1599 later approved under the Charter Act by the Queen of England Elizabeth in 1600. The Company was formed for the purpose of the in South East Asia. Company also acquired the region of Japan, China, Indonesia, Myanmar, Persian Gulf.
Rebellion of Indian Mutiny in 1857 ended the dominion of the East India Company and whole power of control taken under the Regulating Act 1773 by Crown of England.
Establishment of the Factories in India
Other Steps Taken by EIC
Seeing increasing power of the East India Company, EIC made three core city Calcutta, Madras and Bombay to trade all over the region of India and also increased the military power for the suspicious battle with Mughals.
Establishment of Calcutta, Kolkata - Job Charnock (the representative of the EIC) acquired the three village Sutanati, Kolkata and Govindpur in 1686 from the landlord of the Villages of the Mughal Empire. Charnock dead in 1692 AD. It is regarded as that he founded Calcutta (Kolkata) as colonial city of the British later British formed a factory in 1690 in Calcutta.
Fort William- Sir John Goldborough started the construction of the Fort William on the bank of the Hooghly River in 1696 by the permission of the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb. It named after the King of the Britain William III in 1700 AD.
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