Ang Pagdating ng British sa India | AP

• The British East India Company vastly expanded its interest in India since its inception in 1600
• By 1720, more than 15 percent of all imports in Britain came from India, including rare goods such as cotton, silks, dyes, saltpeter, and tea
• The British East India Company maintained order through the employment of Indian soldiers known as sepoys throughout the late 1700s
• By 1857, the British East India Company's control over the region ended with the Sepoy Rebellion, leading to the deaths of roughly 6000 Europeans and around eight hundred thousand Indians
• The Government of India Act was passed on August 2, 1858, ending the British East India Company and transferring governance over India to the British monarchy, leading to the period known as the British Raj
• During the Industrial Revolution, India became important to Great Britain as it funneled raw materials into British factories and imported food for the growing British population
• The British Raj controlled most of India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, dividing the continent into 13 provinces, each under the control of a British administrative officer
• Between 1765 and 1938, an estimated $45 trillion in today's currency was transferred from India to Great Britain, leading to multiple famines in India
• The rise of nationalistic independence movements in India, such as the Swadeshi Movement, occurred due to Britain's harsh treatment of Indians and controversial economic policies
• Mahatma Gandhi's return from South Africa in 1915 marked a turning point in Indian nationalism, advocating for non-cooperation campaigns through civil disobedience and non-violent protests
• Britain ceded power back to India in 1947, dividing the country into Pakistan for Islamic believers and India for Hindus and Sikhs, ending 89 years of British rule over the Indian subcontinent