Make a time line of indian history from 1600 to 1857.(only main events)?
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1600 (31st December)
The Company of Merchants of London trading into the East Indies was founded by a Royal Charter signed by Elizabeth I. The charter gave them
1601 (21st April)
Five ships, commanded by James Lancaster, left Woolwich docks bound for .
1603 (during)
The East India Company founded a trading post in Bantam, Indonesia.
1604 (25th March)
Sir Henry
A third voyage left England for the East. Commanded by William Keeling, this voyage reached Banda in Indonesia and discovered the Cocos Islands as he was returning to England.
1608 (24th August)
The first ships docked at Surat in the Gujarat region of India and set up .
1608 (14th March)
A fourth voyage of two ships commanded by Alexander Sharpeigh left Woolwich bound for the East.
1609 (May)
James I renewed the Company’s charter with a stipulation that if it became unprofitable for three years it would be null and void.
1611 (during)
The East India Company founded a trading post at Machilipatnam in the Andhra Pradesh region of India.
1611 (during)
The East India Company began building factories in the Surat region of India.
1612 (during)
King James I sent Thomas Roe to India. His instructions were to meet the Mughal Emperor Nuruddin Salim Jahangir and arrange a commercial treaty.
1612 (29th – 30th November)
Battle of Swally
This was a naval battle between the East India Company and Dutch and Portuguese traders in the Surat region which saw the Company secure a major victory.
1613 (June)
The Clove, a ship belonging to the East India Company, commanded by John Saris, reached Japan. It carried a letter of introduction and gifts from King James I. The Company was given the right to establish a trading post on the island of Kyushu.
1615 (during)
James I agreed a commercial treaty with Mughal Emperor Nurudin Salim Jahangir. The treaty gave the East India Company exclusive rights to build factories in Surat.
1616 (during)
1623 (during)
Unable to make headway in Japan, the East India Company closed their trading posts in Japan.
1623 (9th March)
Amboina Massacre
Rivalry between the Dutch and the English came to a head when the Dutch executed many English prisoners.
1634 (during)
The Mughal Emperor invited the East India Company to trade in the Bengal region of India.
1638 (during)
The Company moved its headquarters to Craven House in Leadenhall Street, London.
1640 (during)
The East India Company established Fort St George, a trading centre in Madras.
1657 (during)
Oliver Cromwell renewed the charter granting trading rights for the East