why british came to india?
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The British enter in Indian sub-continent at first as traders seeking spices. Spices were the primary way of preserving meat in Europe prior to the modern age. ... Gradually the British eclipsed the other European trading company and over the years they saw a massive expansion of their trading operations in India
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The arrival of Vasco da Gama in Calicut on May 20, 1498 opens a sea route from Europe to the East. After that India became the focal point of the Europe's trade and also the realm of European ambition getting wider to grab Spice Islands trade monopoly which causes numerous naval battle. Here, we are given an interesting glimpse of the trivial fact, in the Indian history about when and why British first landed on Indian Territory.