why did the British come to India? how did they establish the rules?
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British came to India as traders. and start establishing their rules one by one
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The British landed in India in Surat on August 24, 1608. While India has a rich and recorded history going back 4000 years to the Indus Valley Civilisation in Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro, Britain had no indigenous written language until the 9th century almost 3000 years after India. Then how was it possible for the British to start capturing this huge country and control it from 1757 to 1947?
They had more economic power, better weapons and a certain European confidence which allowed then to slowly permeate into the Indian subcontinent till it was ruling the huge nation.
New sea route becomes popular
A sea route connecting Europe to India came into the limelight in 1498 when Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama came to Calicut.
This made India the centre of attention of Europe’s trade circuit and European powers rushed to Asia to get their own trading posts.
Even though the primary motive at first was trade, slowly, the European powers started to get more interested in Acquiring territory. The British were one of these powers looking for money and action.
How was the British East India Company formed?
The British East India Company was formed in 1599 under a charter granted by Queen Elizabeth in 1600. The British Joint Stock Company, as it was known earlier, was founded by John Watts and George White for trade with Asian nations in the south and south-east.
British merchants and aristocrats held shares in this joint stock company.