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Impact Of Colonialism On India

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Colonialism and Its Impact

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By Muhammad Saad Subject: History COLONIALISM AND ITS IMPACTS ON INDIA:-
Introduction of European traders to India: - To understand the arrival of Europeans to India in better way, we have to study it period-wise as:
327-326: Alexander the great came to Indian subcontinent and conquered it. It means that the concept of colonialism is started since the time of Alexander the great.
20th may 1498: In the end of the 14th century the Portuguesecame through sea routes to Calicut in India. Vasco de Gama was the first to discover the India; he started trade in GAO as early as 1510.
1600: The British company called as East India Company came to India. The East India Company was chartered by the royals or rich merchants of London.
1608:They came through the Indian Ocean for the purpose of trade.The East India Company decided to create their outpost at Surat.
1610: In 1610 the British were in competition with the Portuguese.
1612: British were going on increasing and they created trade post in other nearby cities. So they decided to establish trading post in Gujarat.
1614: In 1614 the Sir Thomas Roe who was leading the company was instructed by James 1 to visit to the court of Jahangir, the emperor of India to give permission to establish factories. Jahangir permitted them to establish their factories. They established factories in Ahmadabad, Broach and Agra.

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