describes the entry of britishers in India as traders and their gradual conversion to our rulers

1. RISE OF BRITISH RULE IN INDIA
Class : IX
Social Science

2. DEMAND IN EUROPEAN
COUNTRIES

3. TRADE BETWEEN INDIA AND
EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
 Both land and sea route
 Centre of route – ISTANBUL (Constantinople), Turkey
 Conquest of Constantinople – 1453 A.D.
 Discover new sea route

4.  Cape of Good Hope –
Bartholomez Diaz, Portuguese
King Prince Henry
 West Indices- Columbus, King
of Spain Christopher, 1492
 America – Columbus
 Portugal Sailor Vasco-da-gama ,
sea route to India 1498 AD
DISCOVERY OF NEW SEA ROUTE
TO INDIA

5. ARRIVAL OF EUROPEANS TO
INDIA
 Portuguese – Diu, Daman, Goa, Cochin, Malacca etc.,
 Dutch (from Holland), Danish (from Denmark)
 English traders (British East India Company) – 1600 AD – Captain
William Hawkins – Surat
 Permission – Mughal Emperor Jehangir – Kothi(Surat) 1613 AD
 Trade centres – Surat, Ahmedabad, Bharuch
 Marathas – Machlipattanam (Andhra Pradesh), Saint George
(Chennai), Fort Williams (Kolkata), Mumbai (headquarters)

6.  French East India Company
– 1668 AD
 Mahe, Karaikal, Pondicherry,
Chandranagar, Machlipattanam
 Three Wars – 1746 to 1763
 French lost
WAR BETWEEN BRITISH AND
FRENCH
 Portuguese – Diu, Daman,
Goa
 French – Chandranagar,
Mahe, Karaikal, Pondicherry
 Dutch - leave

7. BATTLE OF PLASSEY 1757 AD

9. BATTLE OF BUXAR 22 OCTOBER
1764

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