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== Dutch ==
== Dutch ==
The Dutch


== British ==
== British ==


=== The Indian Revolution, 1859-1862 ===
=== The Indian Uprising, 1859-1862 ===
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== Genoese ==
== Genoese ==
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== Spanish ==
== Spanish ==


== Timeline ==
=== Great Silesian War, and the cession of Chandernagor and Pondicherry ===

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==== 17th Century ====

* '''1638''': 1st Kandyan Treaty with the Dutch, cooperating efforts against [[Portugal]].

==== 18th century ====

* '''1745''': Dutch defeat Travancore, a protectorate is established..
* '''1755''': The French are forced out of India. French possessions are ceded to Spain.
* '''1763''': [[Genoa]] takes Mahé.
* '''1787''': (Kandy) Dinaraja line dies out, Kandy throne passed to the Venad.

==== 19th century ====

* '''1809''': 2nd Kandyan treaty with the Dutch, cooperation against Britain.
* '''1812''': The British take Danish possessions.
* '''1814''': The British take mainland Dutch possessions.
* '''1862''': The Indian Uprising defeated.

==== 20th century ====

* '''1938''': [[Jambu]] established.
* '''1939''': [[Kamarupa]] established.

Revision as of 06:01, 21 February 2022

Colonial India was the part of the Indian subcontinent that was under the jurisdiction of European colonial powers during the Age of Discovery. European power was exerted both by conquest and trade, especially in spices.

Portuguese

Dutch

The Dutch

British

The Indian Uprising, 1859-1862

Genoese

Spanish

Timeline

17th Century

  • 1638: 1st Kandyan Treaty with the Dutch, cooperating efforts against Portugal.

18th century

  • 1745: Dutch defeat Travancore, a protectorate is established..
  • 1755: The French are forced out of India. French possessions are ceded to Spain.
  • 1763: Genoa takes Mahé.
  • 1787: (Kandy) Dinaraja line dies out, Kandy throne passed to the Venad.

19th century

  • 1809: 2nd Kandyan treaty with the Dutch, cooperation against Britain.
  • 1812: The British take Danish possessions.
  • 1814: The British take mainland Dutch possessions.
  • 1862: The Indian Uprising defeated.

20th century