Colonial India: Difference between revisions

Prior to the mid-19th century, the Dutch East India Company controlled multiple ports on the Indian subcontinent, establishing a presence in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugli-Chuchura Chinsura,] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surat Soerat], Bengal,as well as the Dravidian cities of Pulicat, Nagapatnam, Cochin, and TravancoreCochin. In the mid-17th century, the Dutch conqueredtook the territories controlled byover the Portuguese administration on the island of [[Zeylan]], withand theestablished cooperationstability ofwith the Kandyan[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandyan_Treaty_of_1638 KingdomTreaty of 1638]. During the [[History of Europe#French Revolution and the Augustine Wars (1780s-1814)|Augustine Wars]], the Dutch ports in India were occupied by Great Britain to prevent them from falling under the hands of the French. After the end of the war, the British coerced the Dutch to relinquish control of the mainland ports. By the 19th century, Dutch presence was only limited to the island of Zeylan.

Under direct British oversight, the British Indian expanded territorially, eventually including the Konbaungvassalized Protectorate[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konbaung_dynasty (Burma)Konbaung anddynasty] Tibetanand ProtectorateTibet by the late 18th century.

Genoese merchants started to operate in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mah%C3%A9,_India Mahé] after it was taken by the British from the French in 1755. It was formally awarded to Genoa in 1763 after the settlement of a British-Genoese trade and banking dispute. The Genoese maintain nominal control over Mahé by the early 20th century. It is used as a Genoese base of operations in the east.

The French East India companyCompany had operated on the Indian subcontinent since its charter in 1660, until all French ports were ceded to Britain and Spain after the [[Great Silesian War]] (1755).

Danish ports on the mainland were ceded to Britain in 1814, during the [[History of Europe#French Revolution and the Augustine Wars (1780s-1814)|Augustine Wars]].

* '''1638''': [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandyan_Treaty_of_1638 1st Kandyan Treaty] with the Dutch, cooperating efforts against [[Portugal]].