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==== The Netherlands ====
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
==== Great Britain ====
Between the 16th to the early 19th century, British ports in India were operated by the East India Company. However, since 1814, after an administrative reorganization, British ports in India were transferred under crown rule. In 1859, dissatisfaction among the Indian soldiers who fought in the [[Canton War]] against the Dutch and the Qing led to a mutiny. This was known as the Indian Uprisings, which lasted from 1859 to 1861.
Under direct British oversight, the British Indian expanded territorially, eventually including the
==== Portugal ====
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==== Genoa ====
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.
==== France ====
The French East India
==== Denmark ====
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]].
== Timeline ==
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==== 17th Century ====
* '''1638''': [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandyan_Treaty_of_1638 1st Kandyan Treaty] with the Dutch, cooperating
==== 18th century ====
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* '''1812''': The British take Danish possessions.
* '''1814''': The British take mainland Dutch possessions.
*'''1837:''' [[Ottoman Empire#The Suez Canal|Suez Canal]] opened to British activities.
* '''1862''': The Indian Uprising defeated.
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