When was India invaded by the British? I think it was 194___ something...Not sure..?

Answer 1

In 1600 AD East India Company was formed to start trading relations with India. This company had plans other than trading also and manage to grab a foothold in India after 1757 when it started ruling provinces. In 1857, after the First War for Independence, the East Indian Company was abolished and India came under the British Crown. So technically the year is 1857.
India got independence in 1947.

Answer 2

"From the sixteenth century [1700] onwards, several European countries, including Portugal, Netherlands, France and the United Kingdom, started arriving as traders, later taking advantage of the fractious nature of relations between the kingdoms, to establish colonies in the country. By 1856, most of India came under control of the British East India Company. A year later, a nationwide insurrection of rebelling military units and kingdoms, known locally as the First War of Indian Independence (known as the Sepoy Mutiny elsewhere) broke out, which failed even as it seriously challenged British rule. As a consequence, India came under the direct control of the British Crown as a colony of the British Empire.

In the early twentieth century, a nationwide struggle for independence was launched by the Indian National Congress, largely led by Mahatma Gandhi. Millions of protestors would engage in mass campaigns of civil disobedience with a commitment to ahimsa or non-violence. Finally, on 15 August 1947, India gained independence from British rule not before losing its Muslim-majority areas which were carved out into a separate nation-state of Pakistan. Three years later, on 26 January 1950, India chose to be a republic, and a new Constitution came into effect."

Answer 3

The British first established a territorial foothold in the Indian subcontinent when Company-funded soldiers commanded by Robert Clive defeated the Bengali Nawab Siraj Ud Daulah at the Battle of Plassey in 1757.

Answer 4

The British were in India from the early part of the C17th. Check out this link for more info:

http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/southasia/History/British/BrIndia.html -

Answer 5

Im not sure when I searched google it gave several dates http://www.marxists.org/history/etol/newspape/ni/vol08/no02/blpi.htm http://turtledove.wikia.com/wiki/India#India_in_Days_of_Infamy