Wars 1757 and 1857

The document summarizes key events in the history of British rule in India, including the establishment of the East India Company in 1600, their gaining of trading rights and permissions from Mughal rulers over the following decades, and their increasing control and territorial expansion starting in the mid-18th century. It notes important figures like Robert Clive and battles like the Battle of Buxar, then outlines various political, economic, social, religious, and military causes that led to the Indian Rebellion of 1857 against British rule.