 Vatengesi vokuEurope vakatanga kusvika kumahombekombe eIndia pakauya muongorori wechiPutukezi Vasco da Gama muna 1498 pachiteshi chengarava cheCalicut, achitsvaka bhizimisi remakwenzi rinobhadhara. Makore anopfuura zana gare gare, vaDutch navaNgezi vakatanga nzvimbo dzokutengesera muIndia, nzvimbo yokutanga yokuEngland yokutengesa ichivakwa paSurat muna 1613. Mukati mezana ramakore rechigumi nemanomwe uye pakuvamba kwezana ramakore rechigumi namasere, vaBritain vakakurira vaPutukezi navaDutch mune zvehondo asi vakaramba vari mukukakavadzana navaFrance, avo panguva iyoyo vakanga vaedza kuzvisimbisa vamene muchikamu chenyika. Kuderera kwoUmambo hwaMughal muhafu yokutanga yezana ramakore rechigumi namasere kwakapa vokuBritain mukana wokusimbisa nzvimbo yakasimba mune zvematongerwe enyika zveIndia. Mushure meHondo yePlassey muna 1757, panguva iyo East India Companys Indian Army pasi paRobert Clive yakakunda Siraj ud-Daulah, Nawab weBengal, Kambani yakazvisimbisa semutambi mukuru muIndia, uye munguva pfupi yakatevera yakawana kodzero dzehutongi pamusoro penzvimbo dzeBengal, Bihar neMidnapur chikamu cheOdisha, zvichitevera Hondo yeBuxar muna 1764. Pashure pokukundwa kwaTipu Sultan, ruzhinji rweSouth India rwakauya pasi pokutonga kwakananga kweKambani, kana pasi pokudzora kwayo zvematongerwe enyika zvisina kunanga sorutivi rwenyika yeumambo mubatanidzwa wevanotsigira. Kambani yakabva yatora nzvimbo dzaitongwa noUmambo hweMaratha, pashure pokuvakunda muhondo dzakawanda. Punjab yakabatanidzwa muna 1849, pashure pokukundwa kwemauto eSikh muHondo Yenyika Yokutanga.18451846 uye Hondo yechipiri yeAnglo-Sikh 184849. 