<prompt> Qedela le nkulumo elandelayo: Abathengisi baseYurophu baqala ukufika ogwini lwaseNdiya lapho umhloli wamazwe wasePortugal uVasco da Gama efika echwebeni laseCalicut ngo-1498, efuna ukuhweba ngezinongo okwakuletha inzuzo. Ngemva kweminyaka engaphezu kweyikhulu, amaDashi namaNgisi asungula izindawo zokuhweba ezwenikazi laseNdiya, lapho kwasungulwa khona indawo yokuqala yokuhweba yamaNgisi eSurat ngo-1613. Phakathi nekhulu leshumi nesikhombisa nasekuqaleni kwekhulu leshumi nesishiyagalombili, abaseBrithani banqoba amaPutukezi namaDashi empini kodwa bahlala bephikisana namaFulentshi, ngaleso sikhathi ayesefuna ukuzimisa kuleli zwekazi. Ukuwohloka koMbuso WamaMughal engxenyeni yokuqala yekhulu le - 18 kwanikeza abaseBrithani ithuba lokwakha indawo eqinile kwezombangazwe zaseNdiya. Ngemuva kweMpi yasePlassey ngo-1757, lapho ibutho laseNdiya le-East India Company ngaphansi kukaRobert Clive lahlula uSiraj ud-Daulah, iNawab yaseBengal, iNkampani yazibeka njengomdlali omkhulu ezindabeni zaseNdiya, futhi ngokushesha ngemuva kwalokho yathola amalungelo okuphatha ezifundeni zaseBengal, Bihar naseMidnapur ingxenye ye-Odisha, kulandela iMpi yaseBuxar ngo-1764. Ngemva kokunqotshwa kukaTipu Sultan, ingxenye enkulu yeNingizimu India yaba ngaphansi kokubusa okuqondile kweNkampani, noma ngaphansi kokulawula kwayo okungathandeki kwezombusazwe njengengxenye yombuso wobukhosi enhlanganweni eseceleni. Le Nkampani kamuva yathatha izifunda ezazibuswa uMbuso WamaMaratha, ngemuva kokuzinqoba ochungechungeni lwezimpi. IPunjab yahlanganiswa ngo-1849, ngemva kokunqotshwa kwamabutho amaSikh eMpini Yokuqala 18451846 futhi  <response>: Impi Yesibili YamaNgisi namaSikh 1848-49. 