<P> The expansion of the Company 's power chiefly took two forms . The first of these was the outright annexation of Indian states and subsequent direct governance of the underlying regions , which collectively came to comprise British India . The annexed regions included the North - Western Provinces ( comprising Rohilkhand , Gorakhpur , and the Doab ) ( 1801 ) , Delhi ( 1803 ) , Assam ( Ahom Kingdom 1828 ) , and Sindh ( 1843 ) . Punjab , North - West Frontier Province , and Kashmir , were annexed after the Anglo - Sikh Wars in 1849 -- 56 ( Period of tenure of Marquess of Dalhousie Governor General ) ; however , Kashmir was immediately sold under the Treaty of Amritsar ( 1850 ) to the Dogra Dynasty of Jammu , and thereby became a princely state . In 1854 Berar was annexed , and the state of Oudh two years later . </P>
<P> The expansion of the Company 's power chiefly took two forms . The first of these was the outright annexation of Indian states and subsequent direct governance of the underlying regions , which collectively came to comprise British India . The annexed regions included the North - Western Provinces ( comprising Rohilkhand , Gorakhpur , and the Doab ) ( 1801 ) , Delhi ( 1803 ) , Assam ( Ahom Kingdom 1828 ) , and Sindh ( 1843 ) . Punjab , North - West Frontier Province , and Kashmir , were annexed after the Anglo - Sikh Wars in 1849 -- 56 ( Period of tenure of Marquess of Dalhousie Governor General ) ; however , Kashmir was immediately sold under the Treaty of Amritsar ( 1850 ) to the Dogra Dynasty of Jammu , and thereby became a princely state . In 1854 Berar was annexed , and the state of Oudh two years later . </P>
when did east india company came to assam
when did east india company came to assam
1828
1828