All Captain Gibault took back to Salem were a few items for the town's East India Museum.

Duval travelled across the Middle East overland via Aleppo and took a ship from Basra to Bombay, acquainting Governor-General of India Viscount Wellesley with the situation in Egypt.

After the failed rebellion against the British in 1857, the British Parliament took over the reign of India from the British East India Company, and British India came under the direct rule of the Crown.

In the years immediately following the First Anglo-Afghan War, and especially after the Indian rebellion of 1857 against the British in India, Liberal Party governments in London took a political view of Afghanistan as a buffer state.

British officers in India in the early 19th century took to adding a mixture of water, sugar, lime and gin to the quinine in order to make the drink more palatable.

In 1664, the newly established French West India Company took control of the new colony, and France formally claimed control of the western portion of the island of Hispaniola.

The Muslim conquest in the Indian subcontinent mainly took place from the 12th century onwards, though earlier Muslim conquests made limited inroads into the region, beginning during the period of the ascendancy of the Rajput Kingdoms in North India, although Sindh and Multan were captured in 8th century ..

He took office as the Prime Minister of India on 15 August, and delivered his inaugural address titled " A Tryst With Destiny "

India, China, Japan, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Bangladesh took part.

Eight countries took part including India, China, Japan, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Bangladesh.

On arrival in Britain the passengers and mail were unloaded in Plymouth, but the Koh-i-noor stayed on board until the ship reached Portsmouth, from where Lawrence and Mansel took the diamond to the East India House in the City of London and passed it into the care of the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the EIC.

Abandoned by the Dutch, the island became a French colony when, in September 1715, Guillaume Dufresne d ' Arsel landed and took possession of this port of call on the route to India.

He believed he could bridge historic differences, especially regarding religion, and he took that belief back to India where he tried to implement it.

Gandhi took leadership of Congress in 1920 and began a steady escalation of demands ( with Intermittent compromises or pauses ) until on 26 January 1930 the Indian National Congress declared the independence of India.

Although domes normally took on the shape of a hemisphere, the Mughals in India popularized onion-shaped domes in South Asia.

Musharraf and his family left for Pakistan on one of the last safe trains in August 1947, a few days before the partition of India took effect.

He became the youngest Prime Minister of India when he took office at the age of 40.

It was the first of his successes against India, against whom he took his wickets at an average of 18.

Since becoming the viceroy of the Indies, he took Goa in India in 1510, and Malacca on the Malay peninsula in 1511.

They briefly took over the tower, but hijacked an Air India flight and fled to South Africa where they were arrested and charged.

Jardine, Matheson and Company took this opportunity to fill the vacuum left by the East India Company.

The Dutch East India Company and British East India Company were dissolved by their respective governments, who took over the direct administration of the colonies.

Many European nations chartered corporations to lead colonial ventures, such as the Dutch East India Company or the Hudson's Bay Company, and these corporations came to play a large part in the history of corporate colonialism.

In 1770, he joined the Middle Temple and studied law for three years, which would eventually lead him to his life-work in India ; after a spell as a circuit judge in Wales, and a fruitless attempt to resolve the issues of the American Revolution in concert with Benjamin Franklin in Paris, he was appointed puisne judge to the Supreme Court of Bengal on 4 March 1783, and on 20 March he was knighted.

During the 17th century, contact with Siam and merchants from India lead to the adoption of curry in Vietnamese cuisine.

The removal of trade and investment barriers, the growth of domestic markets, artificially low currencies, the proliferation of education, the rapid development of high tech and information systems industries and the growth of the world economy lead to a significant growth of offshore outsourcing during the decade as many multinational corporations significantly increased subcontracting of manufacturing ( and increasingly, services ) across national boundaries in developing countries and particularly in China and India, due to many benefits and mainly because the two countries which are the two most populous countries in the world provide huge pools from which to find talent and as because both countries are low cost sourcing countries.

* July 17 – In a convoy of ships from Great Britain, returning to India for the East India Company, the lead ship Dodington wrecks at Port Elizabeth, losing a chest of gold coins from Robert Clive, worth £ 33, 000.

* The great flood in the river Periyar in what is now Kerala India which lead to the river changing its course, closing of the Pattanam ( Muziris ) harbour, opening up of Cochin ( Kochi ) harbour submersion of some islands and birth of some new islands.

The next year, twenty-fifth anniversary of Powell's " Rivers of Blood " speech, Powell wrote an article for The Times, in which he claimed the concentration of immigrant communities in inner cities would lead to " communalism ", which would have grave effects on the electoral system: " communalism and democracy, as the experience of India demonstrates, are incompatible ".

* March 17 – Battle of Khanwa: This and two other major Moghul victories lead to the domination of northern India.

* On June 20, 2004, both India and Pakistan agreed to extend a nuclear testing ban and to set up a hotline between their foreign secretaries aimed at preventing misunderstandings that might lead to nuclear war.

Distinct characteristics of urban planning from remains of the cities of Harappa, Lothal, and Mohenjo-daro in the Indus Valley Civilization ( in modern-day northwestern India and Pakistan ) lead archeologists to conclude that they are the earliest examples of deliberately planned and managed cities.

Public sector companies should take the lead and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India ( ICAI ) should develop a clear strategy to diffuse the learning.

* Operation Brasstacks: ( the largest of its kind in South Asia ), conducted by India between November 1986 and March 1987, and Pakistani mobilisation in response, raised tensions and fears that it could lead to another war between the two neighbours.

* U2, India. Arie, and Alicia Keys lead the nominations for the 44th Grammy Awards from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.

This film was also remade in India twice, as the Hindi language film Sharaabi starring Amitabh Bachchan in the lead role and in Kannada as Nee Thanda Kanike.

He was ineffective in the first three Tests, accumulating only sixty runs in five innings as India took a 2 – 1 lead.

The first two Tests against Australia were high scoring draws where only 45 wickets fell, with India taking a first innings lead in both after making scores over 400.

He made 115 in the Fourth Test in Delhi, where India were unable to convert a 212 run first innings lead, resulting in a draw.

During the Fifth Test in the series, India were defeated by an innings at Calcutta to concede a 3 – 0 series lead.

He was also opposed to Britain granting more representative government to India, expressing fear that this would lead to a " murderous anarchy.

Portugal's expansionism would lead first to a route to India, and later to worldwide colonization.

The Plaintiff claims that she contracted lead poisoning from Garbhapal Ras, an herbo-mineral product she purchased in India.

The economic policies followed by Indira Gandhi with the advice of her trusted economic adviser lead India to a very slow growth rate.

Indian commerce minister Kamal Nath warned that any attempt by France to block the deal would lead to a trade war between India and France.