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the british empire gained a footing in india through the after the british government suppressed the sepoy rebellion, india became a direct colony of britain . the was a prominent political party founded by indian nationalists.

British East India Company, which was a British joint-stock company (privately held by numerous individuals who owned stock). It ended up taking control of vast territories throughout the Indian Subcontinent. The year 1858, in which the British were forced to make political and economic reforms, establishing India as a colony, as the current managing system of territory under the East India Company was no longer efficient.The Indian National Congress, which was founded in 1885, was the first nationalist movement to emerge during the time of the British Empire in India.