Almost all of the territory that constitutes…
1840 CE to 1851 CE
Almost all of the territory that constitutes modern Pakistan and India comes under the rule of the British East India Company in the middle of the nineteenth century.
The patterns of territorial acquisition and rule as applied by the company in Sindh and Punjab and the manner of governance become the basis for direct British rule in the British Indian Empire and indirect rule in the princely states under the paramountcy of the crown.