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The East India Company arrived in India in the year 1608. By the end of the seventeenth century, the British had firmly established themselves on Indian soil, and had started ruling the people of the Indian Sub-Continent. The control of Indian administration was transferred from East india company to the Crown by the Government of India Act of 1858 as a result of the Revolt of  1857. After a long Freedom struggle ,in 1947, India declared herself an independent nation. Therefore, the British ruled over India for 347 years.