East India Company and British Raj crossword

2. of on the rival European countries that competed for control in India
3. built by the British to improve transportation in India
7. Who controlled India before the British?
9. the acronym for Britain's biggest trading company in India
11. Most of the Indian population followed which religion?
13. built by the British to improve the health of people in India
14. this was used to make it easier to slide the bullets down the gun barrel but was said to contain pork and beef fat
16. one of the many things the British bought from the Indians to sell back home for high prices
17. the British traded this drug with Chinese merchants causing an addiction problem in China
20. the concerns about conversion and the use of animal fats started a ..
21. The title of the person ruling Indian on Queen Victoria's behalf
22. India was the ..... in the crown of the British empire
23. In which century did India gain its independence
25. the hindi word for rule

1. Many Indian workers were ........ by the British
3. Who led the British trading company to victory against the prince of Bengal?
4. a violent method used by the British to take new land
5. the places controlled by on leading country
6. some Indian soldiers were worried that they might be forced to convert to
8. Indian soldiers
10. one of Britain's motives behind its expansion was to obtain these
12. when land was 'found' and claimed before other European nations could claim it
14. Famous Indian political leader who campaigned for independence
15. British people who would go to another part of the world and live there
18. in this century India officially became part of the British empire
19. British companies would travel across the globe in order to do this with other companies
23. Mahal built by emperor Shah Jahan in the 17th century in memory of his third wife
24. a collection of areas or countries ruled over by one country