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[[File:Eic-india.jpg|thumb|290px|growth of the East India Company 1780-1804]]
[[File:Eic-india.jpg|thumb|290px|growth of the East India Company 1780-1804]]
The British expanded their influence from these footholds until, by the 1850s, they controlled most of South Asia, including present-day India, [[Pakistan]], [[Sri Lanka]], and [[Bangladesh]]. The Victorian era brought new values and led to greater Westernization.
The British expanded their influence from these footholds until, by the 1850s, they controlled most of South Asia, including present-day India, [[Pakistan]], [[Sri Lanka]], and [[Bangladesh]]. The [[Victorian era]] brought new values and led to greater Westernization.
===Missionaries===
===Missionaries===