Looking for spices, or a new popular trade route? India is the place for you! the trade route discovered by Vasco de Gama is a great place to set up a trading post, especially if you are French or British, and trade goods if you are a local Native, you could become the center of power by local trading companies! India has so many resources that will be to your advantage like: the spices of the famous Spice Trade; you can get pepper, cinnamon, indigo and many others, or minerals like Zinc, Iron Ore, Manganese Ore, gold, Bauxite, Silver, Lead, Tin, Copper and Chromite. In India you will be able to farm as you please with the canal irrigation systems the British every so kindly put in for you. Your Neighbors, the British, have many more things to offer you such as: railroads, roads, postal and telegraph services, education in every providence, and ownership of land, they also have a strong Military and Navy for you protection that you can join, sepoys are always a great job alternative if you don't get hired by the trading companies, they established PaxBritannica, for law and order, and public health medical assistance to prevent you from small pox and other diseases. You have the opportunity to learn English, which would be super helpful because it will become your official language. Colonizing India could possibly be the best thing you ever do, with its abundant natural resources, millions of people, and potential for profit no wonder India was considered the Crown Jewel of the British Colonies.
You could join the British Raj and help the "act for better government of India". Chose a side British India or Native India, take government positions and become a member of the Indian Civil Service. When you get tired of the Controlling British you can march with Gandhi to Dandi to pick up sail on the shore of the Arabian Sea and defy British law. Be apart of Civil Disobedience that broke out all across India, that soon involved millions. Help prompt a global outcry against British policy in India. Win Independence from the British in August 1947, and live Happily ever after in the beautiful land of India for the rest of your days.
Be a part of the Great uprising of 1857, start to become like British and adapt their culture, become a christian, and get the opportunity to serve outside of India, and explore the world. Find your place in the Caste System, become a priest and be a Brahmin, Be a warrior and be a Kshatriyas, be a farmer or merchant and be a Vaisya, or be a laborer or servant and be a Sudra. learn to fit in with the world around you and love what you do!