Modern India History l 1757-1987 Timeline ll Important Dates and Events

Year	Events/ Acts/ Reforms
1757	Battle of Plassey : The British defeat Siraj ud –Daulah
1760	Battle of Wandiwash  : The british defeat french
1761	Third Battle of Panipat
1764	Battle of Buxar : The british defeat Mir Kasim
1765	The british get diwani rights in Bengal, Bihar and Orissa (Treaty of Allahabad)
1767-1769	First Mysore war
1772	Warren Hastings appointed as Governor of Bengal
1773	Regulating Act
1775-1782	The first Anglo Maratha War
1784	Pitt’s India Act
1793	Permanent Settlement
1798	Subsidiary Alliance
1806	Vellore Mutiny
1815	Atmiya Sabha by Raja Ram Mohan Roy
1828	Brahma Samaj by Raja Ram Mohan Roy
1829	Abolition of Sati
1835	Calcutta Medical College
1835	English Education in India Macaulay’s Minutes
1848	Doctrine of Lapse
1853	The Indian Railways was launched on 16th April 1853.
1854	Wood’s Despatch
1854	Post and Telegraph
1856	Widows Remarriage Act
1857	Outbreak of the Mutiny, Revolt and First war of Independence
1857	Establishment of Universities at Bombay, Calcutta and Madras
1858	Goverment of India Act
1858	Jhansi Rani (Manikarnika) killed in battle (17 June 1858)
1858	Queen Victoria’s Proclamation
1860	Enact of the Indian Penal Code
1861	Indian Council Act, 1861 passed by British Parliament
1861	Indian High Court Act Passed
1862	The high court of Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay are established
1867	“Prarthana Samaj” Established  by Atmaram
1869	Mahatma Gandhi is born on 2nd Oct (to 30 January 1948)
1872	First Census Mayo
1873	“Satyashodhak Samaj” is a society established by Jyotirao Phule on 24th Sep
1875	“Arya Samaj” Established
1876	The Royal Titles Act gave Queen Victoria the title of Empress India or Kaiser i Hind
1877	First Delhi Durbar organised by Lytton on Jan 1st
1878	The Vernacular Press Act
1878 -80	The Second Anglo Afghan War
1881	Factory Act
1881	First Official Census by Lord Ripon
1881	Repeal of Vernacular Press Act
1882	Hunter Commission
1882	Local Self Government
1885	Indian National Congress Established on 28th Dec
1903	Second Delhi Durbar
1904	Indian University Act
1905	Bengal Partition on 16th October
1906	The All India Muslim League was formed by Aga Khan and Nawab Salimullah Khan in Dhaka in 1906 Dec 30th
1907	Surat Split
1909	Morley-Minto Reforms
1911	Transfer Capital to Delhi
1911	Cancellation of Partition of Bengal
1911	Third Delhi Durbar
1911	British government change capital city from Calcutta to Delhi on 12th Dec
1913	Rabindranath Tagore won Nobel Prize in Literature
1913	Gadar Party
1914-1918	First World War
1915	Gandhi’s return ( January 9)
1916	Home Rule Movement in 1916. Home Rule movements led by Annie Besant and Bal Gangadhar Tilak kept the national movement alive.
1916	Lucknow Pact (Where Gandhiji and Nehru met for first time)
1917	Champaran Satyagraha The first strike led by Gandhiji in India was the Champaran Satyagraha in 1917.
1917	Sadler commission
1917	August Declaration
1918	Ahmadabad Mill Strike.  In 1918, Gandhiji led another strike for the wage hike of cotton mill workers in Ahmadabad. It was the first hunger strike ever employed by Gandhiji in India.
1918	The Kheda Satyagraha
1919	Montagu–Chelmsford Reforms
1919	Dyarchy in Province
1919	Rowlatt Act was passed
1919	Jallianwala Bagh massacre
1919	Khilafat Movement Khilafat Day was observed all over India on 17 October 1919.
1920	Non Cooperation Movement The Non-Cooperation Movement was a mass protest conducted by the Indian National Congress under the leadership of Gandhiji. It was the special session of the Indian National Congress held at Calcutta in 1920 that approved the Non-Cooperation Movement.
1921	Prince of Wales visited
1922	Chauri Chaura incident Chauri Chaura Incident In 1922, the farmers of Chauri Chaura village in Uttar Pradesh organized a demonstration against the harsh measures of the British. The police opened fire at the procession of around three thousand unarmed farmers. The angry mob retaliated by burning down the police station, which resulted in the death of 22 policemen. Gandhiji called off the Non-Cooperation Movement completely as the incident violated the principles of non-violent resistance.
1923	Swaraj Party
1928	Simon commission
1928	Bardoli Satyagraha
1929	Poorna Swaraj Lahore Congress
1929	Sarda Act
1930	Civil disobedience or Salt Satyagraha Dandi March
1930	First Round Table Conference
1931`	Gandhi – Irwin Pact March 5
1931	Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev Martyred on 23rd March
1931	Second Round Table Conference
1932	Third  Round Table Conference
1932	Communal Award
1932	Poona Pact
1932	Third Round Table Conference
1935	Government of India Act
1937	Indian provincial elections, 1937 Provisional Autonomy
1939	All India Forward Block Established by Subhas Chandra Bose
1939 -1945	Second World War
1940	Lahore Resolution (Demand for Pakistan) on 23 March
1940	Individual Satyagraha
1940	August Offer on 8th Aug
1942	Cripps Mission
1942	Quit India Movement The Quit India Movement was a remarkable mass movement against the British government. The movement was launched in the All India Congress Committee session held at Bombay on 8 August 1942. The session demanded the British to hand over all administrative powers to the Indians and to quit India.9 August as ‘Quit India Day’.
1942	Indian National Army Established by Subhas Chandra Bose
1943	Arzi Hukumat-e-Azad Hind, the Provisional Government of Free India formed by Netaji.
1944	Kasturba Gandhi passed away on 22 February 1944 in prison( Agha Khan Palace in Pune) Kasthurba died Bombay plan CR FORMULA
1945	INA Trial
1945	Simla Conference
1946	Royal Indian Navy Mutiny
1946	Cabinet Mission
1946	Interim Government
1947	Atlee’s Declaration
1947	Mount Pattern Plan or June 3 Plan
1947	Indian Independence Act on July
1947	India Became Free on 15th Aug and Tri colour flag was hoisted in the place of British Jack on the Historic Red Fort at Delhi