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 SatyagrahaThe 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
|
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