1757 – Battle of Plassey: The British defeat Siraj-ud-daulah
1760 – Battle of Wandiwash: The British defeat the 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
1767 -1769 – First Mysore War
1772 – Warren Hastings appointed as Governor of Bengal
1773 – The Regulating Act passed by the British Parliament
1775 -1782 – The First Anglo-Maratha war
1780-1784 – Second Mysore War : The British defeat Hyder Ali
1784 – Pitt’s India Act
1790-1792 – Third Mysore War between the British and Tipu
1793 – Permanent Settlement of Bengal
1799 – Fourth Mysore War: The British defeat Tipu
1802- Treaty of Bassein
1803-1805 – The Second Anglo-Maratha war
1814-1816 – The Anglo-Gurkha war
1817-1818 – The Pindari war
1824-1826 – The First Burmese war
1829 – Prohibition of Sati
1831 – Mysore administration taken over by East India Company
1833 – Renewal of Company’s Charter
1833 – Abolition of Slavery throughout the British Empire
1838 – Tripartite treaty between Shah Shuja, Ranjit Singh and the British
1839-1842 – First Afghan war
1843 – Gwalior war
1845-1846 – First Anglo-Sikh war
1848 – Lord Dalhousie becomes the Governor-General
1848-1849 – Second Anglo-Sikh war
1852 – Second Anglo-Burmese war
1853 – Railway & Telegraph line introduced
1857 – First War of Indian Independence: The Sepoy Mutiny
1857 – Zanshichi Rani Laxmibai – Freedom struggle in 1857
1858 – British Crown takes over the Indian Government
1877 – The Queen of England proclaimed Empress of India
1878 – Vernacular Press Act
1881 – Factory Act
1885 – First meeting of the Indian National Congress
1897 – Plague in Bombay; Famine Commission
1899 – Lord Curzon becomes Governor-General and Viceroy
1905 – The First Partition of Bengal
1906 – Formation of Muslim League
1911 – Partition of Bengal modified to create the Presidency of Bengal
1912 – The Imperial capital shifted from Calcutta to Delhi
1913 – Educational Resolution of the Government of India
1915 – Defence of India Act
1916 – Home Rule League, Foundation of Women’s University at Poona
1919 – Rowlatt Act evokes protests; Jalianwalla Bagh massacre;
1920 – The Khilafat Movement started, Non-co-operation Movement
1921 – Moplah (Muslim) rebellion in Malabar; Census of India
1922 – Civil Disobedience Movement, Chauri-Chaura violence
1925 – Reforms Enquiry committee Report
1927 – Indian Navy Act; Simon Commission Appointed
1928 – Simon Commission comes to India: Boycott by all parties
1929 – Lord Irwin promises Dominion Status for India; Trade Union split
1930 – Salt Satyagraha, First Round Table Conference
1931 – Second Round Table Conference; Irwin-Gandhi Pact
1932 – Third Round Table Conference, Poona Pact
1934 – Civil Disobedience Movement called off; Bihar Earthquake
1937 – Inauguration of Provincial Autonomy
1939 – Political deadlock in India as Congress ministries resign
1942 – Cripps Mission, Quit India Movement, Indian National Army
1944 – Gandhi-Jinnah Talks break down on Pakistan issue
1946 – Interim Government formed, Constituent Assembly’s first meeting
1904 – 1947 – iaspapers.info/category/
3 June 1947 – Lord Mountbatten’s plan for partition of India
15 Aug 1947 – Partition of India and Independence
Chronology of Modern Indian History
