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India : From 1757 to 1947

1757
Battle of Plassey: The British defeat Siraj-ud-daulah

1760
Battle of Wandiwash: The British defeat the French

1761
Third battle of Panipat: Ahmed Shah Abdali defeats the Marathas; Accession of Madhava Rao Peshwa; Rise of Hyder Ali

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: The British conclude a humiliating peace pact with Hyder Ali

1772
Death of Madhava Rao Peshwa; Warren Hastings appointed as Governor of Bengal

1773
The Regulating Act passed by the British Parliament

1774
Warren Hastings appointed as Governor-General

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

1794
Death of Mahadaji Sindhia

1799
Fourth Mysore War: The British defeat Tipu; Death of Tipu; Partition of Mysore

1802
Treaty of Bassein

1803-1805
The Second Anglo-Maratha war: The British defeat the Marathas at Assaye: Treaty of Amritsar

1814-1816
The Anglo-Gurkha war

1817-1818
The Pindari war

1817-1819
The last Anglo-Maratha war: Marathas finally crushed by the British

1824-1826
The First Burmese war

1829
Prohibition of Sati

1829-1837
Suppression of Thuggee

1831
Raja of Mysore deposed and its administration taken over by East India Company

1833
Renewal of Company's Charter; Abolition of company's trading rights

1835
Education Resolution

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 : (Rise of Sikh Power) British annex Punjab as Sikhs are defeated

1852
Second Anglo-Burmese war

1853
Railway opened from Bombay to Thane; Telegraph line from Calcutta to Agra

1857
First War of Indian Independence: The Sepoy Mutiny

1858
British Crown takes over the Indian Government

1861
Indian Councils Act; Indian High Courts Act; Introduction of the Penal Code

1868
Punjab Tenancy Act; Railway opened from Ambala to Delhi

1874
The Bihar Famine

1877
Delhi Durbar: The Queen of England proclaimed Empress of India

1878
Vernacular Press Act

1881
Factory Act; Rendition of Mysore

1885
First meeting of the Indian National Congress; Bengal Tenancy Act

1891
Indian Factory Act

1892
Indian Councils Act to regulate Indian administration

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; Congress declaration regarding Swaraj

1908
Newspaper Act

1911
Delhi Durbar; 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 founded; Foundation of Women's University at Poona

1919
Rowlatt Act evokes protests; Jalianwalla Bagh massacre; The Montague-Chelmsford Reforms offer limited autonomy

1920
The Khilafat Movement started; Mahatma Gandhi leads the Congress; Non-co-operation Movement

1921
Moplah (Muslim) rebellion in Malabar; Census of India

1922
Civil Disobedience Movement; Chauri-Chaura violence leads to Gandhi suspending movement

1923
Swarajists in Indian Councils; Certification of Salt Tax; Hindu-Muslim riots

1925
Reforms Enquiry committee Report

1926
Royal Commission on Agriculture; Factories Act

1927
Indian Navy Act; Simon Commission Appointed

1928
Simon Commission comes to India: Boycott by all parties; All Parties Conference

1929
Lord Irwin promises Dominion Status for India; Trade Union split; Jawaharlal Nehru hoists the National Flag at Lahore

1930
Civil Disobedience movement continues; Salt Satyagraha: Gandhiji's Dandi March; First Round Table Conference

1931
Second Round Table Conference; Irwin-Gandhi Pact; Census of India

1932
Suppression of the Congress movement; Third Round Table Conference; The Communal Award; Poona Pact

1933
Publication of White Paper on Indian reforms

1934
Civil Disobedience Movement called off; Bihar Earthquake

1935
Government of India Act

1937
Inauguration of Provincial Autonomy; Congress ministries formed in a majority of Indian provinces

1939
Political deadlock in India as Congress ministries resign

1942
Cripps Mission to India; Congress adopts Quit India Resolution; Congress leaders arrested; Subhash Chandra Bose forms Indian National Army

1944
Gandhi-Jinnah Talks break down on Pakistan issue

1945
First trial of the Indian Army men opened

1946
Mutiny in Royal Indian Navy; Cabinet Mission's plan announced; Muslim League decides to participate in the Interim Government; Interim Government formed; Constituent Assembly's first meeting

3 June 1947
Announcement of Lord Mountbatten's plan for partition of India

15 Aug 1947
Partition of India and Independence