Study Guide · Chapter 13
Modern India — Chronology at a Glance
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| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1600 | English East India Company chartered |
| 1757 | Battle of Plassey |
| 1764 | Battle of Buxar |
| 1765 | Treaty of Allahabad; Diwani granted |
| 1770 | Bengal Famine |
| 1793 | Permanent Settlement introduced |
| 1799 | Fourth Anglo-Mysore War; death of Tipu Sultan |
| 1817–18 | Third Anglo-Maratha War |
| 1828 | Brahmo Samaj founded |
| 1829 | Sati abolished |
| 1835 | Macaulay's Minute on Education |
| 1849 | Annexation of Punjab |
| 1853 | First railway line (Bombay–Thane) |
| 1856 | Annexation of Awadh; Widow Remarriage Act |
| 1857 | Revolt of 1857 |
| 1858 | Government of India Act; Crown rule begins |
| 1875 | Arya Samaj founded |
| 1885 | Indian National Congress founded |
| 1905 | Partition of Bengal |
| 1906 | Muslim League founded |
| 1907 | Surat Split |
| 1916 | Lucknow Pact; Home Rule Movement |
| 1919 | Jallianwala Bagh Massacre; Rowlatt Act |
| 1920–22 | Non-Cooperation Movement |
| 1928 | Simon Commission visit; Nehru Report |
| 1929 | Purna Swaraj Resolution, Lahore |
| 1930 | Dandi March; Civil Disobedience Movement |
| 1932 | Poona Pact |
| 1935 | Government of India Act |
| 1942 | Quit India Movement; Cripps Mission |
| 1943 | Azad Hind government formed |
| 1946 | Cabinet Mission; Direct Action Day |
| 1947 | Independence and Partition (15 August) |
| 1948 | Operation Polo (Hyderabad integration) |
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