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- 1761 : Third Battle of Panipat: The Marathas defeated by the combined troops of Ahmad Shah Abdali;
the Mughals, and other Muslim chiefs of India.Haider Ali became real executive of Mysore.
- 1764 : Battle of Buxar. Fought b/w Mir kasim & Robert clive The English defeat Shah Alam, Shuja-ud-
daulah and Mir Qasim.
- 1765 :Treaty of Allahabad;Grant of the ‘Diwani’ of Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa to the East India Company
by Shah Alam II under Treaty of Allahabad. : Clive, Company’s Governor in Bengal.
- 1771 : Marathas occupy Delhi and restore Shah Alam who was till then under English protection at
Allahabad.
- 1772-73 : Warren Hastings as Governor of Bengal. : Abolition of Dual Government of Bengal (1772).
- 1773 : The Regulating Act was passed, bringing the company partially under Parliament’s control and
the Presidencies under Calcutta’s control.
- 1783 : Fox’s India Bills give more powers to Parliament and to the Governor-General.
- 1784 : Treaty of Mangalore between Tipu and the English. : Pitt’s Act passed, Setting up Board of
Control for East India Company. : Asiatic Society of Bengal founded by Sir William Jones
- 1793 : The Permanent Zamindari Settlement of Bengal. introduced by lord cornwallis in Bengal bihar
orissa & varansi
- 1800 : Establishment of the College of Fort William by Lord vellesely at kolkata (objective -- train British
civilians for administrative purpose in India)
- 1806---Vellore mutiny
- 1809 : Treaty of Amritsar-Ranjit Singh and British sign treaty of perpetual amity.
- 1817--Paika rebellion
- 1829 : Prohibition of Sati. by efforts of lord william bentick & Raja ram mohan roy
- 1835 : Macaulay’s Education Resolution. English made official language instead of Persian.
- 1848-49 : Second Anglo-Sikh War. Defeat of Sikhs and annexation of the Punjab. : Opening of a Hindu
Girls’ School in Calcutta by Bethune.
1853 : Railway opened from Bombay to Thana. Telegraph line from Calcutta to Agra.
- 1856 : Annexation of Awadh. Indian University Act. Hindu Widow’s Remarriage Act passed by Lord
canning
- 1859-60------indigo revolt ,Biswas brothers of Nadia, Kader Molla of Pabna, and Rafique Mondal of
Malda were popular leaders....Neel Darpan of Din Bandhu Mitra portrayed the oppressed peasants
- 1857-----3 universities established at kolkata madras bombay under recommendation of charles wood
dispatch.
- 1857-58 : Revolt of 1857. Revolt at Meerut begins on May 10, 1857. SEPOY MUTINY
- British India placed under the direct government of the Crown. Queen Victoria’s Proclamation. Lord
canning(1858-62) became 1st viceroy of india.
- 1861 : Indian Councils Act. : Archaeological Survey of India set up. : Indian Civil Service Act. :
Introduction of the Penal code.
- 1872----
- native marriage act , 1872 popularly known as sharda act (Boys 18 , girls 14 year). this act prevevnt
child marriage.
- 1875 : Visit of the Prince of Wales. : Arya Samaj founded by Swami Dayananda.
- 1877 : Lord Lytton held Durbar at Delhi where Queen Victoria was proclaimed Empress of India.
- 1880----
- In 1880, Viceroy Lytton appointed Royal commission of Famine under the presidency of
- Richard Strachey
- 1878 : Vernacular Press Act.under lord lytton
- 1882----
- 1885 :formation of INC by A.O.Hume , First session of the Indian National Congress held at Bombay.
- 1896 :
- For the first time National song (Vande Mataram) was sung in the Calcutta session, 1896
- 1898---- Indian Currency Committee or Fowler Committee was a government committee appointed
- 1902---- Second Police commission was set up in 1902 under the chairmanship of Andrew Fraser
- 1904---- Indian Universities Act, 1904 was enacted based on the recommendation of the ‘Raleigh
commission
- 1905 :
- 1906 :
- All india Muslim League formed at Dacca by nawab salimullah khan , agha khan . Aagha khan became
1st president
- Swaraj(to secure self rule) was first time used by dada bhai narauji in INC session 1906 kolkata
- Oct1906--- Muslim representative under leadership of aagha khan met lord minto & demanded
separate electorate for Muslims at shimla
- 1907 :SURAT SPLIT. This session was presided by Rash bihari ghosh
- 1908 :
- 1909 :
- 1911 :
- 12Dec1911----capital shifted from kolkata to delhi.
- Census of India. :
- 1914---- purpose behind the setting up of ‘Shore Committee was to assist the passengers of the
Komagata Maru with food, provisions and legal challenges.
- 1916
- Lucknow Pact of Indian National Congress and All-India Muslim League.presided by A.C.majumdar.in
this session separate electorate demand of Muslim league was accepted by INC.
- Tilak home rule league founded april1916 & started maratha and kesari
- Anime absent league was founded in oct1916 & started common weal and new India
- 1917------Saddler commission(education)
- 1917-18--- Saddler commission was set up to study and report on problems of Calcutta University
- 1919 :
- Montague-Chelmsford Reforms
- Mahatma Gandhi gave up the title of Kaiser-i-Hind to protest against Jallianwalabagh Massacre.
- 1920 :
- As a part of NCM , kashi vidyapeeth,Gujarat vidtapeeth,jamia millia , kashi Hindu vishva vidyalaya
were set up
- In 1920 all India home rule league changed its name to swarajya sabha
- 1922 :
- 1923 :
- Swaraj party was formed in 1923 by CR das & moti lal nehru
- 1924---
- 1925
- August1925----Kakori conspiracy took place under leadership of Ram prasad bismil , chandrasekhar
azad , Sachindra sanyal
- 1927-28----- Linlithgow Commission, which was set up in 1927-28, is related to AGRICULTURAL Reform
- 1927 :
- Nehru Report---moti lal nehru was chairman.it was 9 member commission including 2 muslim.
- independence for india league founded by SC bose & jawahar lal nehru
- 1929 :
- 8 april ko Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt drops bombs in the Legislative Assembly. :
- Congress on December 31 at Lahore Session declaring its objective of Poora Swaraj for India.
- Jinnah’s fourteen points as against Nehru Report was given in March 1929
- Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt threw a bomb in Central Legislative Assembly in 1929 against the
passage of the Public Safety Bill and Trade Disputes Bill
- Whitley Commission on Labour was set up in 1929 to inquire into the existing conditions of labour in
industrial undertakings and plantations in India.
- 1930 :
- Sarda Act (1930) increased the marriage age to 18 and 14 for boys and girls respectively
- 1930-31 : First Round Table Conference.(Held B/w Nov1930-jan1931).It was organized to discus report
of simon commission
- 1931
- 26-29march1931---Karachi session of INC(under sardar patel). 1st session where swaraj defined.
- 7dec1931---2nd RTC . Gandhiji participated. Sarojini Naidu represented Indian women at the second
round table conference.
- 1932 :
- 1934
- Congress socialist party founded.jaiprakash narayan(loknayak) was cordinator & Acharya narendra
dev was president.
- 1936--- All India Kisan Sabha founded in Lucknow in April 1936 with Swami Sahjanand Saraswati as the
president
- 1937 :
- feb1937--election were held(under GOI Act , 1935) in provincial legislature. congress emerged single
largest party except Bengal , sindh,punjab(Trick--BSP)
- 1938 :
- National Planning Committee set up in 1938 under Congress president Subhash Bose
- Floud Commission a land revenue commission established by the government of Bengal in 1938
- 1939
- March1939----- Forward Bloc was formed in March 1939, by Subhash Chandra Bose
- 1940 :
- Pakistan resolution passed by Muslim League at Lahore.2 nation theory of jinnah was accepted in
Lahore session of muslim league
- oct1940--After rejecting August offer , INC started Individual satyagraha . vinoda bhave was 1st
satyagrahi. JL nehru was 2nd satyagrahi
- 1942 :
- 1944 :
- Sargent Scheme, formally known as the Report of the Sargent Commission on Post-War Education
Development in India
- 1945 :
- june1945----Wavell plan
- 1947 : Announcement of Lord Mountbatten’s plan for Partition of India (June 3). : Indian Independence
Act passed (July). : Creation of free India and Pakistan on midnight of August 14/15, 1947 as dominions.
- 1948 :