1700:Death of Rajaram and accession of
Svivaji – II with tarabai as Regent Foundation of – Fort William by the East India Company
1707:Death of Aurangzeb – died at Ahmednagar,
Buried at Aurangabad
Battle
Jajau – accession of Bahadur Shah – I
Release
of Shahu from Mughal Capitivity
Beginning
of Maratha Civil War (between Shahu and Tarabai)
1708:Death
of Gru Gobind Singh
Battle
of Khed & occupation of Satara by Shahu
Coronation
of Shahu as –‘Chatrapati’ [Granted title of ‘Senakarte’ to – Balaji Vishwanth]
1712: Death
of Bahadur Shah – I, Accession fo Jahandar Shah
1713: Murder
of Jahandar Shah, Accession of Farukh Siyar
1713 - 1720: Peshwaship
of Balaji Vishwanath
1714: Final defeat and imprisonment of Tarabai by Shahu, resulting in the end of the Maratha Civil war Hussain Ali became viceroy of Decan.
Treaty
between Hussain Ali and the Marathas
1716: Sikh Leader ‘Banda’ was killed by the order of the Mughal Emperor – Faruk Siyar
1717: Faruk Siyar’s Fireman to East India Company granting them right to trade in Bengal without tax or ‘Dastak’
Murshid
Kuli Khan appointed as Subadar in Bengal & he established independent
Nawabi in Bengal
1719: Farukh Siyar put death – Successive accession and deposition of puppet emperors – Accession of Muhammad Shah
Conclusion
of an agreement between Balaji Vishwanath and the Sayad Brothers
1720: Fall of the Sayad Brothers
1720-1740: Peshwaship of Baji Rao – I [Beginning of the system of Maratha Confederacy & Northward expansion of the Marathas]
1722: Appointment of Sa’dat Khan as governor of Oudh
1724: Nizam-Ul_muk founded – Independent State of Hyderabad, [City of Hyderabad was founded by – Md. Kuli Kutub Shah]
Qamaruddin
– appointed as ‘Wazir’
1728: Sadat Khan (Burhan-Ul-Mulk) founded – Independent State of Oudh [but his dynasty remained loyal to Delhi till 8th generation]
1739: 24th Feb – Battle of Karnal – Nadir Shah, ruler of Persia defeated Mohammad Shah, the Mughal Emperor Nadir Shah sacked Delhi
Death
of Shuja-Ud-Din – his son, Sarfaraz appointed as the governor of Bengal
1740: 10th April – Battle of Gheria – Alivardi Khan defeated and killed Sarfaraz Khan and became Nawab of Bengal
Treaty
of Shalimar – between Nadir Shah and Muhammad Shah
1740 – 1761: Peshwaship of Balaji Baji Rao (Nana Saheb)
[Further
expansion of Maratha power and influence]
1742: Marathas invaded Bengal
Appointment
of Dupleix as Governor of Pondicherry
1744 – 1748: 1st Anglo – French War (Carnatic War)
1745:
Rohillas
in occupation of Roilkhand
1746:
Capture of Madras by – La Bourdonnais
1747:
1st invasion of Ahmed-Shah
Abdali in India (He was also called – ‘Durrani’)
1748:
Death of – Nizam Chinquilich Khan
Death of – Emperor Muhamamd Shah,
Accession of Ahmed Shah
1749:
Death of Shahu
Peshwas became all powerful
Restoration of Madras to the English
1749 – 1754:
2nd Carnatic War
1750:
Defeat and death of – Nizam Nasir
Jang. Mujaffar Jang became Nizam
1751:
Capture and defence of Arcot by –
Robert Clive
Death of Nasir Jang. Accession of
Salabat Jang as Nizam
Conclusion of treaty by Nawab Alivardi
with the Marathas by surrendering Cuttack
1754:
Recall of Dupleix, Godehu’s
appointment as Governor and his treaty with the English
Accession of Alamgir – II
1756: 21st April - Death of Alivardi Khna;
Siraj-ud-Daula became Nawab of Bengal
20th June - Siraj captured Calcutta and renamed it 'Alinagar'
[Black Hole Tragedy is rumored to have occurred during this captured]
1756: 21st April - Death of Alivardi Khna;
Siraj-ud-Daula became Nawab of Bengal
20th June - Siraj captured Calcutta and renamed it 'Alinagar'
[Black Hole Tragedy is rumored to have occurred during this captured]
1757:
2nd Jan – Recovery of
Calcutta by the British
Jan- Delhi & Mathura sacked by –
Ahmed Shah Abdali
9th Feb – Treaty of
Alinagar – between Robert Clive & Siraj-ud-Daula
March – British capture Chandernagore
23rd June – Battle of
Palassey
Mir-Madan, Siraj’s General was killed
in the battle field
Siraj was defeated, arrested and later
executed 92nd July)
British East India Company emerged as
powerful entity in Bengal
28th June – Mir Zafar
installed as Nawab of Bengal
Mughal Emperor – Alamgir-II
1758 – 1763:
3rd Carnatic War
1758:
Arrival of Lally in India
Occupation of the Punjab by the
Marathas
Masulipatnam captured by – Forde
1759:
Bettle of Bidera – British Company
(under Robert Clive) defeated Dutch Company
Prince Ali Gauhar’s futile invasion of
Bihar
Emperor Alamgir – II murdered by
Ghazi-ud-din
1760:
22nd Jan – Battle of
Wandiwash – British General Eyre Coote defeated French Governer Count Lally
Battle of Udgir
Vansittart appointed as Governor of
Bengal
Mir Qashim became the Nawab of Bengal
(also known as ‘Bloodless Revolution’)
1761:
14th Jan – 3rd
Battle of Panipath – Between Marathas & Afgans under Ahmed Shah Abdali
Marathas were badly defeated
End of Maratha Supremacy
Death of Peshwa Balaji Baji Rao
Surrender of Pondicherry – by French
to the English
Accession of Ali Gauhar as Emperor
Shah Alam – II
Appointment of Shuja-ud-Daulla as –
‘Wazir’
Haider Ali became King of Mysore
1763:
Mir Qasim Driven out of Bengal and
Bihar
1764:
Battle of Buxar – English General
Hector Munro defeated combined forces of Mir Qashim, Oudh (Suja-ud-Daula) and
Mughal Emperor – Shah Alam-II
1765:
Death of Mir Zafar
Clive’s Second Governorship (1765-69)
Treaty of Allahabad between Robert
Clive and Shah Alam-II
Granting Diwani of Bengal, Bihar and
Orissa to English East India Company
Dual System of Government was
introduced.
1766: Acquisition
by the company of the Northern Circars
1766-69: 1st
Mysore War
1767: Departure
of Clive – Verelest became Governor in Bengal
1770: The
Great Bengal Famine (Bengali:1176)
Warren
Hastings abolished – Dual System of Government
1772: Warren
Hastings – appointed Governor of Bengal
Death
of Peshwa Maddhava Rao – Accession & murder of Peshwa Narayan Rao
1773: Regulating
Act of 1772 (This Act was created by British Parliament)
Peashwaship
of Raghunath Rao or ‘Raghoba’
1774: Accession
of Narayan Rao as Peshwa
The
Rohilla War
Warren
Hastings installed Governor General
Supreme
Court was established in Calcutta [Elizah Impey was the 1st judge of
Supreme Court]
1775: Hanging
of – Raja Nandakumar (1st Judicial Murder)
1775 – 82: 1st
Anglo-Maratha war started
1776: Treaty
of Purandhar
1778: AMINI
Commission – appointed about – Land Revenue System
1779: Convention
of Wadgaon.
Anglo-Mysore
War
1780: Gwalior
captured by – General Popham
2nd
Anglo-Mysore War started (1780-84)
Death
of Haider Ali (1782)
Treaty
of Mangalore (1784)
1781: Deposition
of Chait Singh
Amendment
of the Regulating Act
Calcutta
Madrasah founded by – Warren Hastings
1782: Affair
of the Begums of Oudh
Treaty
of Salbai between Warren Hastings & Mahadaji Schindhia
Death
of Haider Ali
1783: Fox’s
India Bill
1784: Treaty
of Mangalore between Tipu Sultan and East India Company
Foundation
of Royal Asiatic Society by Sir William Jones in Calcutta
Pitt’s
India Act
Foundation
of Board of Control
1785: Warren
Hastings resigned from Governor Generalship
1786: Lord
Cornwallis appointed Governor General
1789: French
Revolution
1790: 3rd
Anglo-Mysore War (1790-92)
1791: Sanskrit
College of Benaras founded by Jonathan Duncan
1792: Treaty
of Srirangapattanam between Tipu & Lord Cornwallis
Ranjit
Singh became leader of the Sikh ‘misi’
1793: Permanent
Settlement in Benal by Cornwallis
Renewal
of Company’s charter
Retirement
of Cornwallis John Shore became the new Governor General
1794: Death
of Mahadaji Schindhia
1795: Battle
of Kharda or Khardla
Death
of Ahalya Bai
1796: Death
of Peshwa Madhav Rao.
New
Peshwa – Baji Rao – II
1797: Zaman
Shah in Punjab
Death
of Nawab Asaf-ud-Daula of Oudh
1798: Lord
Wellesley became the new Governor General
Subsidiary
Alliance by Lord Wellesley [Sadat Ali, the Nizam of Hyderabad was first to
accept it]
1799: 4th
Anglo-Mysore War
Tipu
was killed
Siege
of Srirangapatnam
Partition
of Mysore
Hindu
king installed in Mysore
Ranjit
Singh appointed Governor of Punjab by Zaman Shah
Malcom
led English mission to Persia
1800: Lord
Wellesley established – Fort William College at Calcutta
William
Carry, Marshman and William Ward (TRIO of Serapore) founded – Serampore Baptist
Missionary
Death
of Nana Phadnavis
1801: Carnatic
aneexed to the British Empire
1802: Battle
of Poona – Treaty of Bessin by Lord Wellesley and Baji Rao – II
1803: 2nd
Maratha War (1803-05)
Capture
of Aligarh
Bettles
of Delhi, Assaye, Laswari & Argaon
Treaty
of Surji Arjungaon
1804: War
with the Holkars – defeat of Monsoon
Battle
of Deeg
1805: Failure
of the English siege of Bharatpur
Recall
of Wellesley – 2nd term of Lord Cornwallis as Governor General.
Death
of Lord Cornwallis.
Sir
George Burlow became new Governor General
Treaty
with the Holkars.
1806: Vellore
Mutiny
1807: Lord
Minto – I appointed as Governor General (1807-13)
1808:
English missions to Persia under Malcom and to Kabul under Elephinstone
1809:
Treaty of Amritsar between the English and Ranjit Singh
1813:
Company’s Charter renewed
Retirement
of Lord Minto – I
Appointment
of Lord Hastings as Governor General (1813-23)
1814:
Outbreak of war with Nepal (1814-16)
1816: Treaty
of Sagauli – Closed war with Nepal
1817-18:
The Pindari war and the 3rd Maratha war
Battles
of Kirkee and Sitabaldi
Deposition
of Appa Sahed Bhonsle
Battle
of Mahidpur – Treaty with the Holkars
1818: Battle
of Asthi, defense of Koregaon. Surrender of Peshwa Baji Rao – II
1819:
Capitulation of Asirgarh
Abolition
of Peshwaship and retirement of Baji Rao – II in Bithur as British pensioner
Protective
alliance with the states of Rajputana
1820:
Appointment of Sir Thomas Munro as Governor of Madras (1820-27)
1823:
Departure of Lord Hastings.
Mr. Adams became acting Governor
General.
Lord Amherst became new Governor
General
1824: 1st
Burmese War (1824-26)
Barrackpore Mutiny
1826: Fall of
Bharatpur
Treaty of yandabo
Annexation of Assam, Arakan and
Tennaserim
1827: The
Enterprise – A man-of-war propelled by steam, lay off Madras
1828: Lord
William Bentinck appointed Governor General (1828-36)
1829 – 37:
Suppression of Thuggee
1830:
Annexation of Cachar
Raja Rammohan Roy visited England
1831:
Deposition of Raja of Mysore and Assumption of it’s administration by the
British
Journey of Burnes upto Indus
Meeting between Ranjit Singh and Lord
William Bentinck
1832:
Annexation of Jaintia
1833: Renewal
of Company’s charter, various reforms
Death of Rammohan
1834:
Annexation of Coorg
Institution of law members in Supreme Council
with Lord Macaulay as the first incumbent.
1835:
Foundation of Calcutta Medical College
Education resolution
Retirement of Lord William Bentinck
Charles Metcalfe officiating Governor
General
Abolition of Press restriction
1836:
Appointment of Lord Auckland as Governor General (1836042)
1837-38:
Famine in North India
1838:
Tripartite treaty of the English with Shah Suja & Ranjit Singh
1839: New
treaty forced on the Amirs of Sind
Death of Ranjit Singh
1st Afghan War (1839-42)
Capture of Ghazni and occupation of
Kabul
1840: Rising
Afghan tribes
Deposition of Dost Muhammad
1841: Murder
of Burnes and Macnaghten by the afghan
1842: British
disaster in Afghanistan
Retirement to Jalalabad of Dr. Brydon
alone
Relief of Jalalabad
Reoccupation of Kabul
Restoration of Dost Muhammad
British evacuation of Afghanistan
Lord Ellenborough became Governor
General
1843: War with
the Amirs of Sind; Battle of Miani & Dabo;
Annexation of Sind
Battle of Maharajapur
Suppression of Slavery
1844: Recall
of Lord Ellenborough
Lord Hardinge became Governor General
(1844-48)
1845: 1st
Sikh War (1845-46)
Battle of Muki and Ferozpur
1846: Battles
of Aliwal & Sobraon
Treaty of Lahore
1848: Lord Dalhousie
became Governor General (1848-56)
Revolt of Mulraj
2nd Sikh War (1848-49)
Enunciation of Doctrine of Lapse and
annexation of Satara
1849: Battles
of chillianwalla and Gujrat
Annexation of Punjab
Bethune school for girls started in Calcutta
Annexation of Jaitpur and Sambalpur
1850: Penal
annexation of a part of Sikkim
1852: 2nd
Burmese War
Annexation of Pegu
Death of Baji Rao-II and stoppage of
his pension
1853: 1st
Railway line from Mumbai to Thane
1st Telegraph line from
Calcutta to Agra
Annexation of Nagpur and Jhansi
Cession of Berar by the Nizam
Renewal of Company’s Charter
Entrance into I.C.S. became open to completion
1854:
Education Despatch by Sir Charles Wood
1855: The
Santhal insurrection
1856:
Annexation of Oudh
The Universities Act
Religious Disabilities Act
Hindu Widow Remarriage Act
Departure of Lord Dalhousie
Appointment of Lord Canning as
Governor General
End of Crimean War
General Service Order
Persian War
War in China (1856-60)
Introduction of the Enfield Rifle and
Greased Cartridges
1857:
Beginning of Sepoy Mutiny
Foundation of Calcutta, Bombay and
Madras Universities
1858: January
to March – Trial of Emperor Bahadur Shah-II
July – Proclamation of peace by Lord
Canning
August – Govt. of India Act
November – Proclamation of Queen
Victoria;
Lord Canning
appointed as Viceroy
Abolition of East India Company
1859:
Withdrawal of ‘Doctrine of Lapse’
Indigo Revolt (1859-60) [Important
leaders: Bishnu Charan Biswas, Digambar Biswas, Ram Ratan Mullick who is known
as ‘Nanasaheb of Bengal’]
Keshab Chandra Sen founded Sangat
Sabha
1860:
Enactment of Indian Penal Code
End of Indigo Revolt
1861: Indian
Council Act
Establishment of High Courts
Civil Services Act
Famine in North-West India
Enactment of the Codes of Criminal
Prceddure
M.G.Ranade founded ‘Widow Remarriage
Association’ in Maharashtra (Widow Remarriage Act, 1856)
Introduction of ‘Port-folio System’
Birth of Rabindranath Tagore
1862:
Retirement of Lord Canning;
Lord Elgin-I appointed Viceroy
(1862-63)
Amalgamation of Supreme and Sadar
Courts into High Courts;
Implement of Indian Penal Code
Girish Chandra Ghosh founded ‘Bengali’
1863: Birth of
Swami Vivekananda
1864:
Suppression of Wahabi Movement;
Sir John Lawrence appointed as new
Viceroy
1865: Battle
of Bhutan
Madras High Court established
Famine in Orissa, Bengal and Madras;
Foundation of London India Society
Telegraphic Communication opened with
Europe
1866: Division
of Bramho Samaj
Debendra Nath Tagore founded ‘Adi
Bramho Samaj’
Keshab Chandra Sen founded ‘Bharatiya
Bramho Samaj’
Rajnarayan Basu founded ‘Society for
the promotion of National Feeling’
Dadabhai Naoroji founded ‘East India
Association’
1867: Naba
Gopal Mitra founded ‘Hindu Mela’
Natu Brothers founded ‘Puna Sarvajanik
Sabha’ (the structure was built)
1868:
Foundation of ‘Amrita Bazar Patrika’
‘Punjab Tenancy Act’ and ‘Ayodhya
Tenancy Act’
Opening of Railway line between Ambala
to Delhi
1869:
Telegraph connection between India and Europe
Lord Mayo became Viceroy (1869-72)
Visit of the Duke of Edinbrough
Birth of M.K.Gandhi
1870: Keshab
Chandra Sen founded ‘Indian Reform Association’
M.G.Ranade founded ‘Poona Sarvajanik
Sabha’
1872: 1st
unofficial General Cencus by Lord Mayo (1st Statistical Survey)
Lord Mayo killed by Sher Ali;
Lord Northbrook appointed Viceroy
(1872-76)
1873: Famine
in Bihar (1873 – 74)
1875: Dayanada
Saraswati founded ‘Arya Samaj’ in Bomay;
‘Kuka’ revolt in Punjab;
Shri Shisir Kumar Ghosh founded India
League
Prince of Wales, Edward, visited India
for the 1st time;
Madam Blavatsky and Col. Olcott
founded ‘The Theosophical Society’
Sayad Ahmed Khan founded ‘Aligarh
Movement’
Deposition of Malhar Rao Gaekwad
1876:
Retirement of Lord Northbrook;
Lord Lytton-I became Voceroy (1876 –
80)
Occupation of Quetta
Outbreak of famine of Decan
Royal Title Act passed
S.N.Banerjee founded ‘India
Association’
Dramatic Performance Act passed
Age of I.C.S. exam lowered from 21 to
19
1877: 1st
Jan-Delhi Durbar by Lord Lytton;
Queen Victoria became the ‘Empress of
India’
1878: Arms Act
and Vernacular Press Act (Gagging Act) passed during the time of Lord Lytton;
Richer Starchy Commission was the
first Famine Commission;
Ananda Mohan Bose and Shibnath Shastri
founded Sadharan Bramho Samaj
2nd Anglo-Afgan War (1878 –
80)
1879: Treaty
of Gandamark between Lord Lytton and Yakub Ali
1880: Keshab
Chandra Sen founded ‘ Naba Bidhan Bramho Samaj’
Resignation of Lord Lytton-I;
Lord Ripon became Viceroy (1880 – 84)
1881: 1st
Factory Act
1st Government Census
(Population 215 million)
Rendition of Mysore
1882: Local
Self Government established first time in India
Repeal of Vernacular Press Act
Hunter Commission on education
Foundation of Punjab University
1883: The
Ilbert Bill
Implement of Famine Court
Age of ICS is raised form 18 to 21
S.N.Banerjee founded ‘Indian National
Conference’
1884:
Resignation of Lord Ripon;
Lord Duffrin became Viceroy
A.O.Hume founded ‘Indian National
Union’ in Pune
M.G.Ranade founded ‘Decan Education
Society’
1885:
Bengal Tenancy Act (Bengal Local
Self-Government Act)
3rd Anglo-Burmese War
1886:
Annexation of Upper Burma
Restoration of Gwalior fort
Lala Hansraj founded – Dayananda Anglo
Vaidic Education Society in Lahore
Indian Association merged with INC
1887: Shiv
Narayan Agnihotri founded Dev Samaj in Lahore
Queen Victoria’s Jubilee
1888:
Resignation of Lord Duffrin;
Lord Lansdown became Viceroy (1888-94)
Sayiad Ahemed Khan founded Indian
Patriotic Association
1889: 2nd
visit of Edwar, Prince of Wales
Participation of Women in INC –
Kadambini Ganguli
Pritilata Waddeder’s birth centenary
1890: Mirza
Ghulam Ahmed started Ahmediya Movement
1891: Age of
Consent Act by B.M.Malabari (Marriage of girls below 12 years was prohibited)
2nd Factory Act
Manipur Rebellion
1892: Indian
Councils Act
Foundation of Madras Hindu Association
Gandhi went to England
1893: Durand’s
mission to Kabul
Ganapati Festival performed by
B.G.Tilak
Chicago Address by Vivekananda (at the
age of 30)
1894: Lord
Elgin-II became Viceroy (1894-99)
1995: Shivaji
Festical by B.G.Tilak
1996: Plague
in Bombay (1896-1900)
Famine (1896-97)
‘No Revenue’ Movement started by Tilak
‘Bande Mataram’ song was sung for the
first time in Kolkata
1997: Famine
Commission
Murder of Rand & Ayrst by Cahpekar
Brothers (1st Political Murder of India)
Foundation of Ram Krishna Mission by
Vivekananda
Foundation of Atamaunnoti Samity
1899: Lord
Curzon became Viceroy (1899-1905)
V.D.Savarkar founded Mitra Mela
Munda Revolt (Ul-Gulan) by Birsha
Munda
1900: Famine
Land Alienation Act
1901: Death of
Queen Victoria & Accession of King Edward-VII
The North-West Frontier Province was created
1902: Death of
Swami Vivekananda
Foundation of Religion Commission
Anushilan Samity formed in Kolkata by
Satish Chandra Basu (President – Pramatha Nath Mitra)
Dawn Society formed; worked on the
spread of National Education by Satish Chandra Mukherjee
Lord Curzon passed the Ralley
Commission (Two Indians are Gurudas Banerjee and Sayiad Hussain Bilgami)
1903: Risley
Proposal on Bengal Partition published by Andrew Frazer (Lt. Governer of
Bengal)
M.K. Gandhi partly translated Plato’s
‘Republic’ in Gujrati
M.K. Gandhi published ‘ Indian
Opinion’ from South Africa
Foundation of National Indian Congress
Younghusband’s Mission – Tibetan
Expedition (1903-04)
1904: Ancient
Monument Preservation Act was passed by Lord Curzon
University Act was passed by Lord
Curzon
Cooperative Societies Act passed
The name ‘Mitra Mela’ was changed to
‘Abhinaba Bharat’
Younghusband’s Mission – Military
expedition to Tibet
Gandhi founded ‘Phoneix Firm’ at
Durban in South Africa
1905: Lord
Minto-II became Viceroy (1905-10)
Morley became Secretary of State
Congress Session in Benaras
Partition of Bengal Movement announced
on 19th July
Partition of Bengal Movement
implemented on 16th October
Ramendra Sundar Tribedi protested by
celebrating ‘Arandhan’ Festival
R.N. Tagore celebrated Rakhi Bandhan
Swadeshi & Boycott started
Dhaka Anushilian Samity was founded by
Pulin Bihari Das
Gokhle founded Servants of India
Society
India’s first Labour Union was founded
: Printer’s Association
India House & Indian Homerule
Society founded in London by Shyamji Krishnaverma
1906: Congress
Session in Calcutta
Muslim League was founded by Nawab
Salimullah & Aga Khan in Dhaka
Jugantar Dal was founded by Bhupendra
Nath Dutta & Barin Ghosh
Foundation of Bengal Volunteers by Hem
Chandra Ghosh
Sandhya Patrika was founded by Bramho
Bandhav Upadhyay
Bengal Council for Education founded
by Satish Chandra Mukherjee [Bengal National School lather to be established as
Jadavpur University, 1st President – Rash Bihari Ghosh & 1st
Principal – Aurobindo Ghosh]
M.K. Gandhi started Natal Satyagraha
in South Africa
Shimla Deputation to Minto-II by Aga
Khan [for providing benefits to Muslims in Govt. jobs]
Bipin Chandra Pal published Vande
Mataram magazine (editor: Aurobindo Ghosh)
1907: Madam
Cama unfurled India flag in International Socialist Congress at Stuttgart on 18th
August 1907
Bharatmata magazine published by Ajit
Singh in Punjab;
LalaLajpat Rai and Ajit Singh deported
to Mandalayay;
Tata Iron and Steel plant established
near Sakchi;
Surat split: Separation of Extremists and Moderates in INC;
Anglo-Russian Convention;
1908:
30th April – Muzaffarpur Incident by PrafullaChaki and Khudiram Bose
attempted to kill Kingsford, Magistrate of Muzaffarpur (supported by Tilak)
1st May – PrafullaChaki
committed suicide at Mokama railway station
Khudiram Bose was arrestedand tried
(Alipore Conspiracy Case)
11th August – Khudiram Bose
was hanged
Tilak deported to Manadalayay for 6
years
Newspaper Act
1909:
Morley-Minto reforms
S.P. Sinha who was the 1st
Indian to be appointed in Viceroy’s Executive Council
Mr. Jackson was killed by Ananta
Kanheri
Madan Lal Dhingra killed CuzonWillyie
in London
1st Political murder in
abroad &Dhingra became the 1st Indian Martyr abroad
Gandhi published ‘Hind Swaraj’
1910:
Lord Hardinge became Viceroy (1910-16)
Gandhi founded ‘Tolstoy Firm’ in
Johannesburg
Nasik Conspiracy Case
Dhaka Conspiracy Case
1911:
Coronation of King George-V and Queen Mary or Delhi Durbar
‘Jana Gana Mana’ was sang for the
first time.
31st December – Transfer of
Capital (at the time of Lord Hardinge-II)
12th December – Bengal
Partition repealed
Gateway of India was built
‘Jana Gana Mana’ was sang for the
first time in INC Calcutta Session
1912:
W.B. Yeats translated Gitanjali in English
Baqipur Congress Session
Delhi Conspiracy Case: Basanta Biswas
and Rash Bihari Bose tried to kill Viceroy Lord Hardinge-II (main accused Rash
Bihari Bose fled from jail)
1913:
LalaHaradayal founded Gadar Party in San Francisco (1st President
was Soham Singh Bakna)
RabindraNath Tagore was awarded Nobel
Prize
1914:
1st World War stated ( 4th August: declaration of War; 26th
September: Indian troops landed on France)
KamagataMaruJapani Ship incident – on
29th September, It reaches Budge Budge, Calcutta
Victoria Conspiracy Case
1915:
Battle of Buribalam (BaghaJatin became martyr)
Benaras Conspiracy Case; main accused
SachindranathSanyal
9th January: M.K. Gandhi
came back to India permanently on request of Gopal Krishna Gokhle (NRI day)
Defence of India Act
1916:
Lord Chelmsford became Viceroy (1916-21)
Congress reunited
Lucknow Pact signed between Tilak
(INC) & Jinnah (Muslim League)
Muslim League joined INC
Tilak and Annie Besant started ‘Home
Rule Movement’
Gandhi established ‘Sabarmati Ashram’
in Gujrat
Madan Mohan Malavya founded Benaras
Hindu University (BHU)
Foundation of Women’s University in
Poona
1917:
Sadler Education Commission
Gandhi started ‘Chamaran Satyagraha’
(on request of Raj Kumar Shukla)
Annie Besant became the first woman
president in the Calcutta session of INC
1918:
India declared eligible for King’s Commission
S.N. Banerjee founded ‘National
Liberal Federation’
Gandhi started ‘Kheda Satyagraha’
Ballav Bhai Patel and IndullYaggik
also lead ‘ Kheda Satyagraha’.
Kheda Satyagraha was the 1st
Civil Disobedience Movement started by Gandhi
Ahmadabad Satyagraha; Ahmadabad Mill
Strike; use of hunger strike as weapon for the 1st time in India;
Leaders: Mahatma Gandhi &AnusuaBhen
1919:
Rolatt Satyagraha
1st All India Stayagraha
movement (Leaders: Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, B.V. Patel)
Indian National Federation supported
Rowlatt Act
JalianwallahBagh massacre
Hunder Commission to investigate
JalianwallahBagh massacre
Montague-Chemsford reforms Act;
Province Diarchy
Treaty of Varsai signed
Rabindranath Tagore returned Kingthood
in protest of JalawallahBagh incident.
Khilafat Movement started by Moulana
Muhammad Ali, MoulanaSoukat Ali, HazratMohani, AbulKalam Azad, Abdul Bari
1920:
All India Trade Union Congress was founded by Narayan Malahar Joshi (1st
President: LalaLajpat Rai; 1st General Secretary: DiwanChawan Lal)
Communist Party of India founded by
ManbendraNath Roy;
Abani
Mukherjee and Md. Ali founded Communist Party in Tashkhand
All
India Khilafat Committee was presided over by Mahatma Gandhi
1st August: Mahatma Gandhi returned
(1920-22) during the time of Viceroy – Lord Chelmsford
Non-Cooperation Movement resoluted in
Calcutta INC in September, and it was passed in Nagpur Session of INC in
December’1920
Annie Besant, Bipin Chandra pal and
Md. Ali Jinnah did not participated in the Non-Cooperation Movement
Lord Sinha appointed Governor of Bihar
& Orissa
Death of B.G. Tilak
1921:
Lord Reading became Viceroy (1921-26)
Visit of Edward, Prince of Wales
General Cencus – The Year of Great
Divide
Communist Party of India registered
‘Moplah Revolt’ started in Kerala;
Chief leaders were Kunhammed Haji& Ali Musaliar
C.R. Das arrested by British police
and sentenced to imprisonment
Akali Movement started by Master Tara
Singh in Punjab
Ekka Movement started by MadariPasi
1922:
5th February- Chauri-Chaura Massacre; Chief leader was BhagwanAhir
11th& 12th
February – Non-Cooperation Movement called off at the time of Lord Ridding
Ganjhiji and J.L. Nehru were sentenced
to imprisonment for 6 years and 1 year 6 months respectively
BallavVai Patel started Flag/Jhanda
Satyagraha or Nagpur Satyagraha in Nagpur
Resignation of Montague
1923:
1st January: C.R. Das &Motilal Nehru left INC and formed
‘Swarajya Party’ (Founder President was C.R. Das, Founder Secretary: Motilal
Nehru on 28th December’1922)
1st May: May Day first time
observed in India in Madras, Initiated by SingaraverluuChettiyer
Certification of Salt Tax
1924:
‘Hindustan Republican Association’ founded by SachindraNathSannyal, Ram Prasad
Bismil and Jogesh Chandra Chatterjee in Kanpur
Mahatma Gandhi for the 1st&lat
time presided over INC in Belgaon session
Kanpur BalaSebik Conspiracy Case –
Main accused of Kanpur Conspiracy Case: Mufaffar Ahmed, S.A. Dange,
SoukatUsmani and Nalini Gupta
Barsad Satyagraha in Kerala; this is
the 1st Temple Entry Satyagraha (Leaders: T.K. Madhavan and
K.Kelappan)
End of Rampa Revolt – Alluri Sitaram
Raju
1925:
Communist Party of India founded by SingaraverluChettiyer (He is considered as
the 1st Communist of South India)
Death of C.R. Das
RashtriyaSwayamSevak Sangha (RSS)
founded in Nagpur by K.B. Hedgaware (another centre was Amarabati)
Sarojini Naidu was the 1st
Indian woman President of INC in Kanpur Session
Death of S.N. Banerjee
Lord Lytton-II officiated Viceroy
Independent Congress Party founded by
Madan Mohan Malabya and Lala Lajpat Rai
Nao-Jawan Bharat Sabha founded by
Bhagat Singh in Firoz-Shah (Delhi)
Responsive Cooperation Party founded
by B.S. Monji & M.R. Jaykar
1927:
International Congress on Colonial Operation and Imperialism (Conference) held
at Brussels, capital of Belgium – attended by J.L. Nehru
Simon Commission formed; Chairman: Sir
John Simon
All India Women’s Conference founded
by Margaret Cousin in Poona
INC Session, Madras – J.L. Nehru and
M.A. Ansari pressurized the British for Complete Independence
1928:
Simon Commission 3rd February arrived at Bombay
On 16th October Lala Lajpat
Rai became victim of Lathi Charge by Police Inspector Mr. Saunders while Lalaji
leading a protest march opposing the Commssion
On
17th November Lalaji died of the wounds of the Lathi Charge
Nehru Report; 1st
draft of Constitution written by the Indians (Actual author was Motilal Nehru)
Hindusthan Socialist Republican Association
founded by Chandrasekhar Azad in Firoz-Shah, Delhi
Bardauli Satyagraha
started at Bardauli in Gujrat under the leadership of Ballav Bhai Patel (on its
success, the women of Bardauli gave him the title of ‘Sardar’)
1929: In March Meerut Conspiracy
Case against the Communists
33
Communist leaders, including 3 British Labour
Union Leader: Philip Spart, Benjamin Bradley and Hutchinson, were
arrested by the British Police. Defense Lawyer was J.L. Nehru
31st
October ‘Diwali Declaration’ by Lord Irwin;
Dominion
Status would be given in India
INC
Lahore Session;
Poona
Swaraj resolution passed
1930: Dandi March started from 12th
March to 6th April (also known as ‘Salt Satyagraha’)
On
6th April Civil Disobedience Movement started (1930-34)
Khan
Abdul Gafar Khan formed ‘Khuda-I-Khidmadgar’ or ‘Lal Kurta Bahini’
On
12th November 1st Round Table Conference (no one
attended)
1931: On 5th March
Gandhi-Irwin Pact
Sept-Dec:
2nd Round Table Conference (Gandhiji represented INC)
Lord
Wellingdon became Viceroy (1931-36)
1932: January: Imprisonment of
Gandhiji
Congress
prescribed severe repression
Foundation
of Indian Military Academy in Dehradun
16th
August: Communal Award by Ramsey Mc Donald
25th
September: Poona Pact
3rd
Round Table Conference
1933: On 1st August
Gandhiji started Individual Civil Disobedience Movement
Joint
Select Committee
White
Paper on proposed reform published
1934: Civil Disobedience Movement
called off
Royal
Indian Navy was created
Earthquake
in Bihar
Factories
Act
All
India Kisan Congress held at Lucknow under the Presidentship of Sahajanand Saraswati
1935: Government of India Act (
Chief source for Indian Constitution)
1936: Lord Linlithgow became
Viceroy
Death
of Emperor George-V
Accession
and abdication of Edward-VIII, Accession of George-VI
1937: 1st Provincial
Autonomy inaugurated
Interim
Ministries
June:
Viceregal Statement
July: Formation of
Congress ministries in six provinces
Federal Court started
1939: On 3rd September 2nd
World War begins
On
17th October Viceroy’s announcement of Dominion status as the goal
for Constitutional Development
Resignation
of Provincial Congress Ministries
1940: Muslim League declares for
Pakistan
1941: Subhas Bose jumped home internment
and went over land to Germany
1942: British capitulation in Burma
and evacuation leaving 90,000 Indian Soldiers behind
29th
March: Cripps Mission
April:
Japan bombarded Vizag
August:
‘Quit India Movement’
1943: The Bengal Famine
Lord
Wavell became Governor General (1943-47)
1944: Japan invasion of Assam
1945: Repulse of the Japanese army
and Indian National Army near Kohima in Manipur
1946: On 18th February Revolt of the Royal Indian Navy
Cabinet
Mission in India
On
16th August, Direct Action Day observed by the Muslim League with
bloody communal riots in Calcutta
On
20th August Communal riots in Deccan
On
2nd September Interim Govt. formed
On
14th October Communal riots in Noakhali and Tipperah
On
25th October Communal riots in Bihar
On
26th October Muslim League joined the Interim Government
On
9th December 1st Session of Constituent Assembly
1947: Lord Mountbatten became
Governor General
Communal
riots in Punjab
On
3rd June ‘3rd June Plan’ announced (Proposal for
Partition of India & Independence) by Mountbatten to grant independence to
India by partitioning into India & Pakistan
On
15th August India became independent
1948: On 30th January
Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi
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