Modern India Timeline

Britain gets colonial power in India

British defeat Siraj-ud-daulah

Marathas rule over northern India

Britain expands to Bengal and Bihar

A famine kills ten million people in Bengal

Regulating Act passed by the British

Permanent Settlement of Bengal

British defeat Tipu Sultan

Prohibition of Sati by law

East India Company takes over Mysore

Lord Dalhousie becomes Governor-General

Railway, postal services & telegraph introduced

First War of Indian Independence

British Crown takes over Indian Government

Queen of England proclaimed as Empress of India

First meeting of the INC

Lord Curzon becomes Governor-General

The First Partition of Bengal

Muslim League formed

Capital shifted to Delhi from Calcutta

Jallianwalla Bagh massacre takes place

Non-cooperation Movement launched

Chauri-Chaura violence takes place

Simon Commission comes to India

Salt Satyagraha launched

First Round Table Conference

Irwin-Gandhi Pact is signed

Second Round Table Conference

Civil Disobedience Movement called off

Cripps Mission is formed

Quit India Movement launched

Indian National Army is formed

Independence from British rule