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1608 hawkins came to jahangir for permission to open a english east india company found 1608
factory at surat
1612 purtagal was defeated by british and surat battle of SWALLY 1612
conquered
1613 farman was issued to build factory at surat EIC built there first company at surat 1613
1664 madras factory was started & named fort st. george french east india company found first factory in east india setup by EIC in Odisha 1664
1668 estd. Bombay factory french eshtablished firsdt factory at surat 1668
1690 sutanuti (bengal) factory founded by bob charnock fort st davis gifted by madras to EIC 1690
1717 duty free trade given in bombay and madras proved DASTAK duty free trade passes issued to merchants 1717
as (MAGNA CARTA)
1756 1756
siraj-ud-daulah was nawab of bengal, suceeded by sirajuddaulah siezed fact kasimbazar, ocupid fort william calcutta was renamed as alinagar
mir jafar
siraj defeated by eic, treaty of alinagar signed battle of PLASSEY fought, siraj defeated by eic due to conspiracy
1757 1757
company was granted undisputed right to free trade received zamindari of 24 praganas
1758 mir jafar was nawab of bengal, eighth nawab of 1758
1759 bengal, suceeded by mir qasim 1759
third war btw FRENCH & EIC fought, french were defeated
battle of BEDARA fought btw english and dutch and later were defeated at battle of wandiwash
1760 1760
seceded diwani rights of 3 more parganas
1761 shfted its capital from mursidabad to munger haider ali became ruler of MYSORE, third battle of PANIPAT fought 1761
1762 mir qasim was nawab of bengal unhappy with dastak, he soon revolted & was defeated 1762
1763 forged an allaince with shuja-ud-daulah(awadh) and shah alam II(mughal) treaty of PARIS signed, french finally reduced only to pondicherry 1763
1764 battle of BUXAR, allaince clashed with eic once again and was defeated fierce battle in history 1764 sanyasi rebellion(civil uprising) in bengal
1765 two treaties of allahabad signed by both rulers of awadh & mugal seperatly acquired diwani rights of bengal, bihar, orrisa 1765
1766 with this dual system of govt. started in bengal 1766 chaur uprising(tribal) in bihar and bengal
1767 1767
first war of MYSORE fought, haider ali defeated EIC and treaty signed, haider ali
1768 nizam-ud-daulah was nawab of bengal 1768
occupied almost whole of carnatic
1769 1769 lord clive
1770 1770
1771 1771
1772 governor general of bengal lord warren hasting removed dual system of govt. 1772
1784 british govt. full control over companys affairs, established dual system by board 1784 ASIATIC SOCIETY of bengal (warren hastings & william
THE PITTS INDIA ACT of control & court of directors, bombay & madras presidencies were jones) interst in indian culture
subordinated
1785 1785
1786 civil sevices intoduced for first time 1786
1787 1787
1788 1788
1789 1789
1790 1790
lord cornwallis
1791 third war of MYSORE fought btw tipu & eic, 1791 sanskrit college (varanasi)
tipu was defeated by eic, cornwalis captured banglore, treaty of SERINGPATNAM
1792 tipu sceded half his teritorries to eic 1792
signed
ZAMIDARI SYSTEM introduced in bengal, bihar,
john shoe planned this permanent settlement (zamindari system) introduction of civil services in india
1793 orissa, banaras & north madras by cornwallis 1793
1794 1794
1795 1795
sir john shore
1796 1796
1797 1797
SUBSIDIARY ALLAINCE TREATY was signed by hydrabad
1798 1798
1799 1799
1800 1800
1801 madras annexation completed as its form till 1947 1801
lord wellesley
1802 peshwa signed SUBSIDIARY
ALLIANCE TREATY of
BASSEIN 1802
1803 1803
second war btw eic & MARATHA fought, marthas
1804 1804 fort william college (calcutta)
were defeated
1805 nothing happened between 1806-1812 (skipped here) 1805
company was deprived of its trade monopoly except in tea & trade with china, earlier than this act indian exports constituted primarily of raw cotton,
1813 THE CHARTER ACT OF 1813 1813
sum of 1 lakh earmarked annually for education jute & silk, oilseeds, wheat, hides & skin, indigo & tea
1814 1814
anglo-nepal war fought, GORKHA WAR, tratey of sagauli signed
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1815 anglo-nepal war fought, GORKHA WAR, tratey of sagauli signed 1815 ATMIYA SABHA(religious) rajarammohan roy
KUTCHH REBELLION(non-tribal) katch & kathiyawar 1819
1816 1816
(rao bharmal)
third war btw eic & MARATHA fought, marathas BHIL UPRISING(tribal) khandesh, maharastra 1848
1817 were decisively defeated by lord hasting 1817
(sewaram)
1818 bombay presidency created 1818
lord hastings
1819 1819
WAHABI MOVEMENT(non-tribal) 1870 n.india & deccan
1820 1820 (sayyid ahmad), KOLS(tribal) chotta nagpur 1820-37
(buddhu bhagat)
1821 1821 samvad kaumudi (bengali, raja ram mohan roy)
RYOTWARI SYSTEM started in bombay, madras & MAHALWARI SYSTEM (modified zamindari) adopted in ganga valley, north-west
1822 1822
assam by hasting, charles reed recommended it fronier province, parts of central india and punjab
1823 1823
1835 1835
lord charles metcalfe
1836 1836 (liberator of indian press)
1837 1837
1838 land holders society first indian political party funded by dwarka nath tagore 1838
1852 udaipur annexed charles wood's dispatch (MAGNACARTA OF BRITISH EDUCATION) 1852
lord dalhousie
extended companys life for unspecified period, law member made full member,
1853 THE CHARTER ACT OF 1853 recruitment of civil services based on open competitive examination(excluding jhansi annexed, first railway line opened from bombay to thane 1853
indians)
postal and telegraph services introduced (post office act), first telegraph line laid
1854 nagpur & sambalpur annexed btw calcutta & agra public works department established for road, canal, bridges, etc 1854
1855 1855
SANTHALS(tribal) bihar (sidhu &kanhu) also called daman-
widow remarraige act passed (ishwar chandra i-koh
1856 awadh annexed by DOCTRINE OF GOOD OF GOVERNANCE 1856
vidyasagar)
1857 revolt of 1857 stated from barrackpur, termed as FIRST WAR OF INDEPENDENCE 1857 universities of bombay, calcutta & madras started
adminstration transferred from eic to british crown, court of directors and board
of cotrol abolished, doctrine of lapse witdrawn, post of 'secratory of state' fr
1858 THE GOVT OF INDIA ACT, 1858 the indian penal code introduced 1858
india was created, g-g was called viceroy, highly centralized administrative str
created
1859 1859 INDIGO REVOLT(peasent) bengal lord canning (first viceroy
1860 1860 slavery delared illigal of india)
foundation of indian lagislation laid, civil service became indian civil service,
1861 THE INDIAN COUNCIL ACT portfolio (cabinet) system in the govt of india introduced, ordinance concept was highcourt act introduced 1861
there fr viceroy, Imperial lagislative formed
1862 court of criminal procedure introduced (IPC), (chairman was macculay) 1862
1863 1863
1864 1864
1865 highcourts at cacutta, madras & bombay established 1865
1866 East india association founded by dada bhai narojee 1866 BRAHMO SAMAJ OF INDIA(religious) kesabchandra sen,
DAR-UL-ULUM(religious) maulana hussain ahmed
1869 birth of MAHATMA GANDHI (2nd oct), porbandar father- karamchand gandhi, mother- putlibai, guru-gopal krishna gokhle, oct. 2 is
wrote hind swaraj(1909), my experiment With truth(autobiography in
1869
gujrat declared as INTERNATIONAL NON-VIOLENCE DAY gujrati), mahatma(tagore), rashtrapita(bose)
1886 1886 ALIGARH MOVEMENT(religious) sir syed ahmad khan lord dufferin
1887 madras session(badrudin tyabji) first muslim president 1887 INDIAN NATIONAL SOCIAL CONFERENCE m g ranade
1888 allahabad session(george yule) first english president 1888
1889 indian coinage & paper currency act passed 1889
1890 1890
1891 1891
bigening of representation system in india, council to have power to discuss
1892 THE INDIAN COUNCIL ACT 1892
budget
1893 1893
1897 1897 RAMKRISHNA MISSION(religious) swami vivekananda
1898 madras session social reform was set as main goal for congress 1898
1899 1899
MUNDAS(tribal) chotta nagpur (birsa munda)
1900 1900
1901 1901
1902 1902 lord curzon
1903 1903
1904 1904
PARTITION OF BENGAL 16th oct. called as partition day, divided into eastern bengal & assam tagore composed amar sonar bangla, bande matram SERVANTS OF INDIA SOCIETY gopal krishna gokhle
1905 1905
banaras session(g.k. gokhle)
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lord minto II
1906 calcutta session(dadabhai narojee) formation of MUSLIM LEAGUE (salimullah) swaraj accepted as goal of INC 1906
held on banks of TAPI, (RAS BIHARI GHOSH), split in two groups mod. & ext., tilak dept of commerce and industry established, TATA iron & steel industry
1907 SURAT session send to jail fr 6 yrs in mandalay (burma) setup at jumsedpur by JRD Tata. 1907
1908 khudiram bose excuted costitution was formed for congress fr first time 1908 lord minto II
THE INDIAN COUNCIL ACT (MORLEY-MINTO morley (secratory of state) minto (viceroy), introduced indierct elections to
1909 1909 POONA SEVA SADAN mrs ramabai ranade
REFORMS) legislative council, separate electorates introduced fr muslims,
1910 1910
1911 partition of bangal reversed bihar and odisha seperated, capital shifted rom calcutta to delhi 1911 SOCIAL SERVICE LEAGUE n m joshi
1912 1912
1913 1913 BHILS(tribal) southern rajasthan (govind guru)
lord hardinge II
1914 1914 GADAR PARTY, (san fransisco)
1915 1915 HINDU MAHASABHA (madan mohan malviya)
LUCKNOW session (ambika charan majumdar), mod. & ext. united, annie besent played a role, formation of two home rule league by tilak at pune and besent at
1916 gandhi attended for a first time adyar(madras), arrival of gandhiji(9 jan), formation of sabarmati ashram 1916
lucknow pact between congress and muslim league tilak & jinnah demanded self govt. by separate electorates
1917 calcutta session(annie besent) first women president, launch of CHAMPARAN Satyagrah formation of SADDLER commission for education, annie besent arrested 1917 CHAMPARAN(peasent) bihar (ghandhi ji, initiated by raj
kumar shukla)
KHEDA MOVEMENT(peasent) gujrat (gandhi ji and vallabh
1918 KHEDA Satyagrah Satyagrah for ahmedabad mil workers 1918
bhai patel, initiated by mohanlal pandya
1920 S.P Sinha named governor of bihar(first indian governor) nagpur session held, gandhi's programme was adopted, tilak died 1920
1922 gaya session, formation of SWARAJ Party by C.R Das & motilal nehru CHAURI-CHAURA Incident (NCM called off) 1922
1923 swaraj party won in central legislative assembly elections Vitthal bhai patel was first president(speaker) of central legislative 1923
assembly
belgaon session(m.k. gandhi) first and only time hindustan republican association found(chandra sekhar lord reading
1924 1924 azad changed its name to hindustan socialist republican
president
association HSRA in 1928)
kanpur session(sarojini naidu) first indian woman
1925 president C.R. DAS died, vallabh bhai patel made first indian speaker KAKORI train robbery, ram prasad bismil & ashfaqulla hanged 1925 RASHTRIYA SWAYAMSEVAK SANGH
1928 SIMON COMMISSION came to India, protested by all parties, lala lajpat rai died all india youth congress formed, saunders killed by bhagat singh, nehru 1928 BORDOLI/BORSAD(peasent) gujrat (vallabh bhai patel) lord irwin
report prepared, 14 points of jinnah came bestowed with 'sardar'
1929 LAHORE session(jawahar lal nehru) goal of COMPLETE INDEPENDENCE(poorna swaraj) adopted 1929
1930 DANDI MARCH (12th march), CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE Movement started first round table confrence held(london), 26th jan. fixed for 1930
independence day celebrations each year
karanchi session GANDHI-IRWIN Pact, CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE Movement stopped bhagat singh, sukhdev, rajguru excuted (23rd march) FOREST SATYAGRAH(peasent) south india
1931 1931
second round table conference held, gandhi and sarojini naidu
1932 COMMUNAL AWARD announced (modified by (POONA PACT) third round table conference held, govt of india act 1935 passed 1932
1933 1933
1934 bombay session congress socialist party found 1934
act provided of setting of federation of india comprising british indian provinces lord willingdon
& indian states(princely), joining of princely state voluntary, diarchy replaced by
1935 THE GOVT. OF INDIA ACT provincial autonomy, made three fold division of powers(fedral, provincial & BURMA separated from india 1935
concurrent), diarchy introduced at centre, anglo-indians, christians & europeans
given seperate electorate, provision to established federal bank& court
1937 demand for constituent assembly made for first time in congress first general elections held 1937
1938 1938
1939 tripuri session(rabindra nath tagore) resignation of SUBHASCHANDRA BOSE and formation of forward bloc 1939
1940 sardar uddham singh muderd genral dyer august offer send to get india's support in world war, rejected 1940
lord linlithgow
1941 delhi chalo movement started, vinoda bhave was first satyagrahi in it 1941
CRIPPS MISSION, proposed dominion status for india after first world war, not QUIT INDIA MOVEMENT launched(8th aug.), bombay, do or die msg
1942 1942
accepted spread, all prominent leaders arrested
INDIAN NATIONAL ARMY formed, rashbihari bose & subhas chandra bose, in
1943 1943
singapore
1944 1944
1945 WAVELL PLAN & SHIMLA CONFERENCE I N A trial began 1945
interim govt formed under J.L Nehru, wavell persuaded muslim league
1946 TELENGANA MOVEMENT
andhra pradesh (kumaraiya &
1946 MOUNTBATTEN plan DIRECT ACTION DAY(16th august) by muslim league
to join, but inturrepted by IML & didnt able to stop communal carnaige. sundaraiya
1949 1949
1950 1950
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