1739 - Invasion of Nadirsha
1757 - Battle of Plassey, Lord Clive established British rule in India
1760 - Battle of Wandiwash
1761 - Thrid Battle of Panipat
1764 - Battle of Buxar
1767-69 - First Mysore war; Hyder Ali vs. British - Treaty of Madras
1770 - The great Bengal Famine/Battle of Udgir
1773 - The Regulating Act
1775-82 - First Angolo-Maratha war
1776 - Treaty of Purander
1780-84 - Second Mysore war: Hyder Ali vs. Warren Hastings –Treaty of
Mangalore
1784 - Pitt’s India Act
1790-92 - Thrid Mysore War – Tipu Sultan vs. Cornwallis
1793 - Permanent settlement of Bengal
1799 - Fourth Mysore War – Tippu vs. Wellesly Fall of Srirangapatnam
1802 - Treaty of Bassein
1803-1805 - Second Anglo Maratha War
1809 - Treaty of Amritsar, British and Ranjit Singh signed
1817 - Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, Founder of Aligarh Muslim University
1821 - Sanskrit College founded at Poona
1824-26 - First Burmese War
1835 - Macaulay’s Education Resolution
1845-46 - First Anglo-Sikh War, Treaty of Lahore
1848-49 - Second Anglo-Sikh War
1853 - First Railway line laid between Bombay and Thane, Telegraph line Also started
1856 - Hindu Widow’s Remarriage Act
1857 - Universities set up at Bombay (Mumbai), Calcutta (Kolkatta) and Madras (Chennai) Indian Sepoy Mutiny
1858 - Queen Victoria’s Proclamation
1861 - Indian Council Act
1872 - Kuka Revolt
1878 - Vernacular Press Act
1879 - Madam Blavatsky and Oilcott founded Theosipical Society of
Adyar, Chennai
1882 - Hunter Commission (Indian Education Commission)
1883 - The Illbert Bill
1885 - Foundation of Indian National Congress
1892 - Indian Council Act introduces the Principle of education
1905 - First partition of Bengal by Lord Curzon
1906 - Foundation of Muslim Congress
1907 - Split in Surat Congress between moderates and extremists
1909 - Minto – morley reforms
1911 - First World War
1915 - Formation of Home Rule League by Annie Besant
1760 - Battle of Wandiwash
1761 - Thrid Battle of Panipat
1764 - Battle of Buxar
1767-69 - First Mysore war; Hyder Ali vs. British - Treaty of Madras
1770 - The great Bengal Famine/Battle of Udgir
1773 - The Regulating Act
1775-82 - First Angolo-Maratha war
1776 - Treaty of Purander
1780-84 - Second Mysore war: Hyder Ali vs. Warren Hastings –Treaty of
Mangalore
1784 - Pitt’s India Act
1790-92 - Thrid Mysore War – Tipu Sultan vs. Cornwallis
1793 - Permanent settlement of Bengal
1799 - Fourth Mysore War – Tippu vs. Wellesly Fall of Srirangapatnam
1802 - Treaty of Bassein
1803-1805 - Second Anglo Maratha War
1809 - Treaty of Amritsar, British and Ranjit Singh signed
1817 - Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, Founder of Aligarh Muslim University
1821 - Sanskrit College founded at Poona
1824-26 - First Burmese War
1835 - Macaulay’s Education Resolution
1845-46 - First Anglo-Sikh War, Treaty of Lahore
1848-49 - Second Anglo-Sikh War
1853 - First Railway line laid between Bombay and Thane, Telegraph line Also started
1856 - Hindu Widow’s Remarriage Act
1857 - Universities set up at Bombay (Mumbai), Calcutta (Kolkatta) and Madras (Chennai) Indian Sepoy Mutiny
1858 - Queen Victoria’s Proclamation
1861 - Indian Council Act
1872 - Kuka Revolt
1878 - Vernacular Press Act
1879 - Madam Blavatsky and Oilcott founded Theosipical Society of
Adyar, Chennai
1882 - Hunter Commission (Indian Education Commission)
1883 - The Illbert Bill
1885 - Foundation of Indian National Congress
1892 - Indian Council Act introduces the Principle of education
1905 - First partition of Bengal by Lord Curzon
1906 - Foundation of Muslim Congress
1907 - Split in Surat Congress between moderates and extremists
1909 - Minto – morley reforms
1911 - First World War
1915 - Formation of Home Rule League by Annie Besant
