CONTINUATION OF AD

1556 Death of Humayun and accession of Akbar
1556 Second Battle of Panipat, Akbar defeats Hemu
1565 Battle of Talikota
1568-1595 Akbar captures Chittor, Ranthambor, Gujarat, Bengal, Kashmir, Sind, Orissa, Central India and Qandh

1600 Queen Elizabeth grants Charter to the company of merchants in London to trade with the east
1605 Death of Akbar and accession of Jahangir
1616 St.Thomas Roe received by Jahangir
1627 Death of Jahangir
1627 Birth of Shivaji
1628 Shah Jahan proclaimed Emperor
1630 Annexation of Ahmednagar
1658 Accession of Aurangzeb
1674 Shivaji assumes royal title
1680 Death of Aurangzeb
1686 Annexation of Colconda
1707 Death of Aurangzeb
1707-1712 Reign of Bahadur Shah
1717 Farrukhsiyar grants firman to the English Company exempting their trade in Bengal from payment of duties in return for lumpsum payment of Rs.3000 per annum
1739 Nadir Shah occupies Delhi
1744-1748 First Anglo-French Carnatic War
1748-1754 Second Anglo-French Carnatic War
1757-1763 Third Anglo-French Carnatic War
1747-1761 Invasion of Ahmad Shah Abdali
1757 Battle of Plassey. The British establish control over the rich provinces of Bihar, Bengal and Orissa
1760 Battle of Wandiwash. French are decisively defeated by the British and the French dream of an empire in India comes to an end
1761 Third Battle of Panipat – Abdali defeats the Marathas
1764-1765 The Battle of Buxar. Introduction of dual system of Government in Bengal
1767-1769 First Anglo-Mysore War
1770 The great famine of Bengal
1772 End of dual government in Bengal. The Company starts direct administration of Bengal. Warren Hastings assumes office as governor.

1773 The Regulating Act
1775-1782 First Anglo-Maratha War
1780-1784 Second Anglo-Maratha War
1784 Pitt’s India Act
1790 Third Anglo-Mysore War
1793 Permanent settlement introduced in Bengal
1798-1805 Wellesley in Governor General in Bengal
1813 Charter Act
1814-1816 Anglo-Nepal War
1817-1818 Third Anglo-Maratha War. Marathas decisively defeated. Prohibition of sati
1829 Prohibition of sati
1833 Renewal of the company’s charter and abolition of its trading rights.
1839 Death of Ranjit Singh. New treaty forced on the Amirs of Sind
1843 British annex Sind
1845-1846 Second Anglo-Sikh War and annexation of Punjab
1853 First Railway line in India from Bombay to Thana is opened. First telegraph line from Calcutta to Agra. Renewal of the Company’s charter.
1854 Charles Wood’s dispatch on Indian education.
1857 Outbreak of a vast revolt. Establishment of universities at Bombay, Calcutta and Madras.
1858 British government takes over administration of British India from the East India Company. Queen Victoria’s proclamation.
1861 The Indian Councils Act. Enactment of the Indian Civil and Criminal Code
1865 Telegraphic communication with Europe opens
1869 Opening of the Suez Canal
1876-1877 Delhi Durbar. The Queen of England proclaimed Empress of India

1883 Ilbert Bill
1885 The Indian National Congress is founded
1892 Indian Councils Act passed
1905 Partition of Bengal announced
1906 Muslim League formed at Dacca
1911 King George V visits India. A durbar held at Delhi. The capital of India is transferred from Calcutta to Delhi. Partition of Bengal is annulled
1914 Outbreak of World War I
1916 Foundation of the Banaras Hindu University is laid. Home Rule league founded the Indian National Congress and Muslim League sign Lucknow pact
1917, April Gandhi launches Champaran campaign in Bihar to focus attention on grievances of Indigoplanters. Montague’s announcement regarding introduction of a responsible Government in India.
1918 Trade union movement begins in India. All India Depressed Classer League formed
1919, April 6 Call for all-India hartal against Rowlatt Bills.
1919, April 9 Deportation of Dr Satyapal and Dr Kitchlew. Trouble begins at Amritsar April 13 Jallianwala Bagh tragedy at Amritsar. Government of India Act, 1919 Passed
1920 First meeting of the All-India Trade Union Congress. Foundation of
Aligarh Muslim University laid. Hunter Commission Report on Jallianwala Bagh massacre published. First Non-corporation movement Launched by Gandhi.
1922, Feb Violent incidents at Chauri Chaura. Gandhi calls of Noncooperation movement
1925 Communist Party of India organized at Kanpur
1927 Appointment of Simon Commission
1928 Nehru Report

1929 Congress adopts the goal of complete independence for India
1930 Feb 14 Congress passes Civil Disobedience movement resolution March 12 Gandhi begins Dandi march to manufacture illegal salt. First round table Conference held in London.
1931 Gandhi-Irwin Pact. Civil disobedience movement suspended. Second round table conference held.
1932 R MacDonald announces communal award (modified by the Poona Pact, September 24)
1935 Government of India Act, 1935, passed
1937 Congress ministries formed in provinces
1938 All-India Kisan Sabha formed
1939 Subbash Chandra Bose resigns as president of the Congress. Second world war begins. Resignation of congress ministries in provinces
1940 Muslim League adopts the Pakistan resolution. Congress starts individual civil disobedience movement.
1941 Death of Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941)
1942, Feb Japanese bombardment of Rangoon. Singpore falls. March-April Cripps Mission visits India
August-Sep Quit India movement launched
1945 Simla conference held
1946, March- June Cabinet mission visits India. Elections for constituent Assembly
held July Jawaharlal Nehru heads Interim government December 9 Indian constituent assembly meets at Delhi
1947, Feb 20 Lord Attlee announces Britain’s decision to transfer power to Indian before June,
1948 June 3 Lord Mountbatten announces transfer of power in August 1947 July Indian independence Act passed by British parliament. India is to be partitioned. August 15 India become free
1948 Jan 30 Death of Gandhi
1949, Nov 26 Adoption of New Constitution

1950, Jan 26 Constitution of India comes into force and India becomes a Republic