January 6, 2010

A Chronology of the British in India

Being a list of the main historical events effecting the British role in India from the foundation of the East India Company in 1600 to the final withdrawal of Britain in 1947.

Part One - the East India Company

Indian History - The History of India information.

Indian History - Important events.

Period
Description
ANCIENT EMPIRES

ca. 2500-1600 B.C.
Indus Valley culture.
ca. 1500-500 B.C.
Migrations of Aryan-speaking tribes;
the Vedic Age.

ca. 1000 B.C.
Settlement of Bengal by
Dravidian-speaking peoples.

ca. 563-ca. 483 B.C.
Life of Siddartha Gautama--the
Buddha; founding of Buddhism.

ca. 326-184 B.C.
Mauryan Empire; reign of Ashoka
(269-232 B.C.); spread of Buddhism.

ca. 180 B.C.-A.D. 150
Shaka dynasties in Indus Valley.
ca. A.D. 320-550
Gupta Empire; classical age in North
India.

606-47
North Indian empire of Harsha.
711
Arab invaders conquer Sindh,
establish Islamic presence in India.

750-1150
Pala Dynasty.
1150-1202
Sena Dynasty.
GROWTH OF ISLAM

997-1027
Mahmud of Ghazni raids Indian
subcontinent from Afghanistan.

1202
Turkish conquerors defeat Sena
Dynasty and overrun Bengal.

1206-1398
Delhi Sultanate.
1398
Timur sacks Delhi.
1414-50
Sayyid Dynasty; renewal of Delhi
Sultanate.

1451-1526
Lodi Dynasty.
THE MUGHAL PERIOD

1526
Babur lays foundation of Mughal
Empire; wins First Battle of Panipat.

1556-1605
Akbar expands and reforms the empire;
Mughals win Second Battle of Panipat.

1605-27
Reign of Jahangir; in 1612 East India
Company opens first trading post (factory).

1628-58
Reign of Shah Jahan.
1658-1707
Reign of Aurangzeb, last great Mughal
ruler.

1707-1858
Lesser emperors; decline of the
Mughal Empire.

BRITISH PERIOD

1757
Battle of Plassey--British victory
over Mughal forces in Bengal; British rule in India begins.

1835
Institution of British education and
other reform measures.

1857-58
Revolt of Indian sepoys (soldiers)
against East India Company.

1858
East India Company dissolved; rule of
India under the British crown--the British Raj--begins with Government of
India Act; formal end of Mughal Empire.

1885
Indian National Congress (Congress)
formed.

1905
Partition of Bengal into separate
provinces of Eastern Bengal and Assam, West Bengal.

1906
All-India Muslim League (Muslim
League) founded.

1909
Morley-Minto Reforms; separate
electorates for Muslims.

1912
Partition of Bengal annulled; new
province of Bihar and Orissa formed; plans to move capital from Calcutta to
Delhi announced.

1916
Congress-League Scheme of Reforms
(often referred to as Lucknow Pact) signed.

1919
Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms;
Government of India Act.

1935
Government of India Act of 1935.
1940
Muslim League adopts Lahore
Resolution; "Two Nations" theory articulated by Muslim League leader
Mohammad Ali Jinnah and others.

August 16, 1946
"Direct Action Day" of Muslim League.
INDEPENDENT INDIA

August 15, 1947
Partition of British India; India
achieves independence and incorporates West Bengal and Assam; Jawaharlal
Nehru becomes prime minister of India. Pakistan is created and incorporates
East Bengal (the East Wing, or East Pakistan) and territory in the northwest
(the West Wing, or West Pakistan); Jinnah becomes governor general of
Pakistan.

August 15, 1947-May 27, 1964
Jawaharlal Nehru serves as prime
minister and leader of Congress-controlled government.

October 22, 1947-January 1, 1949
Undeclared war with Pakistan; ends
with United Nations-arranged ceasefire.

January 30, 1948
Mahatma Gandhi assassinated in New
Delhi.

October 20-November 21, 1962
Border war with China.
June 9, 1964-January 11, 1966
Lal Bhadur Shastri serves as prime
minister of Congress-led government.

August 5-September 23, 1965
Second war with Pakistan.
January 24, 1966-March 24, 1977
Indira Gandhi serves as prime
minister for first time, head of government initially led by Congress, later
Congress (R).

December 3-16, 1971
Third war with Pakistan; Bangladesh
becomes independent following Indian invasion of East Pakistan.

June 25, 1975-January 18, 1977
State of Emergency proclaimed by
Indira Gandhi.

March 24, 1977-July 28, 1979
Morarji Desai serves as prime
minister as head of a multiparty front, Janata Party, India's first
non-Congress government.

July 28, 1979-January 14, 1980
Chaudhury Charan Singh serves as
prime minister as head of a Janata-led coalition government.

January 14, 1980-October 31, 1984
Indira Ganhdi serves as prime
minister for second time, head of Congress (I) government.

October 31, 1984
Indira Gandhi assassinated in New
Delhi.

October 31, 1984-December 2, 1989
Rajiv Gandhi serves as prime minister
of Congress (I)-led government.

December 2, 1989-November 7, 1990
Vishwanath Pratap Singh serves as
prime minister of National Front-led coalition government.

November 10, 1990-June 20, 1991
Chandra Shekhar serves as prime
minister, heading Samajwadi Janata Party government.

May 21, 1991
Rajiv Gandhi assassinated near
Madras.

June 20, 1991-May 15, 1996
P.V. Narasimha Rao serves as prime
minister of Congress (I)-led government.

December 6, 1992
Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, Uttar
Pradesh, destroyed by Hindu activists.

January-March 1993
Communal violence in wake of Babri
Masjid destruction wracks Indian cities, especially Bombay, which suffered
from a series of bomb blasts in March.

May 1995
Unpopular Terrorist and Disruptive
Activities (Prevention) Act of 1985 allowed to lapse

April 27-May 7, 1996
General elections for Lok Sabha oust
Congress (I) government of P.V. Narasimha Rao.

May 15-28, 1996
Minority Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
government led by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee resigns after thirteen
days.

June 1, 1996
Haradanahalli (H.D.) Deve Gowda, head
of thirteen-party United Front, sworn in as India's eleventh prime minister.

Information about General Knowledge

1. World Population day is July-11


2. The Collector of tirunelveli who was shot dead by vanchinathan was D.E.Ashe

3. The Guardian of Indian Money Market is Reserve Bank of India

4. Rocket Launching station, which was dedicated to United Nations in the year 1968 by ISRO, is situated at Thumba

5. The first ever rail travel in India started at Bombay to Thane

6. The harappan culture flourished between 3250 BC – 2750 BC

7. Mohammed bin-Tughlaq shifted his capital from Delhi to Devagiri

8. Regulating Act commenced on 1773

9. The First Viceroy of India was Lord Canning

10. William Hawkins Visited the Mugal Court during the reign of Jahangir

List of presidents of the party (INC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_National_Congress#List_of_presidents_of_the_party