1707 to 1749
| 1707 | Battle of Jajau, accession of Bahadur Shah I |
| 1708 | Death of Guru Gobind Singh |
| 1712 | Death of Bahadur Shah I, accession of Jahandar Shah |
| 1713 | Accession of Farukh Siyar, murder of Jahandar Shah |
| 1714 | Hussain Ali becomes viceroy of the Deccan Treaty between Hussain Ali and the Marathas |
| 1716 | Execution of Banda Bahadur Surman Embassy to the Imperial Court |
| 1717 | Emperor Farukh Siyar’s farman to East India Co. Appointment of Murshid Quli Khan as governor of Bengal |
| 1719 | Farukh Siyar put to death Accession and deposition of puppet emperors Accession of Muhammad Shah |
| 1720 | Fall of the Sayyid brothers |
| 1724 | Appointment of Saadat Khan as governor of Awadh Virtual independence of the Nizam in the Deccan, Appointment of Qamaruddinas wazir |
| 1739 | Nadir Shah took Delhi and sacked it Death of Shuja-ud-din, Sarfaraz, as governor of Bengal Capture of Bassein and Salsette by the Marathas |
| 1740 | Alivardi Khan became Nawab of Bengal |
| 1742 | Marathas invaded Bengal Dupleix as governor of Pondicherry |
| 1744-48 | 1st Carnatic war (Anglo-French) |
| 1745 | War Rohillas in occupation of Rohilkhand |
| 1746 | Capture of Madras by La Bourdonnais |
| 1747 | Invasion by Ahmad Shah Abdali |
| 1748 | Death of Nizam Chinquilich Khan Death of Muhammad Shah, accession of Ahmad Shah |
| 1749 | Restoration of Madras to the English |
| 1949-54 | 2nd Carnatic War |
1750 to 1799
| 1750 | Defeat and death of Nizam Nasir Jang, Muzaffar Jung became Nizam |
| 1751 | Capture and defence of Arcot by Robert Clive Death of Muzaffar Jang, accession of Salabat Jang as Nizam Conclusion of treaty by Nawab Alivardi Khan with the Marathas by surrendering Cuttack |
| 1754 | Recall of Dupleix, Godehu’s as governor and his treaty with the English. Accession of Alamgir Il |
| 1756 | 21 April 1756: Death of Alivardi Khan, accession of Siraj-ud-daula 20 June 1756: Capture of Calcutta by Siraj-ud-daula |
| 1757 | 2 Jan 1757: Recovery of Calcutta by the English Jan 1757: Delhi and Mathura sacked by Ahmad Shah Abdali 9 Feb 1757: Treaty of Alinagar between Siraj and the English Capture of Chandannagar by the English Battle of Plassey Mir Jafar installed as Nawab Capture and execution of Siraj-ud-daula |
| 1748-63 | 3rd Carnatic War |
| 1758 | Arrival of Lally in India Occupation of the Panjab by the Marathas Masulipatnam captured by British Colonel Forde |
| 1759 | Battle of Bedara at Chinsurah between British & Dutch Prince Ali Gauhar’s futile invasion of Bihar Emperor Alamgir Il murdered by Ghazi-ud-din |
| 22 Jan 1760 | Battle of Wandiwash |
| 1760 | Battle of Udgir between the Marathas and the Nizam Installation of Mir Qasim as Nawab of Bengal Vansittart appointed governor in Bengal |
| 1761 | 3rd battle of Panipat Surrender of Pondicherry to the English Accession of Ali Gauhar as Emperor Shah Alam Il Appointment of Shujauddaula as wazir Haider Ali king of Mysore |
| 1763 | Mir Qasim driven out of Bengal and Bihar |
| 21 Oct 1764 | Battle of Buxar |
| 1765 | Death of Mir Jafar 2nd governorship of Clive in Bengal Treaty of Allahabad – Shah Alam II & Company Grant of the diwani of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa |
| 1766 | Acquisition by the Company of the Northern Circars |
| 1766-69 | 1st Mysore War |
| 1767 | Departure of Clive, Verelest as governor in Bengal |
| 1769 | The Great Bengal Famine |
| 1772 | Death of Peshwa Madhava Rao Accession and murder of Peshwa Narayan Rao |
| 1773 | Enactment of the Regulating Act Warren Hastings appointed governor of Bengal Peshwaship of Raghunath Rao or Raghoba |
| 1774 | Accession of Narayan Rao as peshwa Rohilla War Establishment of Supreme Court in Calcutta |
| 1775 | Trial and execution of Nanda Kumar |
| 1775-82 | 1st Anglo – Maratha War |
| 1776 | Treaty of Purandhar between Peshwa and British |
| 1779 | Convention of Wadgaon between Maratha and British |
| 1780 | Gwalior captured by General Popham |
| 1780-84 | 2nd Anglo – Mysore War |
| 1781 | Deposition of Chait Singh – Ruler of Benares Amendment of the Regulating Act |
| 1782 | Affair of the Begums of Oudh Treaty of Salbai Death of Haider Ali |
| 1783 | Fox’s India Bill – abolition of the Court of Directors and the Court of Proprietors |
| 1784 | Treaty of Mangalore closed the 2nd Mysore War Pitt’s India Act |
| 1786 | Lord Cornwallis appointed governor general |
| 1790-92 | 3rd Anglo – Mysore War Treaty of Seringapatnam |
| 1792 | Ranjit Singh became the leader of a Sikh misl |
| 1793 | Permanent Settlement of land revenue in Bengal Charter Act of 1793 Sir John Shore—governor general |
| 1794 | Death of Mahadji Sindhia – ruler of Gwalior |
| 1795 | Battle of Kharda between Nizam and Maratha Death of Ahalya Bai |
| 1796 | Death of Peshwa Madhav Rao Narayan Baji Rao Il became the last Peshwa |
| 1797 | Zaman Shah in the Punjab Death of Nawab Asaf-ud-daula of Awadh |
| 1798 | Lord Wellesley governor general Acceptance of Subsidiary Alliance by the Nizam |
| 1798-99 | 4th Anglo – Mysore War |
| 1799 | Death of Tipu and fall of Seringapatnam Partition of Mysore and installation of the Hindu Raja’s family in Mysore Ranjit Singh appointed governor of Lahore by Zaman Shah Malcolm led English mission to Persia Baptist Mission established at Serampore by William Carey |
1800 to 1825
| 1800 | Death of Nana Fadnavis |
| 1801 | Carnatic annexed to the British empire |
| 1802 | Battle of Poona between rival Maratha clans Treaty of Bassein between British and Baji Rao II |
| 1803-05 | 2nd Anglo – Maratha War |
| 1805 | Recall of Lord Wellesley 2nd term of Lord Cornwallis as governor general George Barlow as governor general |
| 1806 | Vellore Mutiny |
| 1807 | Lord Minto I became governor general |
| 1808 | British missions under Malcolm to Persia British mission to Kabul under Elphinstone |
| 1809 | Treaty of Amritsar between the English and Ranjit Singh |
| 1813 | Charter Act – end of companies monopoly over trade Lord Hastings as governor general |
| 1814-16 | War with Nepal Treaty of Sagauli – established the boundary line of Nepal |
| 1817-18 | Pindari war 3rd Anglo – Maratha War Abolition of Peshwaship 1st cotton mill in India, Fort Gloster, Howrah |
| 1819 | Protective alliances with the states of Rajputana |
| 1820 | Thomas Munro as governor of Madras |
| 1823 | Lord Amherst governor general |
| 1824 | Barrackpore Mutiny |
| 1824-26 | 1st Burmese War Treaty of Yandabo Annexation of Assam, Arakan and Tennasserim |
1826 to 1849
| 1826 | Fall of Bharatpur |
| 1828 | Lord William Bentinck as governor general |
| 1829 | Akbar II, Mughal Emperor of Delhi Bengal Sati Regulation Act, 1829 |
| 1829-37 | Suppression of Thuggee by Sleeman |
| 1830 | Annexation of Cachar Raja Ramohan Roy visited England Mysore rebellion Thuggee and Dacoity Department |
| 1831 | Assumption of Mysore administration by the English Journey of Alexander Burnes up the Indus Meeting at Rupar – Ranjit Singh and William Bentinck Death of Henry Louis Vivian Derozio |
| 1832 | Annexation of Jaintia |
| 1833 | Charter Act 1833 East India Company monopoly on China trade ends Tea Committee to assess the potential of Assam tea |
| 1834 | Annexation of Coorg Institution of law member in Supreme Council with Lord Macaulay as the first incumbent |
| 1835 | Foundation of Calcutta Medical College English Education Act 1835 – Macaulay’s Minute English replace Persian – official language of India Charles Metcalfe as governor general Abolition of Press restrictions Assam Rifles, was founded in India Lease of the Darjeeling by British from the Kingdom of Sikkim |
| 1836 | Lord Auckland as governor general |
| 1837-38 | Famine in North India |
| 1838 | Tripartite treaty – English with Shah Shuja and Ranjit Singh |
| 1839 | New treaty forced on the Amirs of Sind Death of Ranjit Singh Cyclone hits port city of Coringa Andhra Pradesh, 300,000 people die |
| 1839-42 | 1st Afghan War 1st Opium War in China |
| 1840 | 1st tea gardens in at Chittagong |
| 1842 | Lord Ellenborough became governor general Oriental Bank Corporation established in Bombay |
| 1843 | War with the Amirs of Sind Annexation of Sind, Battle of Maharajpur between British and Maratha forces in Gwalior Suppression of slavery |
| 1844 | Lord Hardinge became governor general |
| 1845-46 | 1st Sikh War Treaty of Lahore |
| 1846 | Kashmir is ceded to the British East India Company The Koh-i-Noor diamond is surrendered to Queen Victoria |
| 1848 | Lord Dalhousie became governor general Revolt of Mulraj in Punjab Doctrine of Lapse policy started by British Annexation of Satara |
| 1848-49 | 2nd Sikh War Annexation of the Punjab |
| 1849 | Bethune School for girls started in Calcutta Annexation of Jaitpur and Sambalpur Great Indian Peninsula Railway was incorporated |
1850 to 1857
| 1850 | Penal annexation of a part of Sikkim 1st experimental electric telegraph line Calcutta and Diamond Harbour |
| 1851 | 1st freight train is operated in Roorkee |
| 1852 | 2nd Burmese War and annexation of Pegu Death of ex-Peshwa Baji Rao II and stoppage of his pension |
| 1853 | 1st railway in India from Bombay to Thane, 35 km Laying of telegraph line from Calcutta to Agra Annexation of Nagpur & Jhansi Cession of Berar by the Nizam Charter Act 1853 Entrance into I.C.S. through open to competition |
| 1854 | 2nd cotton mill – Bombay Spinning and Weaving Company by Cowasjee Nanabhoy Davar Education Dispatch of Charles Wood – Wood’s despatch 1st all India stamp issued Calcutta Survey 1st passenger train – Howrah to Hooghly |
| 1855 | British annexed Thanjavur Maratha kingdom |
| 1855-57 | Santhal rebellion |
| 1856 | Annexation of Oudh Measured height of ‘Peak XV’ – Mount Everest The Indian Universities Act Religious Disabilities Act Lord Canning as Governor General Hindu Widow’s Remarriage Act End of Crimean War General Service Order Persian War 2nd Opium War (1856-60) Introduction of the Enfield rifle |
| 1857 | Foundation of Calcutta, Bombay and Madras Universities |
| 1857 – 58 | Sepoy Mutiny Revolt of Mangal Pandey at Barrackpore Revolt began at Meerut Revolt began in Delhi British forces recapture Delhi Trial of Emperor Bahadur Shah The last rebels surrender in Gwalior Proclamation of peace by Lord Canning |
1858 to 1875
| 1858 | Government of India Act 1858 Darbar was held at Allahabad Queen’s Proclamation – assumed the govt. of India Lord Canning appointed as 1st Viceroy |
| 1859 | Withdrawal of Doctrine of Lapse Execution of Tatya Tope |
| 1859-60 | Indigo revolt in Bengal |
| 1860 | Enactment of Indian Penal Code |
| 1861 | Indian Councils Act High Courts Act Civil Service Act Famine in N.W. India Enactment of the Code of Criminal Procedure Delhi Department of Police is founded |
| 1862 | Lord Elgin I as Governor-General Establishment of Calcutta High Courts Supreme & Sadar Courts merged into high courts |
| 1863 | 1st to join Indian Civil Service – Satyendranath Tagore |
| 1864 | John Lawrence as Governor-General Shimla was declared as the summer capital Bhutan War Indian Forest service was set up |
| 1865 | Orissa famine Opening of telegraphic communication with Europe Indian Forest Acts – British claims over forests in India |
| 1867 | Fiscal year April–March |
| 1868 | Opening of railway from Ambala to Delhi Bank of Bombay established Tata Group is founded by Jamsetji Tata |
| 1869 | Lord Mayo became Viceroy Birth of Gandhiji |
| 1870 | Infanticide is banned in India 1st submarine telegraph cable from UK to Bombay |
| 1871 | Criminal Tribes Act – hereditary criminals |
| 1872 | Murder of Lord Mayo by Sher Ali Afridi in A&N Islands Lord Northbrook appointed viceroy |
| 1873 | Famine in Bihar |
| 1874 | Agra Canal opens |
| 1875 | Deposition of Malhar Rao Gaekwad Birth of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (31 Oct 1975) Visit of Edward, Prince of Wales |
1876 to 1899
| 1876 | Lord Lytton I became viceroy Royal Titles Act Occupation of Quetta Outbreak of famine in the Deccan |
| 1877 | 2nd Delhi Durbar Queen Victoria proclaimed empress of India |
| 1878 – 80 | 2nd Afghan War |
| 1878 | Vernacular Press Act |
| 1880 | Lord Ripon as viceroy |
| 1881 | Rendition of Mysore 1st Factory Act 1st General Census |
| 1882 | Repeal of Vernacular Press Act Hunter Education Commission |
| 1883 | Beginning of local self-government in India Ilbert Bill – allow Indian judges to try Europeans |
| 1884 | Lord Dufferin as viceroy |
| 1885 | 3rd Burmese War 1st meeting of the Indian National Congress Bengal Local Self-Government Act |
| 1886 | Annexation of Upper Burma Restoration of Gwalior fort |
| 1888 | Lord Lansdowne became viceroy 1st ever temple for the untouchables in Aruvippuram, Kerala |
| 1891 | 2nd Factory Act Age of Consent Act Anglo-Manipur War |
| 1892 | Indian Councils Act |
| 1893 | Durand Line – Boundary between British India and Afghanistan Vivekanada in U.S.A. – World’s Parliament of Religions |
| 1894 | Lord Elgin Il as Viceroy Punjab National Bank was founded by Lala Lajpat Rai |
| 1896 | Plague epidemic in Bombay No-tax campaign in Maharashtra by Bal Gangadhar Tilak Famine started in Bundelkhand |
| 1897 | Famine Commission Battle of Saragarhi Formation of Indian Education Service |
| 1897-98 | Frontier War – Tirah campaign – between British and Afghan |
| 1898 | 1st volume of the Linguistic Survey of India is published in Calcutta |
| 1899 | Lord Curzon became Viceroy |
1900 to 1910
| 1900 | Land Alienation Act India’s first participation in the summer Olympics |
| 1901 | Death of Queen Victoria and accession of King Edward VIl North West Frontier Province created |
| 1902 | United Provinces of Agra and Oudh is established |
| 1903 – 04 | Tibetan expedition – Younghusband mission |
| 1904 | Ancient Monuments Preservation Act Indian Universities Act Co-operative Society Act |
| 1905 | Partition of Bengal announced (Viceroy – Lord Curzon; Home Secretary – Herbert Hope Risley; Governor of Western Bengal – Andrew Fraser) Partition took place Lord Mito II became Viceroy Morely – Secretary of State for India Swadeshi and boycott movement Indian Railway Board founded |
| 1906 | Officially adaptation of Indian Standard Time Foundation of the Muslim League INC President Dadabhai Naoroji declared ‘Swaraj’ |
| 1907 | Anglo-Russian Convention Surat split Newspapers Act Tata steel started manufacturing Ani Besent – president of Thiosafical society |
| 1908 | Tinnevely riot Trial of Alipore bomb case (1908-09) Muzaffarpur Conspiracy – Khudiran & P. Chaki |
| 1909 | Nasik conspiracy Indian Councils Act (Morley-Minto Reforms) 1st Indian to Viceroy’s Executive Council – S.P Sinha |
| 1910 | Lord Hardinge as Viceroy Sri Aurobindo began his spiritual pursuits |
1911 to 1919
| 1911 | 1st official air mail flight – Allahabad to Naini Coronation of George V in New Delhi Delhi Durbar Partition of Bengal nullified Transfer of capital to Delhi announced Jana Gana Mana – free India’s National Anthem |
| 1912 | State of Bihar and Orissa formed out of Bengal Bomb at Hardinge – Delhi conspiracy case Introduced registration of motor vehicles |
| 1913 | Ghadar Party founded in Astoria, Oregon Nobel Prize for Rabindranath Tagore Raja Harishchandra – 1st full-length Indian film |
| 1914 | Komagata Maru incident – 4 April to 27 Sept 1st World War, Declaration of War Landing of Indian troops in France McMahon Line – Simla Accord |
| 1915 | Gandhiji returns to India from South Africa Ghadar Mutiny Defence of India Act |
| 1916 | Lord Chelmsford as Viceroy Sadler University Commission Home Rule League – Tilak – Belgaum Home Rule League – Annie Besant – Madras Foundation of the Women’s University at Poona Lucknow Pact – Congress & Muslim League |
| 1917 | INC demands self-government for India Champaran Satyagraha August Declaration, in the British House of Commons |
| 1918 | Indians declared eligible for King’s Commission Indian National Liberal Federation Publication of Montague Chelmsford Report Kheda Satyagraha – 1st Non-Cooperation End of first world war |
| 1919 | Rowlatt Act or Black Act Rowlatt Satyagraha Saifuddin Kitchlew & Dr. Satyapal arrested Jallianwala Bagh Massacre in Amritsar, Punjab Hunter Commission Government of India Act, 1919 |
1920 to 1929
| 1920 | House of Commons adopts Hunter report The Khilafat Movenwnt Death of Bal Gangadhar Tilak Non-cooperation Movement – Nagpur session Lord Sinha – Governor of Bihar and Orissa |
| 1921 | Permanent Advisory Council of Princes Moplah or Malabar rebellion Visit of Edward, Prince of Wales Lord Reading became viceroy Rabindranath founded Visva-Bharati |
| 1922 | Chauri Chaura incident Withdrawal of Non-cooperation Movement Gandhiji is arrested in Bombay for sedition Peshawar Conspiracy |
| 1923 | Foundation of Swaraj Party Certification of Salt Tax Decision to Indianise regiments of Indian army |
| 1924 | Kohat riots Gateway of India in Bombay Vaikom Satyagraha in Kereral |
| 1925 | 1st electric train in Bombay Pink’s War in North West Frontier Death of C R Das Kakori conspiracy – HRA Formation of the Inter-University Board Lord Lytton II became viceroy Dyarchy suspended in Bengal |
| 1926 | Lord Irwin as Viceroy Devaluation of the rupee |
| Nov 1927 | Appointment of Simon Commission |
| 1928 | Simon Commission reached in Bombay – Hartal Hockey Gold Medal – Amsterdam Olympics Nehru Report – Lucknow conference of all parties Simon Commission in Lahore Lala Lajpat Rai died in a protest Board of Control for Cricket in India is formed |
| 1929 | Meerut Conspiracy Case – (1929-33) Deepavali Declaration – Irwin Lahore Session and ‘Poone Swaraj‘ Resolution Indian flag hoisted by Nehru – Ravi river |
1930 to 1940
| 1930 | INC declares day for Poorna Swaraj Dandi / Salt March started Civil Disobedience Movement started at Dandi Chittagong armory raid by Surya Sen Qissa Khwani Bazaar massacre Vedaranyam Salt satyagraha in South India Report of Simon Commission Rebellion in Burma 1st Round Table Conference Battle of Writers’ Building |
| 1931 | Irwin – Gandhi Pact Bhagat Singh, Rajguru & Sukhdev were hanged 2nd Round Table Conference Lord Wellingdon as Viceroy Chakra was adopted on centre of the flag by INC |
| 1932 | Riots between Hindus and Muslims in Bombay Communal Award – Ramsay MacDonald Gandhiji begins a hunger strike in Poona prison Pahartali European Club attack – P. Waddedar Poona Pact – B. R. Ambedkar and Gandhi Foundation of Indian Military Academy |
| 1933 | Pakistan Declaration published Joint Select Committee on Indian Constitution Gandhi transfers charge of Congress to Nehru |
| 1934 | Civil Disobedience Movement called off Communist Party of India is declared unlawful Factories Act Royal Indian Navy created |
| 1935 | Reserve Bank of India is founded Government of India Act |
| 1936 | Lord Linlithgow became Viceroy Temple Entry Proclamation |
| 1937 | Final results of the elections were declared Provincial autonomy begins Formation of Congress Ministries in 6 provinces Burma and Aden are separated from India New Viceroy’s speech is boycotted by Congress Federal court started |
| 1939 | S. C. Bose resigns as president of Congress 2nd World War (1939-45) Congress demand a definition of war aims Viceroy announced – Dominion Status after war Resignation by Provincial Congress Ministries Day of Deliverance by Muslim League |
| 1940 | Pakistan Resolution – Fazlul Haq – Muslim League August Offer by Linlithgow’s |
1941 to 1947
| 16 Jan 1941 | Great escape – Netaji went over land to Germany |
| 1942 | Japanese army enters Rangoon Cripps Mission Quit India resolution – Bombay session of AICC Indian leaders & Gandhi was arrested Ballia parallel govt. in UP – Chittu Pandey Indian National Army formed – Mohan Singh Jatiya Sarkar in Tamluk, WB (1942-44) |
| 1943 | Bengal famine Pakistan day observed Wavell became governor general Netaji became supreme of INA Prati Sarkar at Satara, MH (1943-45, longest) Netaji formed Govt. of Free India in Singapore Japanese attack the Port of Kolkata Netaji sets up Indian govt. at Port Blair. Netaji hoisted Tricolor flag at Port Blair. |
| 1944 | Battle of Imphal – British vs. Japan & INA Rajagopalchari Formula INA hoisted Tricolour flag at Moirang. |
| 1945 | Desai liaquat pact Simla Conference – Wavell Plan Japan surrendered End of World War II INA trials began at the Red Fort General elections in India Congress largest party 59 seats of the 102 |
| 1946 | Royal Air Force Mutiny Royal Indian Navy Mutiny Cabinet Mission in India Cabinet Mission in Delhi Direct Action Day by Muslim League Communal riots in Dhaka Formation of the Interim Govt. Muslim League joined the Interim Govt. 1st session of the Constituent Assembly |
| 1947 | Atlee announced freedom of India Mountbatten became governor-general Communal riots in the Panjab Tripura is officially ceded to India Mountbatten Plan – Partition of India Royal assent on Independence of India Act |
| 15 Aug 1947 | India obtains Independence from the British Jawaharlal Nehru becomes 1st Indian Prime Minister |