1757 – Battle of Plassey: The British defeat Siraj-ud-daulah

1760 – Battle of Wandiwash: The British defeat the French

1761 – Third battle of Panipat

1764 – Battle of Buxar: The British defeat Mir Kasim

1765 – The British get Diwani Rights in Bengal, Bihar and Orissa

1767 -1769 – First Mysore War

1772 – Warren Hastings appointed as Governor of Bengal

1773 – The Regulating Act passed by the British Parliament

1775 -1782 – The First Anglo-Maratha war

1780-1784 – Second Mysore War : The British defeat Hyder Ali

1784 – Pitt’s India Act

1790-1792 – Third Mysore War between the British and Tipu

1793 – Permanent Settlement of Bengal

1799 – Fourth Mysore War: The British defeat Tipu

1802- Treaty of Bassein

1803-1805 – The Second Anglo-Maratha war

1814-1816 – The Anglo-Gurkha war

1817-1818 – The Pindari war

1824-1826 – The First Burmese war

1829 – Prohibition of Sati

1831 – Mysore administration taken over by East India Company

1833 – Renewal of Company’s Charter

1833 – Abolition of Slavery throughout the British Empire

1838 – Tripartite treaty between Shah Shuja, Ranjit Singh and the British

1839-1842 – First Afghan war

1843 – Gwalior war

1845-1846 – First Anglo-Sikh war

1848 – Lord Dalhousie becomes the Governor-General

1848-1849 – Second Anglo-Sikh war

1852 – Second Anglo-Burmese war

1853 – Railway & Telegraph line introduced

1857 – First War of Indian Independence: The Sepoy Mutiny

1857 – Zanshichi Rani Laxmibai – Freedom struggle in 1857

1858 – British Crown takes over the Indian Government

1877 – The Queen of England proclaimed Empress of India

1878 – Vernacular Press Act

1881 – Factory Act

1885 – First meeting of the Indian National Congress

1897 – Plague in Bombay; Famine Commission

1899 – Lord Curzon becomes Governor-General and Viceroy

1905 – The First Partition of Bengal

1906 – Formation of Muslim League

1911 – Partition of Bengal modified to create the Presidency of Bengal

1912 – The Imperial capital shifted from Calcutta to Delhi

1913 – Educational Resolution of the Government of India

1915 – Defence of India Act

1916 – Home Rule League, Foundation of Women’s University at Poona

1919 – Rowlatt Act evokes protests; Jalianwalla Bagh massacre;

1920 – The Khilafat Movement started, Non-co-operation Movement

1921 – Moplah (Muslim) rebellion in Malabar; Census of India

1922 – Civil Disobedience Movement, Chauri-Chaura violence

1925 – Reforms Enquiry committee Report

1927 – Indian Navy Act; Simon Commission Appointed

1928 – Simon Commission comes to India: Boycott by all parties

1929 – Lord Irwin promises Dominion Status for India; Trade Union split

1930 – Salt Satyagraha, First Round Table Conference

1931 – Second Round Table Conference; Irwin-Gandhi Pact

1932 – Third Round Table Conference, Poona Pact

1934 – Civil Disobedience Movement called off; Bihar Earthquake

1937 – Inauguration of Provincial Autonomy

1939 – Political deadlock in India as Congress ministries resign

1942 – Cripps Mission, Quit India Movement, Indian National Army

1944 – Gandhi-Jinnah Talks break down on Pakistan issue

1946 – Interim Government formed, Constituent Assembly’s first meeting

1904 – 1947 – History of Indian Flag

3 June 1947 – Lord Mountbatten’s plan for partition of India

15 Aug 1947 – Partition of India and Independence