1757 -- 1947 Major Wars and Protests during the "Raj"
1757 
 		     Battle of Plassey: The British defeat Siraj-ud-daulah
1760 
 		     Battle of Wandiwash: The British defeat the French
1761 
 		     Third battle of Panipat: Ahmed Shah Abdali defeats the Marathas; Accession of Madhava Rao Peshwa; Rise of Hyder Ali
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: The British conclude a humiliating peace pact with Hyder Ali
1772 
 		     Death of Madhava Rao Peshwa; Warren Hastings appointed as Governor of Bengal
1773 
 		     The Regulating Act passed by the British Parliament
1774 
 		     Warren Hastings appointed as Governor-General
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
1794 
 		     Death of Mahadaji Sindhia
1799 
 		     Fourth Mysore War: The British defeat Tipu; Death of Tipu; Partition of Mysore
1802 
 		     Treaty of Bassein
1803-1805 
 		     The Second Anglo-Maratha war: The British defeat the Marathas at Assaye: Treaty of Amritsar Note by EAB:  Robert Roberts arrives in India
1814-1816 
 		     The Anglo-Gurkha war
1817-1818 
 		     The Pindari war
1817-1819 
 		     The last Anglo-Maratha war: Marathas finally crushed by the British  Note by EAB:  Robert Roberts dies during these wars.  Thomas Blanchette arrives in India.
1824-1826 
 		     The First Burmese war
1829 
 		     Prohibition of Sati
1829-1837 
 		     Suppression of Thuggee   Note by EAB: Thomas Blanchette1 retires from active duty
1831 
 		     Raja of Mysore deposed and its administration taken over by East India Company
1833 
 		     Renewal of Company's Charter; Abolition of company's trading rights
1835 
 		     Education Resolution
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 : (Rise of Sikh Power) British annex Punjab as Sikhs are defeated
1852 
 		     Second Anglo-Burmese war
1853 
 		     Railway opened from Bombay to Thane; Telegraph line from Calcutta to Agra
1857 
 		     First War of Indian Independence: The Sepoy Mutiny
1858 
 		     British Crown takes over the Indian Government
1861 
 		     Indian Councils Act; Indian High Courts Act; Introduction of the Penal Code Note by EAB Thomas Blanchette1 dies
1868 
 		     Punjab Tenancy Act; Railway opened from Ambala to Delhi
1874 
 		     The Bihar Famine
1877 
 		     Delhi Durbar: The Queen of England proclaimed Empress of India
1878 
 		     Vernacular Press Act
1881 
 		     Factory Act; Rendition of Mysore
1885 
 		 First meeting of the Indian National Congress; Bengal Tenancy Act
1891 
 		 Indian Factory Act
1892 
 		 Indian Councils Act to regulate Indian administration
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; Congress declaration regarding Swaraj
1908 
 		 Newspaper Act
1911 
 		 Delhi Durbar; 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 founded; Foundation of Women's University at Poona
1919 
 		 Rowlatt Act evokes protests; Jalianwalla Bagh massacre; The Montague-Chelmsford Reforms offer limited autonomy
1920 
 		 The Khilafat Movement started; Mahatma Gandhi leads the Congress; Non-co-operation Movement
1921 
 		 Moplah (Muslim) rebellion in Malabar; Census of India
1922 
 		 Civil Disobedience Movement; Chauri-Chaura violence leads to Gandhi suspending movement
1923 
 		 Swarajists in Indian Councils; Certification of Salt Tax; Hindu-Muslim riots
1925 
 		 Reforms Enquiry committee Report
1926 
 		 Royal Commission on Agriculture; Factories Act
1927 
 		 Indian Navy Act; Simon Commission Appointed
1928 
 		 Simon Commission comes to India: Boycott by all parties; All Parties Conference
1929 
 		 Lord Irwin promises Dominion Status for India; Trade Union split; Jawaharlal Nehru hoists the National Flag at Lahore
1930 
 		 Civil Disobedience movement continues; Salt Satyagraha: Gandhiji's Dandi March; First Round Table Conference
1931 
 		 Second Round Table Conference; Irwin-Gandhi Pact; Census of India
1932 
 		 Suppression of the Congress movement; Third Round Table Conference; The Communal Award; Poona Pact
1933 
 		 Publication of White Paper on Indian reforms
1934 
 		 Civil Disobedience Movement called off; Bihar Earthquake
1935 
 		 Government of India Act
1937 
 		 Inauguration of Provincial Autonomy; Congress ministries formed in a majority of Indian provinces
1939 
 		 Political deadlock in India as Congress ministries resign
1942 
 		 Cripps Mission to India; Congress adopts Quit India Resolution; Congress leaders arrested; Subhash Chandra Bose forms Indian National Army
1944 
 		 Gandhi-Jinnah Talks break down on Pakistan issue
1945 
 		 First trial of the Indian Army men opened
1946 
 		 Mutiny in Royal Indian Navy; Cabinet Mission's plan announced; Muslim League decides to participate in the Interim Government; Interim Government formed; Constituent Assembly's first meeting
3 June 1947 
 		 Announcement of Lord Mountbatten's plan for partition of India
15 Aug 1947 
 		 Partition of India and Independence