1526-1857 Mughal Empire

1600-1857 British East India Company in India

1700’s Increase in global trade & creation of the Mercantile class

1756 “Black Hole of Calcutta”

1757 Battle of Plassey

1764 Battle of Buxar

1783 BEIC implements Bengal Permanent Settlement Act

1793 BEIC creates Indian Civil Service

1857 Great Revolt/Sepoy Rebellion

1858 Act for the Better Government of India

1860’s & 1870’s Natural resources in India now belong to Crown

1871 All-Indian Census

1878 Vernacular Press Act

1885 Indian National Congress (INC) created

1905 British Partition of Bengal & Swadeshi protest

1906 Muslim League created

1909 Morley-Minto Reforms

1911 British reverses the partition of Bengal

1914-1918 World War I (WWI)

1916 Lucknow Pact & Home Rule Leagues created

1918 Montagu-Chelmsford Report

1919 Government of India Act

1919 British pass Rowlatt Bills

1919 Gandhi leads satyagraha

1919 Jallianwalah Bagh Massacre in Amritsar

1920 Gandhi/INC leads Non-Cooperation Movement

1920 Chauri Chauri incident; Gandhi end Non-Coop Mvmnt

1930 Salt March

1935 Government of India Act

1939-45 World War II (WWII)

1940 Lahore Resolution

1941 Cripp’s Mission

1942 Quit India Movement

1943 British military ends Quit India Mvmnt

1945 Simla Conference

1946 Cabinet Mission

1946 Muslim League’s vision of Pakistan in NW & NE

1946 Direct Action Day/Great Calcutta Killings

1947 British annouce they’ll leave by 1948

1947 India and Pakistan are founded as two independent countries