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Timeline of The History of India 4 - Timeline Help
Timeline of The History of India 4 of 4 from 1757 to 1987 at Timeline Help.
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- 1764
- 1769
- 1773
- 1853
- 1857
- 1858
- 1877
- 1885
- 1920
- 1942
- 1947
- 1948
- 1950
- 1962
- 1965
- 1971
- 1974
- 1987 | The Battle of Plassey is fought, with the British defeating Siraj-ud-daulah.
The British Empire expands to Bengal and Bihar.
Ten million people in Bengal die of famine. The East India Company does nothing.
The governor of Bengal, Warren Hastings, establishes an opium monopoly. The Regulating Act is passed by the British.
Telegraph, postal and railway service begins in India.
The First War of Indian Independence, also known as the Revolt of 1857 and the Sepoy Mutiny.
The British Crown officially takes control of the Indian Government.
The Queen of England is declared the Empress of India.
Indian National Congress is formed.
Mahatma Gandhi heads an anti-British civil disobedience campaign.
The Quit India movement begins.
India gains its freedom. Jawaharlal Nehru is the first Prime Minister. Massacre of hundreds of thousands of people die in widespread bloodshed.
Mahatma Gandhi is assassinated.
India becomes a Republic.
India loses war with China.
War with Pakistan.
Another war with Pakistan. Treaty signed with Soviet Union.
India's first atomic bomb is exploded at Pokhran.
India sends soldiers to Sri Lanka for a peacekeeping mission. Goa becomes the 25th state of India.
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Bibliography of the Timeline of the History of India 4 Koul, O (2008). The Lonely Planet Phrasebook.
Kumar, N, Mohapatra, P K and Chandrasekhar, S (2009). Global Powerhouses - How They Are Taking on the World.
Reid, S and Embleton, G (2009). Armies of the East India Company From 1750 - 1850. Men at Arms Series.
Das, G (2002). Unbound - The Social and Economic Revolution from Independence to the Global Information Age.
Ward, G and Sam Cook, S (2007). The Rough Guide to Rajasthan, Delhi and Agra.
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