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HISTORY

1 1600 East India Company was established on 31st

December 1600 asper the Royal Chater Issued by the queen Elizabeth I.

2 1639 Francis Dey established the city of Madras and constructed

the Fort St.George.3 Fort William - Calcutta Job Charnock named it Fort William after the king William

III.

4 1757 Battle of Plassey

5 1764 Battle of Buxar

6 Robert Clive First Governer Genaral of Fort William under the company rule.

Governer General of Fort William

Warren Hastings

[ 1772 1785 ]

8 1772 Calcutta Become the capital of Bengal.

9 Dual System Abolished the Dual System introduced by Robert Clive.

10 1773 Regulating Act of 1773.

11 1780-1784 Second Mysore War Between HyderAli and British.

Treaty of Mangalore Accordingly, all conquests weremutually restored and the prisoners on both sides were

liberated.

12 1784 Pitts India Act (Board of Cotrol related).Lord Cornwallis

[ 1786 1793 ]

13 1790-1792 Third Mysore War Between Tipu Sultan and British.

Treaty of Srirangapatinam Accordingly, Tipu had to give

up half of his dominion.14 Cornwallis Permanent Revenue Settlement

Lord Wellesley

[ 1798 1805 ]


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15 Subsidiary AllianceSystem 1. The Nizam of Hyderabad was the first to accept thesubsidiary alliance system. He handed over the territories

of Cuddappah, Bellary, Anantapur and Carnool2. After the death of Tippu Sultan, his kingdom was

handed over to Krishna Raja Wadiar who accepted thescheme

3. The Nawab of Oudh accepted this scheme andsurrendered Rohilkhant and Southern districts of Doab

region.4. Peshwa Baji Rao II and many Rajput rulers also

entered into this alliance.

16 1799 Fourth Mysore War Tippu Sultan and BritishTippu was shot dead in the war.

17 1802 Treaty of Bassein British and Peshwa Baji rao II

Governer General of India

Lord William Bentick

[ 1828 1835 ]

18 Governer General ofIndia

Lord William Bentick was the first Governer General of India.

19 T.B.Maculay First Law Member for the Governer general in Council.

20 1829 Bentick passed a law in 1829. It declared the practice of

Sati as a criminal and illegal offence. The law said thatanyone who forced a woman to perform Sati would be

given capital punishment.(Raja ram Mohan Roy and Devadranath Tagore Supported

it.)

21 Reforms Abolition ofHuman Sacrifice and Female

Infanticide. Supression ofThugs.(New Department UnderMajor Sleeman.).

Mahalwari System was introduced.

22 English Language Made English as the medium of School Education.

Lord Macaulay, the Governor-Generals Law member,was responsible for it.

23 1835 Government resolution made English the official and literarylanguage of India.


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Lord Dalhousie

[ 1848 1856 ]

24 Policy Doctrine of Lapse [After the mutiny of 1857 this law waswithdrawn].

Conquest.Consolidate.

Development.The Doctrine was considered as a violation of Hindu Law

which permitted adoption.

25 Railways 1853 Bombay to Thane.1854 Calcutta to Raniganj Coal Fields.1856 Madras to Arakonam.

26 Telegraphs The telegraph system was also introduced. From 1853 to1856, nearly 4000 miles (6400 k.m.) of telegraphic lines

Connecting, Calcutta with Peshawar, Bombay and Madraswas installed.

The military value of this was realized during the revolt of1857.

27 Postal Reform Introduced half an anna per post card was charged throughoutIndia.

28 Education 1854 Despatch of Charles Wood - Outlines comprehensivescheme of education at primary, secondary and collegiatelevels.The Department of Public Instruction (DPI) was opened in

each province.

1857 - Universities started at Bombay, Calcutta and Madras.

Dalhousie introduced the grants-in-aid scheme tohelp the private institutions.

29 Father He was the father of Indian Railways and Telegraphs.

He introduced the process of modernization of India.Maker of Modern India.

30 1857 First war of Indian IndependenceThe Great Revolt of 1857


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31 After the 1857 revolt, the responsibility of ruling India was directly assumed by the

British Crown. Lord Canning became the first Viceroy of India in 1858. TheGovernment of India Act of 1858 and the queen proclamation in the same year signify

this change in the Indian Administration.

Lord Lytton

[ 1876 -1880 ]

32 1878 Vernacular Press Act.This Act empowered a Magistrate to secure an undertaking

from the editor, Publisher and printer of a vernacular newspaperthat nothing be published against the English Government.

33 1878 Arms Act.This Act prevented the Indians to keep arms without appropriate

license.

Lord Rippon The Good

[ 1880 1884 ]

34 1881 Rippon repealed the Vernacular Press Act.

35 1881 Factory Act. To improve the service condition of the factoryworkers in India.

36 1882 He was called as the Father of Local Self Government.

37 1882 Hunter Commission Education Commission. Thecommission recommended for the expansion and improvement

of the elementary education of masses.

38 1883 Ilbert Bill. According to it Indian magistrates were to be given

the right to try the British accused. It made the Indian judgesequal in power to the European judges.

Lord Curzon

[ 1899 1905 ]

39 Reforms Famine Commission and allocated a large sum of moneyfor relief work.


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Agricultural Research Institute was started at Pusa in

Bengal.Imperial Cadet Corps was founded to train young men for

military service.

40 1905 Partition of Bengal.

Indian National Movement

Early Political Associations:1851 The British Indian Association Bengal

1852 The Bombay Association 1852 Dadabhai Naoroji1852 Madras Native Association

1870 Poona Sarvojanik Sabha

1884 Madras Mahajana Sabha

41 1885 Indian National Congress Allan Octavian Hume.( A retiredcivil servant in the British Government).

First Session: Bombay.

First President: W. C. Banerjee.42 1892 Indian Councils Act.

G. SubramniyaAiyar.

Founder:

Madras MahajanaSabha.

The Hindu

Swadesamitran

Dadabhai

NaorojiGrand Old Man

of India1

stIndian

member of

British House of commons.

Gopala Krishna

GokhalePolitical guru of

Mahatma GandhiFounder:

Servants of

India Society

43 1905 Partition of Bengal. Lord Curzon.

44 Extremists Their main aim was to attain Swaraj or complete independence

and not self government.45 Swadeshi Movement All India Political Movement.

BalaGangadhara

TilakLokmanya.

Weeklies:Mahratta

Kesari.

Swaraj is my birth right and Iwill have it Imp rol: Swa Mov.

Lala Lajpat RaiLion of Punjab

Injuries

Procession

against SimonCommission.

Imp role

SwadeshiMovemnt.

Bipin ChandraPalImp role

Swadeshi

movement.

Aurobindo

GhoshImp role:Swadeshi

Movement

Nawab

salimulla khanof Dacca.1906 Started

All India Muslim

League

V.O.Chidambar

am pillai.1906 Startedswadeshi steam

company.

1908 Led thecoral mill strike.


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43 1907 Surat Spilit Extremists came out of the congress led by Tilak

and Others.

44 1916 Lucknow Pact: - Congress Session.1. Divided Congress become united.2. Understanding for joint action against British was

reached between the congress and the Muslim league.45 1916 Home Rule Movement

Mrs. Annie Besant started it at Madras.B.G. Tilak at Poona.

Aim: To get Self Government forIndia within the British Empire.

Mahatma Gandhi

[ 1917 1947 ]

46 Principles Non Violence and Satyagraha.

47 1919 Rowlatt Act: Any Person can be arrested on the basis ofSuspicion.

48 1919 Jallianwala Bagh:General Dyer: Dyer marched in andwithout any warning opened fire on thecrowd.

49 1919 Khilafat Movement:Chief Cause: The defeat of Turkey in the first world war.Muslims believe that the Caliph(Sultan of Turkey) was the

religious head of the Muslims.

50 1920 1922 Non Co-operation Movement:As a sequel to the Rowlatt Act, Jallianwalla Bagh Massacre,

and Khilafat movement. Approved in the Nagpur session ofCongress.

51 1921 Mass demonstrations were held against the Prince of Walesduring his tour of India.

52 1922 Chauri Chaura Incident:Angry mob set fire to Police Station at Chauri Chaura and

twenty two police men were burnt to death.

53 1923 Swaraj Party:

Motilal Nehru C. R. Das


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54 1927 Simon Commission:All its seven members were English Men. No indian member init. Almost all political parties including the congress decided to

oppose the commission.

55 1929 Lahore Sesssion of Congress: Presided by Jawaharlal Nehru.

Passed the Poorna Swaraj resolution.55 1930 - 1934 Civil Disobidience movement:

56 1930 Dandi March:

57 Round Table

Conferences

1930 London - Congress boycotted it.

1931 London Mahatma Gandhi attended the conference.1932 London Congress boycotted it.

58 1932 Gandhi Irwin Pact.

59 1932 Ramsay Macdonald Communal Award:According to this award, the depressed classes were considered

as a separate electorates for them. Gandhi protested against thecommunal award and went on a fast unto death in the yervadi

jail on 1932. An agreement was reached between Dr.Ambedkar and Gandhi. This agreement came to be called as

Poona Pact.

60 1935 The Government of India Act.

61 1939 1945 Second world war

62 1940 The Muslim league demanded the creation ofPakistan.

63 1940 August offer:After the war a representative body of Indians would be setup to

frame the new constitution.

64 1942 Cripps Mission:Gandhiji called Cripps proposals as Post dated Cheque of a

failing bank.65 1942 - 1944 Quit India Movement:

Gandhiji gave his call Do or Die.

66 1942 Indian National Army:Gave the rousing war cry Delhi Chalo.Slogan : Jai Hind

President of Indian Independence League.

67 1946 Cabinet Mission:After WWII Atlee became the Prime Minister in England.Both Congress and Muslim League accepted the Plan.

68 Interim Government An interim government was formed under the leadership ofJawaharlal Nehru on 1946.

69 1947 Mountbatten Plan:The partition of India and creation of Pakistan appeared

inevitable for him. Congress and Muslim League ultimatelyagreed to the plan.

70 1947 Indian Independence Act:

71 30th

January 1948 Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated by Nathuram Godse.


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