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Jan 1, 1497
Vasco De Gama Sails For India
He started to exploreing East African Coast. In 1948 he reached the port of Calcuta. -
Establishment of The British East India Company
British East India Company set up trading posts at Bombay, Madras, and Calcutta.By 1707, however, the Mughal Empire was collapsing. -
Decline of The Mughal Empire
As the Mughal Empire rose and fell, Western traders slowly built their own power in the region.The Portuguese were the first Europeans to reach India. -
Industrial Revolution in Britain
Wealthy landowners, however, began buying up much of the land that village farmers had once worked. The large landowners dramatically improved farming methods. These innovations amounted to an agricultural revolution. -
British Overcome French and Take Control of India
Robert Clive led the East India company into a victorious battle with India and their allies, the French. The battle was called the Battle of Plassey. After they won they started to take control of India. -
Sepoy Rebellion
British controlled most of the Indian subcontinent. However, there were many pockets of discontent. A garrison commander was shocked when 85 of the 90 sepoys refused to accept the cartridges. -
British Colonized India
The British conquered India with the help of Indian soldiers, but did not treat them properly.fter this revolt the Company’s place was taken by the British government directly which too was very harsh with Indians. -
Creation of the Indian National Congress
The first session of Congress was presided over by Womesh Chandra Banerjee who was also elected as the first president of Indian National Congress party. Around seventy reputed delegates that included educationalists, lawyers, journalists etc. attended the first session of the congress when it was established. -
Rowlett Acts
These laws allowed the government to jail protesters without trial for as long as two years. To Western-educated Indians, denial of a trial by jury violated their individual rights. -
Amritsar Massacre
Most people at the gathering were unaware that the British government had banned public meetings. However, the British commander at Amritsar believed they were openly defying the ban. -
Mohandas Gandhi's Leadership of the INC
His teachings blended ideas from all of the major world religions, including Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, Islam, and Christianity. Gandhi attracted millions of followers. -
Gandhi's Travels Stressing Nonviolent Resistance
Gandhi launched his campaign of law and nonviolence. Then the civil disobedience campaign to weaken the british governments authority over India. -
The Salt March
Gandhi organized a demostration to defy the hated salt acts. They didn't want to pay any salt tax so they went to the ocean and made there own. -
Government of India Act
The British parliament passed the India act which provided local self-government snd limited democratic. Elections but not total independence. -
Creation of the Muslim League
The Muslim League stated that it would never accept Indian independence if it meant rule by the Hindu-dominated Congress Party. Jinnah stated, “The only thing the Muslim has in common with the Hindu is his slavery to the British.” -
WWII - Riots Between Hindus and Muslims
4 days of riots in between muslims and hindus in Calcutta left more than 5,000 dead and 15,000 hurt. -
Partition
This granted India and Pakistan independence in one months time. This set off a lot of riots. -
Indian/Pakistan Independance
This granted India and Pakistan independence in one months time. This set off a lot of riots. -
Gandhi's Death
Gandhi was shot by a hindu because he thought Gandhi protected the Muslims too much.
