⚔ Conquest / annexation
British take coastal Ceylon from the Dutch
1796 – present · 📍 Colombo
What it led to: Coastal Sri Lanka passed to Britain, confirmed by the Treaty of Amiens.
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Meanwhile (within 10 years)
- 1792 Treaty of Seringapatam · Kingdom of Mysore
- 1793 Permanent Settlement of Bengal · British East India Company
- 1795 ⚔ Battle of Kharda · Maratha Empire
- 1798 Hyderabad accepts the Subsidiary Alliance · Hyderabad State (Nizams)
- 1799 ⚔ Fall of Srirangapatna · Kingdom of Mysore
- 1799 Ranjit Singh takes Lahore · Sikh Empire
- 1802 Treaty of Bassein · Maratha Empire
- 1803 ⚔ British capture Delhi · British East India Company
Alive at the time
Velu Nachiyar
1730 – 1796
Queen of Sivaganga who fought the East India Company
Nana Fadnavis1742 – 1800
Peshwa minister called the 'Maratha Machiavelli'
Pazhassi Raja1753 – 1805
Kerala ruler who fought the Company in the Cotiote War
Veerapandiya Kattabomman1760 – 1799
Palayakarar chieftain hanged for resisting the Company
Tyagaraja1767 – 1847
Carnatic composer, one of the musical Trinity
Raja Ram Mohan Roy1772 – 1833
Founder of the Brahmo Samaj who campaigned against sati
Lalon Fakirc. 1774 – c. 1890
Baul mystic poet of Bengal
Kunwar Singh1777 – 1858
Octogenarian leader of the 1857 revolt in Bihar
🕸 Connections 22 links
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🗂 Era 1
- Modern IndiaPart of this era
⏳ Periods 1
- British Crown Rule (Raj)Belongs to this period
🏛 Kingdoms & empires 12
- Sultanate of the Maldives 1153 – 1968Existed at the same time (152 years)
- Ahom Kingdom 1228 – 1826Existed at the same time (30 years)
- Mewar (Sisodia) 1326 – 1949Existed at the same time (152 years)
- Kingdom of Mysore 1399 – 1950Existed at the same time (152 years)
- Portuguese Estado da Índia 1505 – 1961Existed at the same time (152 years)
- Mughal Empire 1526 – 1857Existed at the same time (61 years)
- British East India Company 1600 – 1858Existed at the same time (62 years)
- Hyderabad State (Nizams) 1724 – 1948Existed at the same time (152 years)
- Sikh Empire 1799 – 1849Existed at the same time (50 years)
- Kingdom of Nepal 1816 – 2008Existed at the same time (132 years)
- British Raj (Crown Rule) 1858 – 1947Existed at the same time (89 years)
- Kingdom of Bhutan 1907 – presentExisted at the same time (41 years)
⚔ Events 1
- British take coastal Ceylon from the Dutch 1796Happened in it
🔧 Technology 3
- The first passenger train 16 April 1853Made or discovered in this time
- Electric light arrives 1879Made or discovered in this time
- Darjeeling Himalayan Railway 1881Made or discovered in this time
📄 Research 3
- Law, State and Agrarian Society in Colonial India D. A. Washbrook · 1981Research on this topic
- Archaeology and identity in colonial India Nayanjot Lahiri · 2000Research on this topic
- Landownership and Inequality in Madras Presidency: 1853-54 to 1946-47 Dharma Kumar · 1975Research on this topic
📚 Books 1
- A History of Sri Lanka K. M. de SilvaRecommended reading