β Conquest / annexation
Annexation of Sindh
1843 β present Β· π Hyderabad (Sindh)
What it led to: Sindh was annexed after the Battle of Miani.
Where it happened.
Meanwhile (within 10 years)
- 1839 β First Anglo-Afghan War begins Β· Emirate of Afghanistan
- 1839 Death of Maharaja Ranjit Singh Β· Sikh Empire
- 1842 β British retreat from Kabul Β· Emirate of Afghanistan
- 1845 β First Anglo-Sikh War Β· Sikh Empire
- 1846 Jammu & Kashmir granted to Gulab Singh
- 1846 Kot massacre; Rana rule begins in Nepal Β· Kingdom of Nepal
- 1848 Doctrine of Lapse applied to Satara Β· British East India Company
- 1849 β Punjab annexed Β· British East India Company
Alive at the time
Tyagaraja
1767 β 1847
Carnatic composer, one of the musical Trinity
Lalon Fakirc. 1774 β c. 1890
Baul mystic poet of Bengal
Kunwar Singh1777 β 1858
Octogenarian leader of the 1857 revolt in Bihar
Mirza Ghalib1797 β 1869
Urdu and Persian poet of Delhi
Thomas Babington Macaulay1800 β 1859
Author of the 1835 Minute on Indian Education
Tantia Tope1814 β 1859
Guerrilla commander of the 1857 revolt
Bhanubhakta Acharya1814 β 1868
Adikavi of Nepali who translated the Ramayana
Alexander Cunningham1814 β 1893
Founder of the Archaeological Survey of India
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π Era 1
- Modern IndiaPart of this era
β³ Periods 1
- East India Company RuleBelongs to this period
π Kingdoms & empires 12
- Fort St George, Madras 1639 β 1858Part of it
- Bombay (English East India Company) 1668 β 1858Part of it
- Sultanate of the Maldives 1153 β 1968Existed at the same time (258 years)
- Malla Dynasty of Nepal 1201 β 1769Existed at the same time (169 years)
- Ahom Kingdom 1228 β 1826Existed at the same time (226 years)
- Mewar (Sisodia) 1326 β 1949Existed at the same time (258 years)
- Vijayanagara Empire 1336 β 1646Existed at the same time (46 years)
- Kingdom of Mysore 1399 β 1950Existed at the same time (258 years)
- Kingdom of Kandy 1469 β 1815Existed at the same time (215 years)
- Portuguese Estado da Γndia 1505 β 1961Existed at the same time (258 years)
- Mughal Empire 1526 β 1857Existed at the same time (257 years)
- Maratha Empire 1674 β 1818Existed at the same time (144 years)
π Rulers 6
- Robert Clive 1758 β 1760Ruled it
- Robert Clive 1765 β 1767Ruled it
- Warren Hastings 1773 β 1785Ruled it
- Lord Cornwallis 1786 β 1793Ruled it
- Lord Wellesley 1798 β 1805Ruled it
- Lord Hastings 1813 β 1823Ruled it
π€ People 5
- Sir William Jones 1746 β 1794Lived under it
- Raja Ram Mohan Roy 1772 β 1833Lived under it
- James Prinsep 1799 β 1840Lived under it
- Thomas Babington Macaulay 1800 β 1859Lived under it
- Mangal Pandey 1827 β 1857Lived under it
β Events 6
- East India Company chartered 1600Happened in it
- Job Charnock founds Calcutta 1690Happened in it
- Battle of Plassey 1757Happened in it
- Battle of Buxar 1764Happened in it
- Diwani of Bengal granted 1765Happened in it
- Great Bengal Famine 1770Happened in it
π Places & sites 1
- Fort William, Calcutta 1696A place of this polity
π§ Technology 2
- Jantar Mantar observatory early 18th centuryMade or discovered in this time
- The first passenger train 16 April 1853Made or discovered in this time
π Research 3
- Law, State and Agrarian Society in Colonial India D. A. Washbrook Β· 1981Research on this topic
- Knowing the Country: Empire and Information in India C. A. Bayly Β· 1993Research on this topic
- The Company Army and Rural Society: The Invalid Thanah 1780β1830 Seema Alavi Β· 1993Research on this topic
π Books 2
- History of Modern India Bipan ChandraRecommended reading
- A Brief History of Modern India Rajiv AhirRecommended reading