β Conquest / annexation Β· β Major
Punjab annexed
1849 β present Β· π Lahore
After the Second Anglo-Sikh War.
What it led to: The Sikh Empire ended and Maharaja Duleep Singh was pensioned off.
The large dot is this battle; small dots are other battles fought at the same place.
β» Fought over again and again
Other battles within 40 km of this place.
c. 1,200 BCEBattle of the Ten Kings
1186Ghurids take Lahore, ending the Ghaznavids
β The last Ghaznavid ruler, Khusrau Malik, was captured.
1965Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
β The war ended in a UN-backed ceasefire.
Meanwhile (within 10 years)
- 1839 β First Anglo-Afghan War begins 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
- 1853 First passenger railway: Bombay to Thane Β· British East India Company
- 1857 Revolt of 1857 begins at Meerut
- 1858 Government of India Act β Crown rule begins Β· British Raj (Crown Rule)
Alive at the time
Lalon Fakir
c. 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
Sir Syed Ahmad Khan1817 β 1898
Founder of the Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College at Aligarh
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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