Imperialism in India

By luccoh1
  • Vasco De Gama Sails For India
    Oct 20, 1497

    Vasco De Gama Sails For India

    Vasco De Gama goes to India for the first time.
  • Establishment of the British East India Company

    Britain starts to take over India by setting up trading points in key cities.
  • Decline of the Mughal Empire

    Decline of the Mughal Empire

    Aurangzeb's Reign declines Mughal Empire
  • British Overcome French And Take Control Over India

    British Overcome French And Take Control Over India

    Britain and France settle in India but British win over France.
  • Industrial Revolution in Britain

    Industrial Revolution in Britain

    Time of greatly increased output of machine made goods
  • Sepoy Rebellion

    Sepoy Rebellion

    Sepoy's thought cartridges were greased with animal fat. After rebellion, British took direct control over India.
  • British Colonized India

    British rules over India.
  • Creation of The Indian National Congress

    Creation of The Indian National Congress

    Nationalism grows in India.
  • Creation of the Muslim League

    Creation of the Muslim League

    Organization founded to protect Muslim interests.
  • Amritsar Massace

    Amritsar Massace

    People protested the Rowlett Acts and British opened fire; 1600 casualties.
  • Rowlett Acts

    Rowlett Acts

    Laws that allowed the government to jail protestors without trial.
  • Mohandas Ghandi's Leadership of the INC

    Mohandas Ghandi's Leadership of the INC

    Endorsed Civil Disobedience.
  • Ghandi's Travels Stressing Nonviolent Resistance

    Ghandi's Travels Stressing Nonviolent Resistance

    Ghandi promoted nonviolent protests against Britain.
  • The Salt March

    The Salt March

    Goal was to demonstrate opposition to salt act, the about 60,000 people, including Ghandi were arrested.
  • Government of India Act

    British passed acts to regulate the government of British India
  • Indian/Pakistan Independence

    Indian/Pakistan Independence

    Partition was used to seperate Muslims to Pakistan and Hindus to India.
  • WWII - Riots bewtween Hindus and Muslims

    WWII - Riots bewtween Hindus and Muslims

    Hindus and Muslims were traveling to own land, but are attacked by opposing religions.
  • Partition

    British gave Indian people land and other things of value to them.
  • Ghandi's Death

    Ghandi's Death

    Ghandi was assasinated by a Hindu extremist.