India By facebooker_555019341887023 1757 Began the rule of East India Company in India 1858 The British crowm had taken control of India 1946 The Labour Government thought to end their rule over India 1947 The prominent Indian leaders like Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Mohammed Ali Jinnah, Abul Kalam Azad, Master Tara Singh and B. R. Ambedkar agreed for a partition of India along religious outline. Aug 15, 1947 Gained independence from Britian