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1550
First arrival of Portoguese ships
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Establishment of East India Company
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Conquer of Indian territories and first imposition of taxes
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Beginning of the English Industrial Revolution
In the second half of 18th century s they began to wage war on land in eastern and south-eastern India -
Indian territories are subjected to customs,impoverishment and crisis of handicrafts
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The 'Sepoy Mutiny'
The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a major, but ultimately unsuccessful, uprising in India in 1857–58 against the rule of the British East India Company, which functioned as a sovereign power on behalf of the British Crown.The rebellion began on 10 May 1857 in the form of a mutiny of sepoys of the Company's army in the garrison town of Meerut. -
Beginning of the British Raj
In 1858, British Crown rule was established in India, ending a century of control by the East India Company. The life and death struggle that preceded this formalisation of British control lasted nearly two years, and is variously referred to as the 'Great Rebellion', the 'Indian Mutiny' or the 'First War of Indian Independence'. -
Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard kipling was born in Brombay,he was an English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist.He died in 1936 -
Mahatma Gandhi
Mohandas Karamchand Gandh 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was an Indian activist who was the leader of the Indian independence movement against British colonial rule. Employing nonviolent civil disobedience, Gandhi led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. -
World WAR I
the Indian territories are being exploited to maintain the costs of the war.
A crisis situation aggravated by the presence of epidemics and famines prevails -
Mahatma Gandhi's Salt March
He was an Indian activist who was the leader of the Indian independence movement against British colonial rule.Employing non violent civil disobedience,he led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world.Gandhi led Indians in challenging the British-imposed salt tax with the Dandi Salt March in 1930, and later in calling for the British to Quit India in 1942. He was imprisoned for many years, upon many occasions, in both South Africa and India. -
World WAR II
During the Second World War (1939–1945), India was controlled by the United Kingdom, British India officially declared war on Nazi Germany in September 1939. The British Raj, as part of the Allied Nations, sent over two and a half million soldiers to fight under British command against the Axis powers. The British government borrowed billions of pounds to help finance the war. India also provided the base for American operations in support of China in the China Burma India Theate -
Indian Indipendence
Independence Day (India), India's independence from the British Empire on 15 August 1947. Indian Independence Act 1947, an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that granted India independence.
