Governor General Viceroys

·         Supreme Council of Bengal

·         Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William (1774) was established

·         Asiatic Society of Bengal (1784)

·         Pitt’s India Act (1784)

·         Stopped Mughal pension to Shah Alam II

·         Abolished the Dual System in Bengal (Which was introduced by Robert Clive).

·         Moved Treasury from Murshidabad to Calcutta

·         James Augustus Hicky’s Bengal Gazette- First Indian newspaper published (in 1780)

·         First Anglo-Maratha War (1775–82)

·         Second Anglo-Mysore war (1780–84)

·         First Rohilla War of 1773–1774

·         Ring fence policy

·         Founded Calcutta Madrasa (Aliah University) in 1780.

·         Creation of collector post

·         The first Governor General to be prosecuted for impeachment. (As a consequence of his involvement in First Rohilla War)

·         Experimentation on land settlements.

·         He formed Amini Commission in 1776.

·         Abolished Dastak system (which was introduced by Robert Clive)

·         English Translation of Bhagwat Gita by Charles Wilkins

·         Permanent Settlement in Bihar and Bengal in 1793

·         3rd Anglo-Mysore war (1790–92)

·         Introduction of Cornwallis Code in 1793

·         Introduction of Civil Services in India

·         Sanskrit Vidyalaya at Benares (now Varanasi) established by Johnathan Duncan (then Governor of Bombay) in 1791.

·         Introduced Sunset Law

·         Charter Act of 1793

·         Second Rohilla War 1794

·         Battle of Kharda between Nizam and Marathas (1795)

·         Fourth Mysore War (1799).

·         Censorship Act, 1799

·         Second Maratha War (1803-05)

·         Fort William College at Calcutta (1800)

·         Took over the administration of Tanjore (1799), Surat (1800) and Carnatic (1801).

·         Treaty of Bassein (1802).

·         Raj Bhavan at Calcutta was established in 1803

·         Bank of Calcutta (1806) established (later Imperial Bank of India, now State Bank of India)

·         Charter Act of 1813

·         Third Anglo-Maratha War (1816–1818) and the abolition of Peshwaship

·         Anglo-Nepalese War (1814–16) ended with the signing of Treaty of Sugauli (1816)

·         Creation of Bombay Presidency in 1818

·         Establishment of Ryotwari System in Madras Presidency in 1820 by the governor Sir Thomas Munro.

·         Establishment of Mahalwari System in Northern India by Holt Mackenzie (1822)

·         Hindu College (now Presidency University) at Calcutta in 1817

·         The Pindari War (1817–1818)

·         Bengal Tenancy Act was passed in 1822.

·         General Committee of Public Instruction was formed in 1823

·         First Anglo-Burmese War (1824–26)

·         Establishment of Sanskrit College at Calcutta (1824)

·         Treaty of Yandabo, 1826

·         Capture of Bharatpur (1826)

·         Abolition of sati and other cruel rites (1829)

·         Suppression of Thugi (1830).

·         Mahalwari System in Central India, Punjab and Western UP.

·         Saint Helena Act 1833 or Charter Act 1833 (Christian Missionaries get Exclusive rights to spread Christianity in British India which included the present day Pakistan)

·         Kol Rebellion in 1831

·         Barasat Uprising in 1831, led by Titumir

·         Resolution of 1835, and educational reforms and introduction of English as the official language.

·         Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata (1835)

·         Annexation of Mysore (1831), Coorg (1834) and Central Cachar (1834).

·         Abolition of the provincial courts of appeal and circuit set up by Cornwallis, appointment of commissioners of revenue and circuit.

·         Known as Liberator of India Press

·         Establishment of Calcutta Public Library in 1836

·         The First Anglo Afghan War(1840–1842)

·         Bank of Bombay (1840) established

·         First Bengali daily newspaper Sambad Prabhakar was published in 1839

·         Tattwabodhini Sabha was formed by Debendranath Tagore in 1839

·         Conquest and annexation of Sind Province by British (1843)

·         Indian Slavery Act, 1843

·         Treaty of Lahore (1846)

·         Treaty of Bhairowal (1846)

·         Establishment of Roorkee Engineering College (1847)

·         Social reforms including abolition of female infanticide and human sacrifice

·         Charter Act, 1853

·         Bethune Collegiate School (1849)

·         Charles Wood Despatch (1854)

·         Establishment of summer capital at Shimla

·         Second Anglo-Burmese War (1852)

·         First Passenger train between Bombay and Thane (1853)

·         First telegraph Line was laid between Diamond Harbour and Calcutta. (1851)

·         Post Office Act, 1854

·         Established Public Works Department (1854)

·         The Second Anglo-Sikh War (1848–1849)

·         Santhal Rebellion (1855)

·         Religious Disabilities Act, 1856

·         Annexation of Oudh on the grounds of alleged internal misrule (1856)

·         Banned Female Infanticide completely and Human Sacrifice in Central province, Odisha and Maharashtra

·         Revolt of 1857.

·         University of Calcutta, University of Bombay, and University of Madras were set up in 1857.

·         System of Budget was introduced

·         Formation of Imperial Civil Services

·         Indigo Revolt in Bengal in 1859–60

·         White mutiny by the European troops in 1859

·         Enactment of Indian Penal Code in 1860

·         Indian High Courts Act 1861

·         Indian Councils Act, 1861

·         Indian Civil Service Act, 1861

·         Police Act, 1861

·         Establishment of Archaeological Survey of India in 1861

·         Introduced Portfolio System which gave foundation for Cabinet System

·         Wahabi movement suppressed

·         Establishment of Shimla as India’s summer capital in 1863

·         The Tabernacle of New Dispensation, a new Church established by Keshub Chandra Sen

·         Establishment of Allahabad High Court in 1866

·         Famine Commission was constituted in 1867 under Henry Campbell due to Orissa famine of 1866

·         Tenancy Act was passed in Punjab and Oudh in 1868

·         Opening of Rajkumar college in Rajkot and Mayo College at Ajmer for political training of Indian Princes

·         Keshub Chandra Sen establishes Indian Reform Association (1870)

·         Started Financial decentralization in 1870

·         Enacted IPC amendment-Sedition Act 1870 to tackle Wahabi Movement

·         He established the Department of Agriculture & Commerce in 1872

·         Established Statistical Survey of India in 1872

·         Trial of Gaekwar of Baroda.

·         Kuka Movement in Punjab.

·         Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College founded by Sir Syed Ahmed Khan (1875)

·         Prince of Wales Edward VII visited India in 1875

·         Royal Titles Act (1876), Queen Victoria assuming the title of ‘Kaiser-i-Hind’ or Queen Empress of India.

·         The Vernacular Press Act (1878).

·         The Arms Act (1878).

·         The Second Afghan War (1878-80).

·         1st Delhi Durbar (out of 3) in 1877

·         Decreased the maximum age of appearing in civil services from 21 to 19

·         Second Anglo-Afghan War, (1878–80)

·         Treaty of Gandamak signed in 1879

·         Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881

·         Repeal of the Vernacular Press Act in 1882

·         Ilbert Bill (1883)

·         Establishment of Panjab University in 1882

·         Government resolution on local self-government (1882)

·         Appointment of Education Commission under Sir William Wilson Hunter in 1882

·         First complete Census in India in 1881

·         He passed Famine codes in 1883

·         Increased the maximum age of appearing in civil services from 18 to 21

·         Bengal Tenancy Act (1885)

·         Third Anglo-Burmese War (1885)

·         In 1886, Burma was made a province of India, with Rangoon as its capital

·         Indian Council Act 1892

·         Second Factory Act 1891

·         Setting up of Durand Commission in 1893

·         Categorisation of civil services into imperial, provisional and subordinate

·         Spread of Bubonic plague in Bombay (1896)

·         Establishment of Ramakrishna Mission by Swami Vivekananda at Belur Math in 1897

·         Assassination of two British officials (Walter Charles Rand and Ayerst) by the Chapekar brothers in 1897

·         Munda rebellion in 1899–1900

·         Department of Agriculture was constituted in 1901

·         Agricultural Research Institute at Pusa in Bihar was established in 1905

·         Partition of Bengal (1905)

·         Appointment of Raleigh University Commission (1902) (Indian Universities Act, 1904 was passed as per the recommendation of this commission)

·         Ancient Monuments Preservation Act 1904

·         Official Secrets Act 1904 to curb free press

·         Second Delhi Durbar (out of 3) in 1903

·         Appointment of Police Commission under Sir Andrew Frazer in 1902

·         Creation of North-West Frontier Province in 1901

·         Benaras Hindu Girls School (Kanya Vidyalaya) was established by Annie Besant in 1904

·         Younghusband expedition to Tibet under Francis Younghusband in 1903–04

·         Morley–Minto reforms 1909, or the Indian Councils Act 1909

·         Split in Congress in 1907 (in Surat session)

·         Satyendra Prasanna Sinha became first Indian member to be appointed in Viceroy’s Executive Council

·         Seditious meetings (prohibition) Act 1907 to curb the extremist movement

·         Establishment of Muslim League by Aga Khan III and Khwaja Salimullah (Nawab of Dhaka) in 1906

·         Foundation of Jugantar revolutionary group in Bengal (1906)

·         Indian Press Act, 1910

·         Jamsetji Tata established TISCO in 1907

·         Foundation stone of ‘Victoria Memorial’ laid in 1906

·         Newspapers Act 1908

·         Annulment of Partition of Bengal by King George V in 1911

·         Transfer of capital from Calcutta to Delhi (1911)

·         Partition of Bengal to form Bihar and Orissa province (1912)

·         World War I (1914–18)

·         Komagata Maru incident (1914)

·         McMahon border line was created between India and China in 1914

·         Ghadar Mutiny (1915)

·         Mahatma Gandhi came back to India from South Africa in 1915

·         Foundation of Hindu Mahasabha by Madan Mohan Malviya (1915)

·         Foundation of Banaras Hindu University in 1916

·         First Women’s University (SNDT Women’s University) at Pune was founded by Dhondo Keshav Karve (1916)

·         Lucknow Pact (1916) between Indian National Congress and Muslim League

·         Foundation of Sabarmati Ashram (1916) after Gandhi’s return

·         Champaran Satyagraha (1917), the first satyagraha movement led by Mahatma Gandhi in British India

·         Montagu’s August Declaration, 1917

·         Saddler University Commission or Calcutta Commission (1917)

·         Kheda Satyagraha of 1918

·         Montagu–Chelmsford Reforms (1919)

·         Government of India Act 1919

·         Rowlatt Act (1919)

·         Jallianwala Bagh massacre (1919)

·         Khilafat Movement (1919–20) (later merged with Non-cooperation movement in 1920)

·         Non-cooperation movement (1920–22)

·         Foundation of Aligarh Muslim University in 1920

·         Imperial Bank of India (now State Bank of India established in 1921)

·         Rabindranath Tagore founded Visva-Bharati University in 1921

·         Chauri Chaura incident (1922) and withdrawal of Non-cooperation movement by Mahatma Gandhi

·         Establishment of Swaraj Party by C.R. Das and Motilal Nehru (1922)

·         Appointment of Lee Commission in 1923 on public services reforms

·         Railway budget was separated from general budget since 1924

·         Kakori train robbery in 1925

·         Foundation of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh by K. B. Hedgewar in 1925

·         Foundation of the Communist Party of India in Kanpur in 1925

·         Annulment of Press Act of 1910 and Rowlatt Act of 1919

·         Appointment of the Harcourt Butler Indian States Commission (1927).

·         Nehru Report (1928)

·         Death of Lala Lajpat Rai (1928)

·         Fourteen Points of Jinnah (1929)

·         Lahore session of the Congress (1929); Purna Swaraj Resolution.

·         Meerut Conspiracy Case (1929)

·         Bombing in Central Legislative Assembly on 8 April 1929 by Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt

·         “Deepavali Declaration” on 31 October 1929 (to grant India dominion status in due course)

·         Appointment of “Hartog Committee” (1929) to survey the growth of education in British India

·         Launching of Civil disobedience movement with Salt March (1930)

·         Dharasana Satyagraha (1930)

·         First Round Table Conferences (1930)

·         Allahabad Address by Sir Muhammad Iqbal (1930)

·         Chittagong armoury raid in 1930

·         Boycott of the First Round Table Conference (1930), Gandhi-Irwin Pact (1931) and suspension of Civil Disobedience Movement.

·         Execution of Bhagat Singh, Shivaram Rajguru, and Sukhdev Thapar (1931)

·         Announcement of Communal Award by Ramsay MacDonald (1932)

·         Poona Pact between Mahatma Gandhi and B. R. Ambedkar in 1932

·         Third Round Table Conference (1932)

·         Pakistan Declaration (1933)

·         Launch of Individual Civil Disobedience (1933)

·         Foundation of Congress Socialist Party in 1934

·         Government of India Act 1935

·         Formation of All India Kisan Sabha in 1936

·         Reserve Bank of India established by passing The Reserve Bank of India Act 1934.

·         Burma separated from India (1935).

·         Indian entry into World War II (1939)

·         Day of Deliverance (1939)

·         Formation of All India Forward Bloc (1939)

·         Lahore Resolution (1940)

·         August Offer (1940)

·         Cripps Mission (1942)

·         Formation of Indian Legion (1942)

·         Quit India Movement (1942)

·         Formation of Indian National Army (1942)

·         Bengal famine (1943)

·         ‘Divide and Quit’ slogan at the Karachi session (1944) of the Muslim League.

·         Simla Conference (1945)

·         WW II ended (1945)

·         Indian National Army (INA) trials in 1945-1946

·         Cabinet Mission (1946)

·         Direct Action Day (16 August 1946)

·         Interim Government was formed in 1946

·         Royal Indian Navy mutiny (1946)

·         Observance of ‘Direct Action Day’ (August 16, 1948) by the Muslim League.

·         Elections to the Constituent Assembly, formation of Interim Government by the Congress (September 1946).

·         Announcement of end of British rule in India by Clement Attlee (prime minister of England) on February 20, 1947.

·         Indian Independence Act 1947 was passed on 18 July 1947.

·         Radcliffe Commission was appointed under the chairmanship of Cyril Radcliffe to demarcate the border line of Bengal Presidency and Punjab Province