India’s First War for Independence (aka Indian Rebellion of 1857) began as a mutiny of sepoys of theEast India Company’s army on 10 May 1857, in the cantonment of the town of Meerut, and soon escalated into other mutinies and civilian rebellions largely in the upper Gangetic plain and central India, with the major hostilities confined to present-day Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, northern Madhya Pradesh, and the Delhi region.
| Year | Events |
| 1857 | The sepoy Mutiny or First War of Independence (Indian Mutiny Rebellion of 1857(10th May)) |
| 1857 | Establishment of University of Mumbai, University of Madras and University of Calcutta in India |
| 1858 | The British government ruled India, Lord Dalhousie becomes the Governor-General of India |
| 1858 | British Raj (to 1947) |
| 1858 | Bipin Chandra Pal is born (to 1932) |
| 1859 | Death of Tatya Tope |
| 1861 | Birth of Rabindranath Tagore |
| 1862 | Death of Bahadur Shah Zafar |
| 1863 | Swami Vivekanand is born (to 1902) |
| 1865 | Lala Lajpat Rai is born (to 1928) |
| 1867 | “Prarthana Samaj” Established Earlier known as “Atmiya Sabha” |
| 1869 | Birth of Mahatma Gandhi |
| 1869 | Thakkar Bapa is Born (to 1951) |
| 1875 | “Arya Samaj” Established |
| 1875 | Aligarh Muslim University |
| 1875 | Deccan Riots |
| 1876 | Queen Victoria was given the title Empress of India by the British Parliament |
| 1877 | Delhi Durbar First time |
| 1885 | Foundation of Indian National Congress |
| 1885 | Burma became an Indian province |
| 1885 | The Indian National Congress was formed (28th December) |
| 1885 | Indian National Congress Eshtablished |
| 1889 | Birth of Jawaharlal Nehru |
| 1889 | Khudiram Bose is born (to 1908) |
| 1891 | B. R. Ambedkar is born (to 1956) |
| 1897 | Birth of Subhash Chandra Bose |
| 1897 | Subhas Chandra Bose is born (to 1945) |
| 1902 | Anushilan Samiti, organized revolutionary association formed. |
| 1903 | British Expedition to Tibet |
| 1903 | Delhi Durbar Second Time. |
| 1904 | Tibet Expedition |
| 1905 | First partition of Bengal under Lord Curzon |
| 1905 | The British government divided Bengal into separate Hindu and Muslim sections |
| 1905 | Partition of Bengal |
| 1906 | Foundation of Muslim League |
| 1906 | Jugantar formed. |
| 1906 | Muslim League formed in Dacca. |
| 1909 | Morley-Minto Reforms |
| 1911 | Delhi Darbar; King and Queen visit India; Delhi becomes the capital of India |
| 1911 | Cancelation of Partition of Bengal |
| 1911 | Delhi Durbar Third Time |
| 1912 | Delhi conspiracy case |
| 1913 | Gadar Party formed. |
| 1914 | World War 1 |
| 1914 | Hindu“German Conspiracy |
| 1915 | Mahatma Gandhi returns back to India |
| 1915 | Ghadar conspiracy |
| 1915 | Provisional Government of India formed in Kabul. |
| 1915 | Mahatma Gandhi returned to India. |
| 1916 | World War 1 begins |
| 1916 | Lucknow Pact signed by Muslim League and Congress |
| 1917 | Champaran and Kheda Satyagraha |
| 1918 | World War 1 ends |
| 1919 | Montague-Chelmsfor Reforms introduced,Jallianwala Bagh massacreat Amritsar |
| 1919 | Jallianwala Bagh Massacre (13th April) |
| 1919 | Montagu“Chelmsford Reforms |
| 1919 | Rowlatt Act |
| 1920 | Khilafar Movement launched |
| 1920 | Mahatma Gandhi became president of Indian National Congress, Non-cooperation movement Khilafat Movement |
| 1924 | Hindustan Socialist Republican Association formed. |
| 1925 | Kakori conspiracy |
| 1927 | Boycott of Simon Commission; broadcasting started in India |
| 1927 | Simon Commission |
| 1928 | Death of lal Lajpat Rai ( Sher-e-Punjab) |
| 1928 | Bardoli Satyagraha |
| 1929 | Lord Orwaom’s Pact, resolution of complete independence passed at Lahore Congress |
| 1929 | Central Assembly Bombed by Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt. |
| 1929 | Purna Swaraj resolution. |
| 1930 | Civil Disobedience Movement launched;Dandi March by Mahatma Gandhi(April 6, 1970 ) |
| 1930 | Purna Swaraj resolution in Lahore, Salt Satyagraha started |
| 1930 | Round Table Conferences (India) First |
| 1930 | civil disobedience movement |
| 1931 | Gandhi-Irwin Pact |
| 1931 | Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev Martyred (23rd March) |
| 1931 | Round Table Conferences (India) Second |
| 1932 | Poona Pact |
| 1932 | Communal Award |
| 1932 | Round Table Conferences (India) Third |
| 1935 | Government of India Act enacted |
| 1935 | Government of India Act 1935 |
| 1937 | Provincial Autonomy,Congress forms ministers |
| 1939 | World War II begins (September) |
| 1939 | All India Forward Bloc Established by Subhas Chandra Bose |
| 1940 | Muhammad Ali Jinnah demanded that a new country be formed from India for the Muslims, which would be called Pakistan |
| 1940 | Lahore Resolution |
| 1940 | August offer 1940 |
| 1941 | Death of Rabindranath Tagore, escape of Subhash Chandra Bose from India |
| 1942 | Arrival of Cripps Mission in India, ˜Quit India’ movement launched (Aug. |
| 1942 | Indian National Army Established by Subhas Chandra Bose |
| 1942 | Quit India Movement |
| 1942 | Indian National Army Established by Subhas Chandra Bose |
| 1943 | Arzi Hukumat-e-Azad Hind, the Provisional Government of Free India formed by Netaji. |
| 1944 | Subhas Chandra Bose calls Mahatma Gandhi as the Father of the Nation. |
| 1945 | Trial of Indian National Army at Red Fort |
| 1945 | World War II ended when United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki (August) |
| 1946 | British Cabinet Mission visits India; Interim Government formed at the Centre, |
| 1946 | Royal Indian Navy Mutiny |
| 1946 | The British government agreed to grant India independence |
| 1946 | Royal Indian Navy Mutiny |
| 1946 | Cabinet Mission |
| 1946 | Direct Action Day/Great Calcutta Killings |
| 1947 | Division of India; India and Pakistan form separate independent dominions |
| 1947 | British and Indian leaders agreed to divide the country into India and Pakistan |
| 1947 | India became independent (15th August) |
| 1947 | Pakistan becomes an independent state on 14 August 1947. |
| 1947 | Hundreds of thousands die in widespread communal bloodshed after partition. (to 1948) |
