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Modern History: Important Dates and Events
History is a description of the events which are related to past incidents. Some historical events have been
written in the golden words. In this article we have published some events which have affected the
mankind as a whole and geography as well.
HEMANT SINGH
AUG 24, 2019 15:38 IST
Modern History: Important Dates and Events
It is observed in the past exams that questions based on the history are always asked in the
different competitive exams like UPSC, PSC, CPF, CDS, NDA and different others. So jagran
josh josh published the list of some important historical events. These events have affected
the Indian history and geography in a broad way.
List of the events is as follows;
Date Event
1757 Battle of Plassey ensured the establishment of
British political rule in India.
1761 Third Battle of Panipat
1764 Battle of Buxar
1765 Clive was appointed Company's Governor in
India
1767-69 First Anglo-Mysore War
1780 Birth of Maharaja Ranjit Singh
1780-84 Second Anglo-Mysore War
1784 Pitt’s India Act
1790-92 Third Anglo-Mysore War
1793 The Permanent Settlement of Bengal
1799 Fourth Anglo-Mysore War and Death of Tipu
Sultan
1802 Treaty of Bassein
1809 Treaty of Amritsar
1829 Practice of Sati prohibited
1830 Raja Rammohan Roy visits England
1833 Raja Rammohan Roy Died at Bristol, England
1839 Death of Maharaja Ranjit Singh
1839-42 First Anglo-Afghan War
1845-46 First Anglo-Sikh War
1852 Second Anglo-Burmese War
1853 First Railway line opened between Bombay and
Thane and a Telegraph line in Calcutta
1857 First War of Independence taken place in India
1861 Birth of Rabindranath Tagore
1869 Birth of Mahatma Gandhi
1885 Foundation of Indian National Congress
1889 Birth of Jawaharlal Nehru
1897 Birth of Subhash Chandra Bose
1903 Tibet Expedition (Young Husband delegation)
1905 Partition of Bengal by Lord Curzon
1906 Foundation of Muslim League laid down by
Salimullah at Dhaka
1911 Delhi Darbar, King and Queen visited India and
Delhi becomes the capital of India
1914 World War I begun
1916 Lucknow Pact signed between Congress and
Muslim League
1918 World War I ended
1919 Montague-Chelmsford Reforms introduced,
Jallianwala Bagh massacre at Amritsar
1920 Khilafat Movement launched
1927 Boycott of Simon Commission
1928 Death of Lala Lajpat Rai
1929 Resolution of 'Poorna Swaraj' (complete
independence) was passed at Lahore Session of
Indian National Congress.
1930 Dandi March by Mahatma Gandhi (April 6, 1930),
Civil disobedience movement launched
1931 Gandhi-Irwin Pact
1935 Government of India Act passed
1937 Provincial Autonomy, 'Congress forms ministries
1939 World War II begins (September 3)
1941 Escape of Subhash Chandra Bose from India,
Death of Rabindranath Tagore
1942 Cripps Mission arrived in India, Quit India
movement launched on August 8
1943-44
Bengal famine
1945 Trial of Indian National Army at Red Fort; Shimla
Conference; World War II ended
1946 British Cabinet Mission visited India, Interim
government formed at the Centre
1947 Division of India; India & Pakistan became
separate independent dominions
The above mentioned list covers some very important events of the Indian history which still
have impact o out history and geography.
In the above list of Modern History: Important Dates and Events will enhance the chances of
section of the aspirants in the different competitive exams.
general knowledge of the readers.
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