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Ø Supreme Court (1774) was established. Ø Asiatic Society of Bengal (1784) Ø Pitt's India Act (1784) Ø Abolished the Dual System in Bengal (Which was
introduced by Robert
Clive). Ø English Translation of Bhagwat Gita by Charles
Wilkins |
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Ø Permanent Settlement in Bihar and Bengal in 1793 Ø Introduction of Cornwallis
Code Ø Introduction of Civil Services in India Ø Introduced Sunset Law |
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Ø Fort William College at Calcutta (1800) Ø Raj Bhavan at Calcutta was established in 1803 |
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Ø Establishment of Ryotwari
System in Madras
(1820) Ø Establishment of Mahalwari
System in
Northern India (1822) Ø Hindu College (1817) |
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Ø Treaty of Yandabo, 1826 |
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Ø First Governor General of India Ø Bengal Sati Regulation, 1829 Ø Mahalwari
System in Central
India, Ø Saint Helena Act 1833 or Charter
Act 1833 Ø English Education Act 1835(Macaulay minute) Ø Calcutta Medical College, Kolkata (1835) |
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Ø First Bengali daily newspaper Sambad Prabhakar was published in 1839. Ø Tattwabodhini Sabha was formed by Debendranath Tagore in 1839 |
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Ø Bank of Madras (1843) established |
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Ø Establishment of Roorkee Engineering College (1847) |
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Ø Charter Act, 1853 Ø Bethune Collegiate School (1849). Ø Charles Wood Despatch (1854). Ø Establishment of summer capital at Shimla Ø First Passenger train between Bombay and Thane
(1853) Ø First telegraph Line was laid between Diamond
Harbour to Calcutta. (1851) Ø Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act, 1856 |
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Ø The Government of India Act, 1858 Ø System of Budget introduced. Ø Indigo Revolt in Bengal in 1859–60 Ø Indian Penal Code in 1860 Ø Establishment of Archaeological Survey of India |
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Ø Establishment of Calcutta High Court, Bombay High Court and Madras High Court ) in 1862 |
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Ø Establishment of Allahabad High Court in 1866 |
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Ø Started the Census. |
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Ø Vernacular Press Act, 1878 |
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Ø First Factory Act (1881) Ø Repeal of the Vernacular Press Act (1882) Ø Ilbert
Bill (1883) Ø Commission under Sir William Hunter Ø First complete Census Ø Father of local self-government in India (Ripon's
Resolution of 1882) |
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Ø Ramakrishna Mission by Swami Vivekananda at Belur
Math in 1897 |
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Ø Appointment of Raleigh University Commission (1902) Ø Passing of Indian Universities Act 1904 Ø Banaras Hindu Girl's School was established by Annie
Besant in 1904 |
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Ø Morley-Minto Reforms 1909 or The Indian Councils Act 1909 Ø Establishment of Muslim League by Samiullah (1906) Ø TISCO in 1907 |
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Ø Transfer of capital from Calcutta to Delhi (1911) Ø Partition of Bengal to form Bihar province (1912) Ø McMahon
border line was
created between India and China in 1914 |
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Ø Formation of Indian Home Rule Movement (1916) Ø Lucknow
Pact (1916) Ø Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms (1919) Ø Government of India Act 1919 Ø Rowlett
Act (1919) Ø Jallianwala Bagh Massacre (1919) |
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Ø Non-cooperation movement (1921–22) Ø Visva-Bharati University in 1921 Ø Chauri Choura incident (1922) |
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Ø Simon Commission (1928) Ø Nehru
Report (1928) Ø Fourteen Points of Jinnah (1929) Ø Purna Swaraj declaration (1929) Ø Salt
March (1930) Ø First Round Table Conferences (1930) Ø Gandhi–Irwin Pact (1931) Ø Execution of Bhagat
Singh, Shivaram Rajguru, and Sukhdev
Thapar (1931) |
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Ø Poona
Pact between Mahatma Gandhi and B. R.
Ambedkar in 1932 Ø Pakistan Declaration (1933) Ø Government of India Act 1935 Ø Reserve Bank of India established 1934. |
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Ø Indian entry into World War II (1939) Ø Lahore Resolution (1940) Ø Cripps Mission (1942) Ø Formation of Indian
Legion (1942) Ø Quit India movement (1942) Ø Formation of Indian National Army (1942) |
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Ø C. R. formula (1944) Ø Cabinet Mission (1946) Ø Interim Government was formed in 1946. Ø Direct Action Day (16 aug 1946) Ø Royal Indian Navy mutiny (1946) |
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