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MODERN
INDIAN HISTORY
IMPORTANT ONE-LINER

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Farrukh Siyar
 He was ascended to the throne with the help of “Sayyid Brothers”
- Abdullah Khan
- Hussain Ali
 Sayyid Brothers are popularly known as “King Makers” in the Indian
History
 Mir Qamar-ud-din Khan Siddiqi Bayafandi who is also known as the
Nizam Ul Mulk and a descendent of Asaf Jahi Dynasty was assigned
the duty of Governor of Deccan
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Muhammad Shah ‘Rangeela’
 The Independent State of Hyderabad was founded in 1724 by Nizam
Ul Mulk during the reign of Muhammad Shah
 Marathas led by Baji Rao I invaded Delhi Sultanate in 1737
- Battle of Karnal
 Nadir Shah with the help from Sadat Khan defeated Mughals in the
Battle of Karnal and achieved a decisive Victory in 1738

Nadir Shah Invasion
 Nadir Shah Summarily defeated the Mughals in the battle of Karnal and
Mohammad Shah was taken Prisioner

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It was a decisive victory
of British East India Company
 Treaty of Allahabad was signed in 1765 between British East India
Company led by Robert Lord Clive and Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II
 Treaty of Allahabad is considered to be the Beginning of British Rule in
India and bestowed the Powers of Collecting Tax in India and the
Mughal Empire was reduced to mere Military Power
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 The company retained control of salsette and Broach and ordered
Marathas to defeat Hyder Ali of Mysore and retake territories in the
Carnatic
 Second Anglo – Maratha war was fought in 1803 between British East
India Company and Maratha Empire
 British Occupied Delhi in 1803 after the victory in Battle of Delhi against
Marathas
 Mysore was ruled by Hyder Ali from 1761 to 1782
 Hyder Ali was succeeded by Tipu Sultan in 1782
 The Great Bengal Famine of 1770 was a famine between 1769 to 1773
that affected the lower Gangetic Plain of India from Bihar to Bengal
 Warren Hastings was appointed as the first governor General of
Bengal in 1772
 The East India Company Act 1784 or The Pitt’s India Act was an act of
the Parliament of Great Britain to address the shortcomings of the
Regulation Act of 1773 by bringing the British East India Company’s
rule in India under the control of the British Government
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 Foundation of Asiatic Society of Bengal with the Help of William Jones
in 1784
 Tipu Sultan was killed by the British East India Company, who got the
support of the Nizam of Hyderabad, in 1799 while defending his fort at
Srirangapatna
 The City of Jaipur was founded by Raja Jai Singh II

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 Lord Auckland appointed as Governor General of India in 1836
 The Agra Famine of 1837-38 affected nearly 8 Million people of North
India
 The First Anglo – Afghan war was fought between Imperial British India
and the emirate of Afghanistan from 1839 – 1842
 Ghazni and Kabul were captured by General Keane during the Afghan
War
 The first Anglo - Sikh war was fought between Sikh empire and the
British East India Company at the Battles of Mudki and Ferozpur
 Lord Dalhousie became the Governer General of India in 1848
 The policy of Doctrine of Lapse was introduced by Lord Dalhousie, the
policy means that if the ruler of a princely state or territory under the
paramountcy of the Company died without a natural heir, the
state/territory would automatically be annexed to the British empire
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 The first Indian Railway Line was laid in 1853 from Bombay to thane
and Second from Calcutta to Ranigunj
 Post Office Act was passed in 1854 and Postal stamp was issued for
the first time
 The Governor General of India in 1855 is Lord Canning
 Hindu Marriage Act was passed in 1856
 The revolt of 1857 or Sepoy Mutiny or considered the first war of
Independence took place in 1857
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 The Bihar Famine and the Bengal Famine observed between 18731874
 The Bhutan war was fought between British India and Bhutan in 186465
 At the Durbar of Delhi in 1877, Queen Victoria Proclaimed empress of
India
 Vernacular Press Act was passed in the Year 1878
 The second Anglo- Afghan war was fought between British Raj and
Sher Ali Khan Emirate of Afghanistan from 1878-1880
 British won the war and many important milestones were met by the
British India
 “Durand Line” was formed as the border between Afghanistan and
British India at the Treaty of Gandamak
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 Indian National Congress took the call of Swadeshi at the Benaras
Session in 1905 presided by GK Gokhale
 Indian Muslim League was formed at Dhaka by Muhammad Ali Jinnah,
Aga Khan III and Khwaja Salimullah in 1906
 Bengal National College was founded in 1906 with Aurobindo Ghosh
as the First Principal
 The Indian National Congress split into two Groups – Extremists and
Moderates at the Surat Session in 1907
- Extremists were led by Lala Lajpat Rai, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and
Bipin Chandra Pal
- Moderates were led by G K Gokhale
 Indian Council Act 1909 or popularly called as Morley Minto Reforms
was passed in 1909
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 Delhi Durbar was held in 1911 to commemorate the coronation of King
George V and Queen Mary as Emperor and Empress of India
 The Partition of Bengal was revoked in the Delhi Durbar
 Capital of India was transferred from Calcutta to Delhi
 Delhi Conspiracy Case 1912, assumed to be hatched by Ras Bihari
Bose, a bomb was thrown at Viceroy Lord Hardinge in Chandni Chowk,
Delhi
 Gandhiji returned to India from South Africa in 1915

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 The Chamber of Princes was an established in 1920 by a royal
proclamation of King-Emperor George V to provide a forum in which
the rulers of the princely states of India could voice their needs and
aspirations to the colonial government of British India
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He died later in 1928
 Jinnah rejected the “Nehru Report” and demanded for a 14 Point
Agenda also called as “The 14 Points of Jinnah”
 In Lahore Session of 1929 Jawaharlal Nehru called out for Poorna
Swaraj or Complete Independence to be the goal of the National
Movement
 A Tri colour flag was hoisted on December 31 1929 by INC
 Congress Observed 14 February 1930 as the Indian Independence day
and passed the Civil Disobedience resolution
 Gandhi submitted a 11-point demand to Lord Irwin which was rejected
and that led to the Civil Disobedience Movement started by Gandhiji
with the Dandi March for Salt Satyagraha on April 06th 1930
 First Round Table Conference in London on November 12 1930 to
discuss Simon Commission

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 The first All India Peasant Organisation called as the All India Kisan
Sabha was formed with Sahjananda as the President in 1936
 Another major Milestone took place in the Indian History with the
Passing of Resolution of Pakistan by the Muslim League at the Lahore
Session in 1940
 The offer of the Viceroy Linlithgow created an outrage in the
Nationalists and Congress Party and was rejected in 1940 which
further led to the call of Individual Satyagraha ( Vinobha Bhave was the

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Rajendra Prasad was elected the President and the first session
was boycotted by the Muslim League
 Britain Prime Minister made a landmark Announcement that British
would withdraw from India before June 1948
 Lord Mountbatten was appointed as the Vice-Roy on 24th March 1947
 Mountbatten Plan was outlined for the partition of India on June 3rd
1947 and was accepted by both Congress and Muslim League
 Indian Independence Bill was formulated on 4th July 1947 and the bill
was passed on 15th July 1947
 India was declared Freedom on 15th August 1947
 At the time of Independence, there were 562 Princely states majority of
these states have signed the instrument of Accession, which was
introduced by Government of India Act 1935, to join the dominion of
India, expect for few Princely states, the accession was possible
because of the efforts of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the First Home
Minister of Independent India
 Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel is often referred to as the Iron Man of India

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