BRITISH EAST INDIA COMPANY

BRITISH EAST INDIA COMPANY

  • BRITISH EAST INDIA COMPANY WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1600 AD IN ENGLAND.
  • BRITISH QUEEN ELIZABETH-I GAVE THE AUTHORITY LETTER TO EAST INDIA COMPANY ON 31st DECEMBER 1600 AD.
  • THERE WERE 217 PARTNERS IN THE EAST INDIA COMPANY AND THEIR GOVERNOR WAS THOMAS SMITH.
  • BRITISH KING JAMES-I APPOINTED CAPTAIN HAKKINS AS AMBASSADOR IN JAHANGIR’S COURT IN 1609 AD.
  • BRITISH KING JAMES-I APPOINTED SIR THOMAS ROE AS AMBASSADOR IN JAHANGIR’S COURT IN 1615 AD.
  • THE COMPANY’S SHIP DOCKED AT SURAT PORT IN GUJRAT IN 1608 AD.
  • THE COMPANY ESTABLISHED THE FIRST FACTORY IN MASULIPATNAM (ANDHRA PRADESH) ON THE COAST OF THE BAY OF BENGAL IN 1611 AD.
  • MASULIPATNAM WAS THE PRIME SEAPORT OF THE GOLKUNDA STATE.
  • AFTER JAHANGIR’S PERMISSION COMPANY ESTABLISHED A SECOND FACTORY ON THE WEST COAST OF THE ARABIAN SEA IN SURAT IN 1613 AD.
  • THE COMPANY ESTABLISHED A FACTORY IN HUGLI (BENGAL) IN 1651 AD.
  • THE FIRST HEADQUARTER OF EAST INDIA COMPANY WAS SURAT, LATER IT WAS SHIFTED TO BOMBAY IN 1686 AD.
  • THE COMPANY CONSTRUCTED WALLED FORTS AROUND THE MAJOR FACTORIES.
  • THE COMPANY ESTABLISHED FORT SAINT GEORGE IN MADRAS (NOW CHENNAI), FORT WILLIAM IN BENGAL, AND BOMBAY CASTLE IN BOMBAY (NOW MUMBAI).
  • THE COMPANY HAD 23 MAJOR FACTORIES IN 1647 AD.
  • EACH COMPANY CONSISTS OF A GOVERNOR, AHEAD MERCHANT (FACTOR), AND AN EMPLOYEE STAFF OF ABOUT 90.
  • IN 1668 AD THE BRITISH EMPEROR CHARLES-II MARRIED WITH PORTUGUESE PRINCESS CATHERINE AND GOT BOMBAY (NOW MUMBAI) AS A DOWRY.
  • CHARLES-II GAVE BOMBAY TO EAST INDIA COMPANY ON RENT OF 10 POUNDS.
  • JOB CHARNOCK A ADMINISTRATOR OF EAST INDIA COMPANY FOUNDED THE CITY OF CALCUTTA (NOW KOLKATA) IN 1690 AD.
  • MUGHAL PRINCE AZIM-USH-SHAN (SON OF SHAH ALAM-I) GAVE THE LANDLORDISM OF SUTNATI, KALIKATTA, AND GOVINDPURI TO THE EAST INDIA COMPANY IN 1698 AD.

EARLY GOVERNORS OF EAST INDIA COMPANY

  • 1600–1601 AD- SIR THOMAS SMYTHE (1st GOVERNOR)
  • 1601–1602 AD- SIR JOHN WATTS
  • 1602–1603 AD SIR JOHN HARTS
  • 1606–1607 AD- SIR WILLIAM ROMNEY
  • 1607–1621 AD-SIR THOMAS SMYTHE
  • 1621–1624 AD- SIR WILLIAM HALLIDAY
  • 1624–1638 AD-SIR MORRIS/MAURICE ABBOT
  • 1638–1641 AD- SIR CHRISTOPHER CLITHEROE

GOVERNORS OF BENGAL (1757-74 AD)

ROBERT CLIVE- (1757-60 AD) (1765-67 AD)

  • HE ESTABLISHED A DUAL-RULE IN BENGAL.
  • IN THIS SYSTEM REVENUE COLLECTION, ARMED PROTECTION, AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS WERE IN THE HANDS OF THE COMPANY WHILE RULING WAS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE NAWAB.
  • MUGHAL EMPEROR SHAH ALAM-II WAS IN THE PROTECTION OF THE COMPANY AFTER THE TREATY OF ALLAHABAD IN 1766 AD.

HARRY VERELST (1767-69 AD)

JOHN CARTIER (1769-72 AD)

WARREN HASTINGS (1772-74 AD)

GOVERNOR GENERALS OF EAST INDIA COMPANY FROM 1774 AD-

  • ACCORDING TO REGULATING ACT OF 1773 AD, THE GOVERNOR OF BENGAL BECAME THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF BRITISH AREAS IN INDIA.
  • GOVERNOR-GENERAL’S TENURE WAS 5 YEARS.
  • THE GOVERNORS OF BOMBAY AND MADRAS WERE WORKS UNDER THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL.

WARREN HASTINGS (1774-85 AD)-

  • WARREN HASTINGS WAS THE FIRST GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF EAST INDIA COMPANY.
  • HE SHIFTED THE TREASURY FROM MURSHIDABAD TO CALCUTTA.
  • IN 1772 AD HE ESTABLISHED CIVIL AND CRIMINAL COURTS IN EVERY DISTRICT.
  • HE ESTABLISHED THE BOARD OF REVENUE.
  • HE ESTABLISHED AMADARSA IN 1781 AD IN CALCUTTA AND
  • JONATHAN DUNKEN ESTABLISHED A SANSKRIT COLLEGE IN BANARAS IN 1792 AD.
  • WILLIAM WILKINSON TRANSLATED GITA INTO ENGLISH.
  • WILLIAM JONES FOUNDED THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL IN 1783 AD.
  • HE STOPPED THE 26 LAKHS ANNUAL PENSION OF THE MUGHAL EMPEROR.
  • ACCORDING TO THE REGULATING ACT OF 1774 AD, A HIGH COURT WAS ESTABLISHED IN CALCUTTA.
  • THE FIRST AND SECOND ANGLO MARATHA WAR WAS FOUGHT DURING HIS TENURE.
  • HE OPPOSED THE PIT’S INDIA ACT AND RESIGNED.

JOHN MACPHERSON (1785-86 AD)- ACTING GOVERNOR-GENERAL

LORD CORNWALLIS (1786-93 AD)-

  • HE GAVE ALL ADMINISTRATIVE POWERS OF A DISTRICT TO THE COLLECTOR.
  • HE INCREASED THE SALARY OF THE POLICE.
  • HE TAKES AWAY THE POLICE POWERS OF LANDLORDS.
  • HE BANED THE PERSONAL TRADE OF COMPANY OFFICERS.
  • HE ESTABLISHED POLICE STATIONS IN THE DISTRICT AND MADE INSPECTORS AS THEIR IN-CHARGE.
  • COMPANY NEVER GAVE POST ABOVE TO INDIANS, THE SUBADAR, JAMADAR IN ARMY AD MUSIF, SADAR AMIN OR DEPUTY COLLECTOR IN ADMINISTRATION.
  • HE STARTED PERMANENT SETTLEMENT IN 1793 AD.
  • IN THIS SYSTEM 90% OF THE COLLECTED REVENUE WAS DEPOSITED TO THE COMPANY AND 10% OF IT WAS KEPT US WITH THE JAMINDAR (LANDLORD).
  • HE IS KNOWN AS THE FATHER OF INDIAN CIVIL SERVICE IN INDIA.

SIR JOHN SHORE (1793-98 AD)-

  • HE FOLLOWED THE POLICY OF NON-INTERFERENCE.

RICHARD WELLESLEY (1798-1805 AD)-

  • HE STARTED THE SUBSIDIARY ALLIANCE.
  • TIPU SULTAN RULER OF MYSORE WAS KILLED DURING HIS TENURE IN 1799 AD IN 4th AGLO-MYSORE WAR.
  • HE ESTABLISHED FORT WILLIAM COLLEGE IN CALCUTTA TO TRAIN PEOPLE FOR CIVIL SERVICES.
  • HE CALLED HIMSELF THE TIGER OF BENGAL.
  • KINGDOMS WHO ACCEPT SUBSIDIARY ALLIANCE- 1)HYDERABAD 1798 AD 2)MYSORE AND TANJUR 1799 AD 3) AWADH AND PESHWA 1801 AD 4) BARAR AND BHONSALE 1803 AD 5) SCINDIA 1804 AD AND OTHER STATES JAIPUR, JODHPUR, MACHEDI, BHARATPUR AND BUNDI.

SIR GEORGE BARLOW (1805-07 AD)-

  • A MUTINY ROSE IN VELLORE IN HIS TENURE.

LORD MINTO-I (1807-13 AD)-

  • THE TREATY OF AMRITSAR WAS HELD BETWEEN MAHARAJA RANJIT SINGH AND THE COMPANY IN 1809 AD DURING HIS TENURE.

LORD HASTINGS (1813-23 AD)-

  • THE ANGLO-NEPAL (1814-16 AD)) WAR WAS ENDED WITH THE TREATY OF SUGAULI OF 1816 AD IN WHICH AMAR SINGH THAPA SURRENDERED.
  • THE PINDARIS WERE SUPPRESSED BY LORD HASTINGS.
  • HE FINALLY CRUSHED THE MARATHA POWER.
  • HE REMOVED THE RESTRICTION ON PRESS.
  • TENANCY ACT WAS PASSED IN 1822 AD.

LORD AMHERST (1823-28 AD)-

  • FIRST ANGLO-BURMA WAR (1824-26 AD) WAS HELD AND ENDED WITH THE TREATY OF YANDUB IN 1826 AD.
  • BARRACKPORE MUTINY WAS HELD IN 1824 AD.

LORD WILLIAM BENTINCK (1828-35 AD)-

  • CHARTER ACT OF 1833 AD MADE THE GOVERNOR OF BENGAL TO GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF INDIA.
  • HE WAS THE FIRST GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF INDIA.
  • HE BANNED THE PRACTICE OF SATI (SATIPRATHA) WITH THE HELP OF RAJA RAM MOHUN ROY IN 1829 AD.
  • HE BANNED THE PRACTICE OF SATI WITH THE ARTICLE 17.
  • THE PRACTICE OF THUGGEE WAS SUPPRESSED BY LORD BENTINCK WITH THE HELP OF WILLIAM HENRY SLEEMAN IN 1830 AD.
  • IN 1835 AD HE ESTABLISHED CALCUTTA MEDICAL COLLEGE.
  • ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY, ENGLISH MADE THE MEDIUM OF EDUCATION.
  • ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY, LAWS WERE CLASSIFIED.
  • HE BANNED THE FEMALE INFANTICIDE.
  • HE POSTED INDIANS ON RESPONSIBLE POSTS.

CHARLES METCALFE (1835-36 AD)-

  • HE WAS KNOWN AS THE LIBERATOR OF THE PRESS.
  • HE REMOVED THE RESTRICTIONS ON THE PRESS.

LORD AUCKLAND (1836-42 AD)-

  • FIRST ANGLO-AFGHAN WAR (1839-42 AD) WAS STARTED DURING HIS TENURE.
  • GRAND TRUNK ROAD WAS REPAIRED BY HIM IN 1839 AD.

LORD ELLENBOROUGH (1842-44 AD)-

  • FIRST ANGLO-AFGHAN WAR WAS ENDED.
  • SIND WAS ANNEXED TO THE BRITISH EMPIRE IN 1843 AD.

LORD HENRY HARDINGE (1844-48 AD)-

  • FIRST ANGLO-SIKH WAR (1845-46 AD) WAS FOUGHT. THE BRITISH WON THE WAR.
  • HE BANNED THE PRACTICE OF HUMAN SACRIFICE.

LORD DALHOUSIE (1848-56 AD)-

  • THE SECOND ANGLO-SIKH WAR WAS FOUGHT AND WON BY THE BRITISH.
  • PUNJAB WAS ANNEXED TO THE BRITISH EMPIRE IN 1849 AD.
  • THE SECOND ANGLO-BURMA WAR WAS FOUGHT AND LOWER BURMA AND PIGU WERE ANNEXED IN 1852 AD.
  • SIKKIM WAS ANNEXED IN 1850 AD.
  • HE ESTABLISHED INAM COMMISSION TO FIND OUT NON-REVENUE JAGIRS AND FINALLY IT HAD TO TAKE AWAY.
  • HE INTRODUCED THE DOCTRINE OF LAPSE- ACCORDING TO THIS DOCTRINE IF ANY INDIAN KINGDOM HAD WITHOUT ANY MALE HEIR, THEIR KINGDOM WAS ANNEXED TO THE BRITISH EMPIRE.
  • KINGDOMS ANNEXED UNDER DOCTRINE OF LAPSE- 1) SATARA 1848 AD 2) JAITPUR AND SAMBALPUR 1849 AD 3) BAGHAT 1850 AD 4) UDAIPUR 1852 AD 5)JHANSI 1853 AD 6) NAGPUR 1854 AD
  • IN 1856 AD AWADH WAS ANNEXED WITH THE CHARGE OF MISRULE.
  • IN 1856 AD NAWAB WAJID ALI SHAH WAS THE RULER OF AWADH.
  • LORD DALHOUSIE SHIFTED ARTILLERY HEADQUARTERS FROM CALCUTTA TO MEERUT AND MILITARY HEADQUARTERS TO SHIMLA.
  • HE IMPLEMENTED THE CHARLES WOOD DISPATCH OF 1854 AD. IT BELONGS TO EDUCATIONAL REFORMS.
  • ACCORDING TO THIS DISPATCH, IN EVERY DISTRICT ANGLO-VERNACULAR SCHOOLS, AND GOVERNMENT COLLEGES IN IMPORTANT CITIES WERE ESTABLISHED AND IN EACH REGION ONE EDUCATION DIRECTOR WAS APPOINTED.
  • ONE UNIVERSITY IN EACH PRECEDENCY (BOMBAY, CALCUTTA, AND MADRAS) WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1857 AD.
  • LORD DALHOUSIE IS KNOWN AS THE FATHER OF INDIAN RAILWAYS.
  • THE FIRST TRAIN WAS RUN BETWEEN BOMBAY TO THANE ON 16th APRIL 1853 AD.
  • NEW POST OFFICE ACT WAS PASSED IN 1854 AD.
  • THE FIRST POSTAL TICKET WAS ISSUED IN 1854 AD.
  • PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WAS ESTABLISHED.
  • HE ESTABLISHED INDEPENDENT PUBLIC SERVICE DEPARTMENT IN 1854 AD.
  • THE FIRST ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH SERVICE WAS STARTED BETWEEN AGRA AND CALCUTTA.
  • HE MADE SIMLA AS THE SUMMER CAPITAL.
  • THE FIRST CIVIL SERVICE EXAM WAS CONDUCTED DURING HIS TENURE.

CHARLES CANNING (1856-62 AD)-

  • HE WAS THE LAST GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF COMPANY IN INDIA.
  • HE WAS THE FIRST VICEROY OF APPOINTED BY THE BRITISH EMPEROR IN INDIA.
  • FIRST INDIAN INDEPENDENCE STRUGGLE OF INDIA IN 1857 AD.
  • THE COMPANY’S RULE IN INDIA TRANSFERRED TO THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT AFTER THE REVOLT OF 1857 AD.
  • INDIAN HIGH COURT ACT WAS PASSED.
  • ACCORDING TO THIS ACT ONE HIGH COURT WAS ESTABLISHED IN EACH PRECEDENCY.
  • WIDOW REMARRIAGE ACT WAS PASSED IN 1856 AD.
  • INDIAN PENAL CODE WAS PASSED IN 1860 AD.
  • INDIAN COUNCIL ACT WAS PASSED IN 1861 AD.
  • DOCTRINE OF LAPSE WAS ABOLISHED.

LORD ELGIN (1862-63 AD)-

  • VAHABI MOVEMENT WAS SUPPRESSED.
  • HE DIED IN DHARMSALA (HIMACHAL PRADESH) IN 1863 AD.

SIR JOHN LAWRENCE (1864-69 AD)-

  • BHUTAN ATTACKED ON THE BRITISH INDIA IN 1865 AD.
  • HE FOLLOWED THE POLICY OF NON-INTERFERENCE WITH AFGHANISTAN.
  • A SEVERE FAMINE OCCURRED IN ORISSA IN 1866 AD, IN BUNDELKHAND AND RAJPUTANA IN 1898-69 AD.
  • A FAMINE COMMISSION WAS ESTABLISHED FOR ENQUIRY.
  • THE FIRST UNDERSEA TELEGRAPH LINE BETWEEN INDIA AND EUROPE WAS STARTED IN 1865 AD.

LORD MAYO (1869-72 AD)-

  • MAYO COLLEGE OF AJMER WAS ESTABLISHED.
  • THE AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1872 AD.
  • HE WAS ASSASSINATED BY A AFGHAN BY STABBING IN 1872 AD.

LORD NORTHBROOK (1872-76 AD)-

  • A SEVERE FAMINE OCCURRED IN BENGAL.
  • KUKA MOVEMENT OF PUNJAB.
  • AN INCREASE IN TRADE WAS DUE TO THE OPENING OF THE SUEZ CANAL.

LORD LYTTON (18776-80 AD)-

  • VERNACULAR PRESS ACT WAS PASSED IN 1878 AD TO CONTROL THE INDIAN PRESS MEDIA.
  • HE ORGANISED DELHI DARBAR IN 1st JANUARY 1879 AD AND GAVE THE TITLE OF KAISER-I-HIND TO QUEEN VICTORIA OF ENGLAND.
  • THE INDIAN ARMS ACT WAS PASSED IN 1878 AD TO RESTRICT INDIANS TO POSSESS ARMS WITHOUT A LICENCE.
  • THE MINIMUM ELIGIBILITY AGE FOR CIVIL SERVICES WAS REDUCED FROM 21 YEARS TO 19 YEARS.
  • ANGLO-MUSLIM ORIENTAL COLLEGE WAS ESTABLISHED BY HIM IN ALIGARH.

LORD RIPON (1880-84 AD)-

  • HE ABOLISHED THE VERNACULAR PRESS ACT IN 1882 AD AND RESTORED THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE INDIAN PRESS MEDIA.
  • HE INCREASED THE ELIGIBILITY AGE FOR CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION FROM 19 YEARS TO 21 YEARS.
  • HE STARTED LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT IN INDIA.
  • HE IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE FATHER OF LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT IN INDIA.
  • THE FIRST REGULAR CENSUS OF INDIA WAS CONDUCTED IN 1881 AD.
  • NOW CENSUS TO BE CONDUCTED AFTER EVERY 10 YEARS SINCE 1881 AD.
  • THE FIRST CENSUS WAS CONDUCTED IN 1872 AD. (IT WAS NOT A REGULAR CENSUS)
  • THE FIRST FACTORY ACT WAS PASSED IN 1881 AD.
  • HE INTRODUCED ILBERT BILL.
  • ACCORDING TO THE ILBERT BILL, AN INDIAN JUDGE CAN HEAR THE CASES OF EUROPEANS.
  • THIS BILL WAS TAKEN BACK DUE TO THE OPPOSITION FROM EUROPEANS.
  • THE REVOLT ROSE BY THE THE EUROPEANS WAS CALLED WHITE REVOLT.
  • FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE CALLED LORD RIPON AS ‘REDEEMER OF INDIA’.

LORD DUFFERIN (1884-88 AD)-

  • THE THIRD ANGLO-BURMA WAR WAS FOUGHT (1885-88 AD) AND BURMA WAS ANNEXED TO THE BRITISH EMPIRE.
  • INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS WAS FOUNDED ON 28th DECEMBER 1885 AD IN BOMBAY IN THE LEADERSHIP OF A. O. HUME.
  • THREE SEPARATE TENANCY ACT FOR BENGAL, AWADH, AND PUNJAB WAS PASSED.

LORD LANSDOWNE (1888-94 AD)-

  • DURAND’S LINE BETWEEN INDIA AND AFGHANISTAN WAS DETERMINED.
  • THE SECOND FACTORY ACT WAS PASSED IN 1891 AD.
  • THE ACT RESTRICT MAXIMUM WORKING HOURS TO 11 HOURS AND MADE PROVISION FOR ONE WEEKLY HOLIDAY.

LORD ELGIN (1894-99 AD)-

  • A SEVERE FAMINE OCCURRED DURING 1895-98 AD IN BIHAR, PUNJAB, MADHYA PRADESH, AND CENTRAL UTTAR PRADESH.

LORD CURZON (1899-1905 AD)-

  • A POLICE COMMISSION WAS ESTABLISHED UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF ANDREW FRASER IN 1902 AD.
  • AN UNIVERSITY COMMISSION WAS ESTABLISHED UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF THOMAS ROE IN 1902 AD.
  • A FAMINE COMMISSION WAS ESTABLISHED UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF ANTONY MACDONNELL.
  • AN IRRIGATION COMMISSION WAS ESTABLISHED UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF SIR KOLIN SCOTT MANFREEK.
  • AN INDIAN UNIVERSITY ACT WAS PASSED IN 1904 AD.
  • MILITARY OFFICERS TRAINING COLLEGE WAS ESTABLISHED IN QUETTA.
  • THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1904 AD.
  • DIVISION OF BENGAL TOOK PLACE IN 1905 AD.

LORD MINTO (1905-10 AD)-

  • THE MUSLIM LEAGUE WAS FOUNDED IN DHAKA IN 1916 AD BY AGA KHAN AND SALIM ULLA KHAN.
  • THE CONGRESS WAS DIVIDED IN SURAT SESSION IN 1907 AD.
  • MORLEY-MINTO ACT OF 1909 AD PROVIDES A SEPARATE ELECTORATE FOR MUSLIMS.

LORD HARDINGE (1910-16 AD)-

  • DELHI DARBAR WAS HELD IN DELHI FOR EMPEROR GEORGE-V OF ENGLAND ON 12th DECEMBER 1911 AD.
  • IN DELHI DARBAR TWO DECLARATIONS WERE MADE- 1) CANCELLATION OF THE BENGAL DIVISION OF 1905 AD. 2) SHIFTING OF CAPITAL FROM CALCUTTA TO DELHI. (THE DELHI BECAME THE CAPITAL OF INDIA IN 1912 AD)
  • FEROZ SHAH MEHTA’S BOMBAY CHRONICLE AND GANESH SHANKER VIDYARTHI’S PRATAP WERE PUBLISHED.
  • THE FIRST WORLD WAR WA STARTED ON 4th AUGUST 1914 AD.
  • HOME RULE LEAGUE WAS FOUNDED BY ANNE BESANT AND BAL GANGADHAR TILAK IN 1915 AD.
  • LORD HARDINGE BECAME THE CHANCELLOR OF BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY IN 1916 AD.

LORD CHELMSFORD (1916-21 AD)-

  • CONGRESS WAS REUNITED IN LUCKNOW SESSION IN 1916 AD.
  • WOMEN’S UNIVERSITY WAS ESTABLISHED IN POONA IN 1916 AD.
  • SADLER COMMISSION WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1917 AD.
  • ROWLATT ACT WAS PASSED IN 1917 AD.
  • JALLIANWALA INCIDENT TOOK PLACE ON 13th APRIL 1919 AD IN AMRITSAR.
  • KHILAFAT AND THE NON-COOPERATION MOVEMENT WERE STARTED.
  • THE THIRD AFGAN WAR WAS STARTED.

LORD READING (1921-26 AD)-

  • CHAURI-CHAURA INCIDENT TOOK PLACE IN 1922 AD AT GORAKHPUR UTTAR PRADESH.
  • AFTER THIS INCIDENT GANDHIJI WITHDRAW NON-COOPERATION MOVEMENT.
  • SWARAJ PARTY (A PARTY WITHIN CONGRESS) WAS FOUNDED BY CHITRANJAN DAS AND MOTILAL NEHRU IN ALLAHABAD IN 1923 AD.
  • PRINCE OF WALES ARRIVED IN INDIA IN NOVEMBER 1921 AD.
  • MOPALA REVOLT TOOK PLACE IN 1921 AD.
  • INDIAN COMMUNIST PARTY WAS FOUNDED BY M. N. ROY IN 1921 AD.
  • VISHWABHARTI UNIVERSITY STARTS WORKING IN 1922 AD.

LORD IRWIN (1926-31 AD)-

  • ON 3rd FEBRUARY 1928 AD SIMON COMMISSION ARRIVED IN (BOMBAY) INDIA.
  • ON 12th MARCH 1930 GANDHIJI STARTED CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE MOVEMENT.
  • TO TAKE REVENGE ON LAL LAJPAT RAI, INDIAN EXTREMISTS THREW BOMBS IN THE CENTRAL ASSEMBLY HALL IN 1929 AD.
  • THE RESOLUTION OF PURNA SWARAJ (COMPLETE INDEPENDENCE) WAS TAKEN IN LAHORE SESSION OF CONGRESS IN 1929 AD.
  • IT WAS ALSO DECIDED THAT ON 26th JANUARY 1930 WAS CELEBRATED AS INDEPENDENCE DAY.
  • THE FIRST ROUND TABLE CONFERENCE WAS HELD IN LONDON ON 12th NOVEMBER 1930 AD. (CONGRESS NOT PARTICIPATED)
  • GANDHI-IRWIN PACT WAS SIGNED ON 5th MARCH 1931 AD.
  • GANDHIJI WITHDRAW THE CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE MOVEMENT.

LORD WILLINGDON (1931-36 AD)-

  • THE SECOND ROUND TABLE CONFERENCE WAS HELD IN LONDON ON 1st DECEMBER 1931 AD. GANDHIJI ATTENDED A CONFERENCE ON THE BEHALF OF THE CONGRESS.
  • AFTER THE FAILURE OF SECOND ROUND TABLE CONFERENCE, GANDHIJI RELAUNCHED CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE MOVEMENT ON 3rd JANUARY 1932 AD.
  • POONA PACT SIGNED BETWEEN GANDHIJI AND Dr. B. R. AMBEDKAR ON 25th SEPTEMBER 1932 AD.
  • THE COMMUNAL AWARD WAS DECLARED BY BRITISH PRIME MINISTER RAMSAY MACDONALD ON 16th AUGUST 1932 AD.
  • THIS AWARD PROVIDES SEPARATE ELECTORATE FOR DEPRESSED CLASSES (NOW KNOWN AS SCHEDULED CASTES).
  • IN 1909 AD INDIAN COUNCIL ACT PROVIDES SEPARATE ELECTORATE ONLY FOR MUSLIMS.
  • THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA ACT 1919 AD PROVIDES SEPARATE ELECTORATES TO SIKHS, EUROPEANS, AND INDIAN CHRISTIANS.
  • THE THIRD ROUND TABLE CONFERENCE WAS HELD IN LONDON FROM 17th TO 24th NOVEMBER 1932 AD. (CONGRESS NOT PARTICIPATED)
  • A SEVERE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED IN BIHAR IN 1934 AD.
  • GOVERNMENT OF INDIA ACT 1935 AD PASSED.

LORD LINLITHGOW (1936-43 AD)-

  • PROVINCIAL ELECTION WAS HELD IN 1936-37 AD, CONGRESS WON 7 OUT OF 11 SEATS AND FORMED ITS GOVERNMENT.
  • ON 1sT SEPTEMBER 1939 AD THE SECOND WORLD WAR WAS STARTED.
  • CONGRESS RESIGNED FROM THE PROVINCIAL COUNCILS.
  • MUSLIM LEAGUE FOLLOWED A MUKTI DIWAS AFTER CONGRESS RESIGNATION.
  • ON 1st MAY 1939 AD SUBASH CHANDRA BOSE FOUNDED A PARTY NAMED FORWARD BLOCK.
  • MUSLIM LEAGUE RAISED THE DEMAND OF PAKISTAN IN THE LAHORE SESSION OF CONGRESS IN 1940 AD.
  • CRIPPS MISSION ARRIVED IN INDIA IN 1942 AD.
  • ON 8th AUGUST 1942 CONGRESS STARTED QUIT INDIA MOVEMENT.
  • A SEVERE FAMINE OCCURRED IN BENGAL IN 1943 AD.

LORD WAVELL (1943-47 AD)-

  • SHIMLA AGREEMENT WAS HELD IN 1945 AD.
  • CABINET MISSION ARRIVED IN INDIA IN 1946 AD.
  • ON 20th FEBRUARY 1947 AD THE BRITISH PRIME MINISTER CLEMENT ATTLEE OF LABOUR PARTY ANNOUNCED IN HOUSE OF COMMONS THAT THEY WILL GAVE INDEPENDENCE TO INDIA IN JUNE 1948 AD.

LORD MOUNTBATTEN (1947-48 AD)-

  • ON 4th JULY 1947 AD CLEMENT ATTLEE PRESENTED INDIA INDEPENDENCE BILL IN THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT.
  • BILL WAS GOT SANCTION FROM PARLIAMENT ON 18th JULY 1947 AD.
  • THE BILL MENTIONED TWO SEPARATE INDEPENDENT NATION.
  • INDIA GOT INDEPENDENCE ON 15th AUGUST 1947 AD.
  • LORD MOUNTBATTEN BECAME THE FIRST GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF INDEPENDENT INDIA.
  • C. RAJGOPALACHARI BECAME THE FIRST INDIAN GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF INDIA.