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The British East India Company gained control of all Indian trade.
The Battle of Plassey established the British East India Company's dominance over India. The company defeated the Nawab of Bengal enabling British buisness ventures in the region and having the company control trade in India. -
The British Government establishes rule over India (establishes the Raj)
This period of British rule is often referred to as the Raj. Throughout the British colonization, tensions ran high between the European power and the conquered Asian nation. Great Britain took taxes that stifled Indian industrial and commercial growth to gain more prosperity. -
Indian National Congress founded.
The Indian National Congress' administrative body was split by factionalism as the years passed leading up to independence. -
Muslim League wants a seperate Pakistani state.
The Muslim League was made to give a voice to the underrepresented Muslims who comprised approximately 20% of the population. -
Gandhi's Salt Marches.
To protest the British salt tax, Gandhi led nearly 100 followers more tan 200 miles to the occean to extract free salt from the sea. -
Pakistan and India declare Independence.
Disputes between India and Pakistan stem from the 1947 British partitioning of India that two independent nations. The border between the two states was conceived and finalized by the British lawyer, Cyril Radcliffe. -
First battle over Kashmir
Many Pakistanis say the Kashmir region belong in their Islamic state. Indians, meanwhile, argue India has a legal right to the Kashmir territory. Since 1947, India and Pakistand have been locked in a tense and often hostile rivalry. They've fought three wars with two centering on the Kashmir conflict and have had as many as 50,000 people die. -
Gandhi assassinated.
Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated by a Hindu radical who believed Gandhi was too sympathetic toward Muslims. -
India becomes a democracy.
India became a democracy!
