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The British East India Company gained control of all Indian trade
Once British got control of India, enabling British business ventures in the region and allowing the Company to control trade from the national to the local level. -
The British Government establishes rule over India
This period of British rule in India is known as the Raj. Two years after British took control India fought but was defeated by the British. -
Indian National Congress founded
The congress was able to govern India by a concensus, but years went on leading to Independence, the congress body was split by factionalism. -
Muslim League wants a separate Pakistani state
The league proposed to have a separete state for Muslim population but got little support. -
Gandhi%u2019s Salt Marches
Gandhi was protesting the British salt tax. He lead nearly 100 followers more than 200 miles to the ocean to extract free salt from the sea. -
Pakistan and India declare Independence
Disputes between India and Pakistan are resolved from the 1947 British partitioning of India into two independent nations. The region's Muslim population were divided into East and West Pakistan, while Hindu areas became modern India. -
First battle over Kashmir
Many Pakistanis say the Kashmir region, with its majority Muslim population, belongs in their Islamic state. Indians, meanwhile, argue India has a legal right to the Kashmir territory.
India and Pakistan have been locked in a tense and often hostile rivalry. The two countries have fought three wars, with two centering on the Kashmir conflict. -
Gandhi assassinated
Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated by a crazy Hindu, who thought Gandhi was to sympathetic toward Muslim population. -
India becomes a democracy
Under the leadership of Nehru's India adopted a constitution and became a democracy.
