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A.D. 1000
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December of A.D. 1600
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The domination of the British East India Company 1757-1858 CE
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British Reign. The period of British colonial rule in South Asia between 1858 and 1947.
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Indian National Congress founded as forum for emerging nationalist feeling.
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Nationalist figurehead Mahatma Gandhi launches anti-British civil disobedience campaign.
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Congress launches "Quit India" movement.
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End of British rule and partition of sub-continent into mainly Hindu India and Muslim-majority state of Pakistan.
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Mahatma Gandhi assassinated by Hindu extremist.
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War with Pakistan over disputed territory of Kashmir.
