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Britain becomes the leading colonial power in India.
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Marathas rule over most of northern India.
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A famine kills ten million people in Bengal and the East India Company does not help them at all.
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Railway, postal services & telegraph line introduced in India.
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First War of Indian Independence also known as Revolt of 1857 or Sepoy Mutiny
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1858 AD: British Crown officially takes over the Indian Government
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1877 AD: Queen of England is proclaimed as the Empress of India
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1906 AD: Muslim League is formed
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1912 AD: The Imperial capital shifted to Delhi from Calcutta
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1919 AD: The cruel Jallianwalla Bagh massacre takes place due to protests against the Rowlatt Act
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15th August 1947 AD: Partition of India and Independence from the British rule
