South Asia TimeLine

By abbieionno
  • 1558

    Portuguese occupation, which ends after explosion by locals

  • Chinese imperial army invaded and temporarily established control over Bhutan

  • Britain gained control over India's trade

    Britain gaining control over India's trade effects it both politically and economically. Trade is a big revenue source for India, and Britain gaining control over India's trade is very political.

  • British intervention

  • British government puts down a revolt and establishes direct rule over India

    This effects India politically, economically, and socially because the British government is controlling all aspects of India.

  • Further intervention by Britain

  • Status formalized as internally self governing British protectorate

  • Treaty giving Britain control over foreign relations

  • Gandhi starts nonviolent campaign against Britain

    This has both a social and political effect because Gandhi is essentially going against the British government, but also inspiring the people with peace, which is social.

  • India gains independence

    Political

  • First Indo-Pakistani war ends, but decade long conflict begins

    This is political

  • India adopted a constitution and became a democratic republic

    This is political because they are no longer a dominion

  • Slavery abolished

  • Full independence sultanate as an outside common wealth

  • First parliamentary elections give the Awami league a landslide victory

  • First foreign tourists allowed in

  • India tests first nuclear bomb

  • A military group seeks founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and most of his family members get killed

  • Second parliamentary elections brings former arm chief Ziaur Rahman's Bangladesh Nationalists party to power

  • Start of civil war in Sri Lanka

  • India prime minister Indira Gandhi gets assassinated by sikhs

  • 5% of India's farm families owned nearly 25% of India’s farm land

  • Maoist revolt which kills thousands

  • Population reaches 1 billion

  • Former prime minister Benazir Bhutto is assassinated

  • I mean khan becomes prime minister

  • Nepal becomes a republic after abolishion of monarchy

  • LTTE defeated, ending a bloody war

  • New constitution adopted the first and Asia to specifically protect gay rights