Indo Pak History Important Events and Date
1526: Babur
establishes the Mughal Empire
1530: Humayan becomes the second Mughal Emperor
1556: Akbar ascends
the throne. He defeated Hemu who seized Delhi
1600: Formation of
East India Company
1605: Jehangir
Becomes Emperor
1627: Shah Jehen
succeeds Jehangir
1658: Aurangzeb
seizes control and becomes Emperor
1707: Aurangzeb
dies, Period of Instability
1719: Muhammad Shah
takes control and became emperor
1738: Persian
leader Nadir Shah invaded Mughal empire
1747: Ahmed Shah
Durani attacked Kabul, Peshawar and Lahore
1748: Ahmad Shah
becomes Emperor
1754: Start of
reign of Alamgir II
1757: Nawab Siraj
ud Daula was defeated by Robert Clive in Battle of Plassey
1759: Shah Jehan II
succeeds Alamgir II
1764: Battle of
Buxar
1773: Act of
Parliament
1782: Governor
General Warren Hastings signed a treaty with Maratha to End First Maratha War
1784: India Act
1799: Nawabs of
Oudh defeated, Governor General Wellesley invaded Mysore and Killed Tipu Sultan
1803: British enter
Delhi
1806: Akbar II
becomes Emperor
1809: Ranjit Singh
signed a Treaty of Perpetual Friendship
1818: Maratha were
defeated by the British
1833: Government of
India Act
1838: Bahadur Shah
II comes to the throne
1843: Annexation of
Sindh
1846: Treaty of
Lahore
1849: Annexation of
Punjab and North Western Frontier Province
1852: Introduction
of Doctrine of Lapse by Governor General Dalhousie
A British Member of
Parliament made a speech in the British House of Common claimed that;
“No civilized
government ever existed on the face of this earth which was more corrupt or
greedier than the government of the East India Company from 1765 to 1784”
Robert Clive admitted
that
“Such a scene
of anarchy, confusion, bribery and corruption was never seen or heard of in any
country but Bengal”
British
Governor General in subcontinent 1784-1856
Warren Hastings: 1784-85
John Macpherson 1785-86
Lord Cornwallis 1786-93
Sir John Shore 1793-98
Lord Wellesley 1798-1805
Lord Cornwallis 1805-06
Sir George Barlow 1806-07
Lord Minto 1807-13
Marques of Hastings 1813-23
Lord Amber 1823-28
Lord Bentinck 1828-35
Sir Charles Metcalfe 1835-36
Lord Auckland 1836-42
Lord Ellen rough 1842-44
Lord Harding 1844-48
Lord Dalhousie 1848-56
Viceroy
of subcontinent
Lord Canning 1856-62
Lord Elgin 1862-63
Lord Lawrence 1864-69
Lord Mayo 1869-72
Lord Northbrook 1872-76
Lord Lytton 1876-80
Lord Ripon 1880-84
Lord Dufferin 1884-88
Lord Lansdowne 1888-94
Lord Elgin II 1894-99
Lord Curzon 1899-05
Lord Minto 1905-10
Lord Harding 1910-16
Lord Chelmsford 1916-21
Lord Reading 1921-26
Lord Irwin 1926-31
Lord Willington 1931-36
Lord Linlithgow 1936-44
Lord Wavell 1944-47
Lord Mountbatten (Mar.1947
– Aug.1947):
Governor
General of India
Mountbatten 1947-48
Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari 1948-50
Governor
General of Pakistan
Mohammad Ali Jinnah 1947-48
Khwaja Nazimuddin 1948-51
Ghulam Mohammad 1951-55
Iskander Mirza 1955-56
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