MODERN INDIA HISTORY (1707-1807)

1707

• AURANGZEB DIES
• KING SHAHU RELEASED.HE IS GRANDSON OF SHIVAJI.HE FIGHTS WITH TARABAI OF KOLHAPUR.
• BAHADUR SHAH SUCCEEDS THE EMPIRE

1708

• GURU GOBIND SINGH JI DIES AND BANDA BAHADUR SUCCEEDS AS HEAD OF SIKHS

1712

• BAHADUR SHAH DIES
• JAHANDAR SHAH BECOMES KING WITH THE HELP OF ZULFIQAR KHAN

1713

• ACCESSSION OF BALAJI VISHWANATH AS PESHWA
• VISITS AURANGZEB'S TOMB BAREFOOT
• SECOND FOUNDER OF MARATHA EMPIRE

• FARRUKH SIYAR NEPHEW OF JAHANDAR SHAH DEFEATS HIM AT AGRA WITH HELP OF SAYYID BROTHERS.
• SAYYID BROTHERS ARE ALSO KNOWN AS KING MAKERS.
• THEY ARE ABDULLAH KHAN AND ALI KHAN BARAHA
• FS GAVE MAGNA CARTA DUTY FREE TRADING RIGHTS TO ENGLISH ALSO KNOWN AS GOLDEN FARMAAN.
• FS AWARDED MIR-QASIM-UD-DIN AS NIZAM-UL-MULK.

1715

• F.SIYAR EXECUTED BANDA BAHADUR AT DELHI

1717

• MURSHID QULI KHAN MADE GOVERNOR OF BENGAL

1719

• KING MAKERS S.BROTHERS WITH HELP OF BALAJI VISHWANATH KILL F.SIYAR
• 18 YEAR OLD ROSHAN AKHTAR AKA MUHAMMAD SHAH 'RANGEELA' IS MADE KING.
• DEVELOPMENT OF LANGUAGE URDU
• RULED FOR NEARLY 30 YEARS

1720

• SAYYID BROTHERS : HUSSAIN ALI WAS ASSASSINATED AND ABDULLAH KHAN DEFEATED
• NIZAM UL MULK AS WAZIR
• BALAJI VISHWANATH DIED AND 20 YEAR OLD BAJI RAO SUCCEEDED WHO ADOPTED POLICY OF NORTHWARD EXPANSION.
• MARATHA FAMILIES LIKE OF GAEKWAD , HOLKAR , SCINDHIA AND BHOSLE CAME INTO PROMINENCE.

1721

• HAIDER ALI OF MYSORE BORN

1722

• SAADAT KHAN BURHAN UL MULK BECAME GOVERNOR OF AVADH
• NIZAM UL MULK DEPARTED FROM MUGHAL COURT FED OF COURT CORRUPTION AND LEFT FOR DECCAN.

1724

• NIZAM UL MULK FOUNDED STATE OF HYDERABAD

1727

• MURSHID QULI KHAN OF BENGAL DIES.
• HE IS SUCCEEDED BY HIS SON IN LAW SHAUJA UD DIN

1737

• BAJI RAO 1 RAIDED DELHI

1738

• NADIR SHAH RULER OF IRAN ATTACKED AND OCCUPIED LAHORE

1739

• MUGHALS VS NADIR SHAH @KARNAL
• NADIR SHAH CAPTURED RANGLEEA AND  OCCUPIED DELHI.HE TOOK KOHINOOR ( MINED @ CHOTANAGPUR) AND SHAHJAHAN'S PEACOCK THRONE FROM RED FORT
• MUGHALS LOST KABUL
• NADIR SHAH'S GENERAL WAS AHMAD SHAH ABDALI
• SHAUJA UD DIN OF BENGAL DIES AND HIS SON SARFARAZ KHAN SUUCCEEDS
• SAADAT KHAN BURHAN UL MULK DIES AND IS SUCCEEDED BY SAFDAR JUNG(NEPHEW)

1740

• ALIVARDI KHAN KILLED SARFARAZ KHAN AND BECAME NAWAB HIMSELF
• HE DID NOT PERMIT ENGLAND AND FRANCE TO FORTIFY THEIR FACTORIES AT CALCUTTA AND CHANDIPUR RESPECTIVELY
• BAJI RAO 1 DIED 
• HE IS SUCCEEDED BY BALAJI BAJI RAO WHO SHIFTED ADMINISTRATIVE CAPITAL TO POONA AND HELPED IMAD UL MULK BECOME WAZIR IN MUGHAL COURT

1742

• BALAJI BAJI RAO INVADE BENGAL
• DUPLEIX BECOME FRENCH GOVERNOR OF PONDICHERRY
• WAR OF FRANCE AND ENGLAND IN EUROPE

1743

• RAJA SAWAI SINGH OF JAIPUR DIES.
• GREAT ASTRONOMER: ZIIJ MUHAHMMAD SHAHI TABLES FOR ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS
• TRANSALATIONS OF ELEMEMTS OF GEOMETRY BY EUCLID INTO SANSKRIT
• NAPIER'S WORK ON CONSTRUCTIONS AND OF LOGRATHIMS
• SOCIAL REFORMER

1746

• FIRST CARNATIC WAR: ANGLO  FRENCH WAR
• FRENCH CAPTURE MADRAS

1748

• TREATY OF AIX LA CHAPELLE AND MADRAS HANDED BACK TO BRITISHERS
• MUHAMMAD SHAH RANGEELA DIES.
• HE IS SUCCEEDED BY AHMAD SHAH BAHADUR WHO WAS KILLED BY IMAD UL MULK LATER
• NIZAM UL MULK DIED AND SUCCESSION OF NASIR JUNG AS NIZAM OF HYDERABAD
• FIRST ATTACK BY AHMAD SHAH ABDALI AND IS DEFEATED AT BATTLE OF MANUPUR

  1749

• BATTLE OF AMBUR : FIRST OF 2ND CARNATIC WAR: NAWAB OF ARCOT (SUPPORTED BY NASIR JUNG)VS. FRENCH (SUPPORTED BY CHANDA SAHIB)
• CHANDA SAHIB MADE NAWAB OF CARNATIC
• KING SHAHU DIES.FULL MANAGEMENT IN PESHWA'S HANDS.

1750

• WAR OF DECCAN: DEATH OF NASIR JUNG.SUCCESSION OF MUZAFFAR KHAN WHO IS ACCIDENTLY KILLED AND SALABAT KHAN WHO IS 3RD SON OF NIZAM UL MULK SUCCEEDS.

1751

• ORISSA OCCUPIED BY BALAJI BAJI RAO.CEDED BY ALIVARDI KHAN.

1752

• BALAJI BAJI RAO REACHES DELHI AND HELPS MAKE IMAD UL MULK AS WAZIR
• BATTLE OF LAHORE: AHMAD S. ABDALI VS. MIR MANNU THE MUGHAL GOVERNOR OF PUNJAB
• 1752-1760: BURMA UNITED BY KING ALAUNGPAYA

1754

• AHMAD SHAH BAHADUR ASSASINATED BY IMAD UL MULK.
• SUCCEEDED BY ALAMGIR II (SECOND SON OF JAHANDAR SHAH ).
• TREATY OF PONDICHERRY:END OF SECOND CARNATIC WAR
• SAFDAR JUNG OF AVADH DIES.SUCCEEDED BY SHUJA UD DAULAH

1755

• HAIDER ALI OF MYSORE SETS UP MODERN ARSENAL @ DINDIGUL WITH THE HELP OF FRENCH.

1756

• ALIVARDI KHAN OF BENGAL DIES.HE IS SUCCEDED BY SIRAJ UD DAULA
• HE OCCUPIES CALCUTTA RENAMES IT ALINAGAR.
• AHMAD SHAH ABDALI KING OF AFGHANISTAN REACH DELHI.
• BLACK HOLE TRAGEDY:146 ENGLAND PRISONERS WERE PUT IN A SMALL HOLE.123 DIED

1757

• BATTLE OF PLASSEY
• ROBERT CLIVE BRIBED MIR JAFAR (COMMANDER IN CHEF OF NAWAB OF BENGAL) AND DEFEATS SIRAJ UD DAULA.
• NABIN CHANDRA SEN CALLED IT "NIGHT OF ETERNAL GLOOM IN INDIA"
• EIC GRANTED FREE TRADE RIGHTS TO BENGAL BIHAR AND ORISSA
• ROBERT CLIVE MADE GOVERNOR OF BENGAL

1758

• THIRD ANGLO FRENCH WAR: 7 YEARS WAR IN EUROPE (1758-1763)

1759

• ALAMGIR II ASSASSINATED BY IMAD UL MULK.PLOTTED BY SADASHIV BHAU
• SUCCEEDED BY PRINCE ALI GAUHAR (SON OF ALAMGIR II) @BIHAR.HE IS SCARED OF HIS WAZIR AND THUS DID NOT ENTER DELHI
• HE BECAME FIRSTLY PENSIONER OF BRITISHERS THAN MARATHA  AND AGAIN BRITISHERS.
• ALSO SHAH JAHAN III IS KILLED BY IMAD UL MULK

1760

• BATTLE OF WANDIWASH  : ENGLISH GENERAL EYRE COOT DEFEATS SUCCESSOR OF DUPLEIX COUNT DE LALLY
• FRENCH LOST AND WAR ENDED IN 1763 WITH TREATY OF PARIS
• WANDIWASH LOCATION NANDAVASI TAMIL NADU INDIA
• MARATHAS OCCUPY PUNJAB

1761

• THIRD BATTLE OF PANIPAT
• AHMAD SHAH ABDALI + NAJIB UD DAULA (ROHILAKHAND) +SHUJA UD DAULA (AVADH)      VS.      MARATHAS : BALAJI BAJI RAO II ' S SON VISHWAS RAO + KRISHNA RAO ( SON OF BAJI RAO I AND MASTANI) + COUSIN SADASHIV BAHU + IMAD UL MULK + COMMANDER IBRAHIM KHAN GARDI.
• ABDALI WANTED TO AVENGE THE EXPULSION OF HIS VICEROY TIMUR SHAH FROM LAHORE
• VISHWAS RAO DIES: HIGHEST NUMBER OF CAUSALITIES IN WAR. MARATHAS DEFEATED AND HUMILIATED.BALAJI BAJI RAO DIES AND SUCCEDED BY SON MADHAV RAO WHO IS ONLY 17 YEARS OLD
• WAR DECIDED WHO WAS NOT TO RULE INDIA RATHER THAN WHO WILL RULE
• PROFITS REAPED BY EIC AND ROSE TO POWER.
• ABDALI HELPED SHAH ALAM II REGAIN THRONE BUT UNDER NAJIB KHAN ROHILLA
• HAIDER ALI COMES TO POWER IN MYSORE.

1763

• KERALA ( TRAVANCORE  CAPITAL TRIVANDAPURAM) BECOME FAMOUS SANSKRIT CENTRE.KING MARTANDA VERMA.DEFEATS DUTCH.CONQURED QUILON + ELAYADAM. REVIVAL OF MALAYAM LITERATURE
• SANYASI REBELLION(1763-1800): WRITTEN ABOUT BY BANKIM CHANDRA CHATTERJEE IN ANAND MATHH.CONTAINS FAMOUS VANDE MATRAM. REBELLION STARTED AS SOON AS BRITISHERS STARTED RULING BENGAL+BIHAR.

1764

• BATTLE OF BUXAR  (LOCATION BENGAL)
• SHAH ALAM II + MIR QASIM (BENGAL) +SHUJA UD DAULA (AVADH)
• VS. EIC (HECTOR MUNRO)
• SHAH ALAM II BECOMES PRISONER OF BRITISHERS @ ALLAHABAD
• MADHAV RAO DEFEATS HYDER ALI OF MYSORE

1765

• EIC GETS DIWANI RIGHTS OF BENGAL BIHAR AND ORISSA.
• ROBERT CLIVE AS GOVERNOR FOR SECOND TIME.
• TREATY OF ALLAHABAD
• DUAL SYSTEM OF ADMINISTRATION IN BENGAL.NAWAB DEPENDENT FOR INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL SECURITY ON BRITISHERS.

1766-1772

• CHUNNAR UPRISING

1767-69

• FIRST MYSORE WAR
• HAIDER ALI VS. EIC. EIC DEFEATED AT MADRAS.
• FRENCH EAST INDIA COMPANY DISSOLVED.

1768

• GORKHAS (WESTERN HIMALAYAN TRIBE) CONQUERED NEPAL VALLEY

1770

• GREAT FAMINE OF BENGAL-1/3 RD OF BENGAL POPULATION DIED.

1771

• HAIDER ALI ATTACKED BY MARATHAS.MARATHAS WIN

1772

• WARREN HASTINGS BECOME GOVERNOR OF BENGAL- ABOLISHED DUAL GOVERNMENT IN BENGAL
• SHAH ALAL II RETURN TO DELHI UNDER PROTECTION OF MARATHA CHIEF MAHADAJI SCINDHIA.BECOME MARATHA PENSIONEER.HE IS BLINDED BY ROHILLA LEADER GHULAM QADIR
• MADHAV RAO I DIES.SUCCEDED BY NARAYAN RAO (AGE 17 YEARS). MADHAV RAO I WAS REMARKABLE PESHWA WHO IN 11 YEARS OF HIS RULE RESTORED LOST FORTUNES OF MARATHA EMPIRE.

1773

• REGULATING ACT TO CURB COMAPNY ACTIVITIES
• NARAYAN RAO KILLED.SUCCEDED BY RAGHUNATH RAO.HE WENT TO EIC.RESULTED IN FIRST ANGLO MARATHA WAR.
• SUPREME COURT ESTABLISHED @ CALCUTTA-CHIEF JUSTICE IMPEY
• WARREN HASTINGS IS FIRST GOVERNOR GENERAL OF FORT WILLIAM

1774

• RAGHUNATH RAO DEPOSED. SUCCEEDED BY INFANT MADHAV RAO II (SON OF NARAYAN RAO) UNDER NANA PHADNAVIS @POONA
• WARREN HASTINGS APPOINTED AS GOVERNOR GENERAL OF INDIA BY EIC. HEADQUARTER AT CALCUTTA.HE DEVELOPED FRIENDLY WITH BHUTAN -PERMITTED TRADE WITH TIBET

1775-82

• FIRST ANGLO MARATHA WAR.POWER STRUGGLES BETWEEN RAGHUNATH RAO AND NANA. NOBODY WINS. 1782- TREATY OF SALBAI GAVE TWO DECADES OF PEACE.

1776

• HASTINGS ALLIANCE WITH NIZAM OF HYDERABAD TO ATTACK HAIDER ALI OF MYSORE
• WORLD-AMERICA VS BRITISHERS.

1780

• MAHARAJA RANJIT SINGH JI BORN
• JAMES AUGUSTUS HICKEY STARTS WEEKLY BENGAL GAZETTE  (FIRST NEWPAPER IN INDIA)
• SECOND ANGLO MYSORE WAR. 1780-84
• MAHE CAPTURED BY BRITISHERS.
• HAIDER ALI FORMS TRIPLE ALLIANCE WITH MARATHA AND NIZAM
• BRITISH BRIBERY TO NIZAM BROKE THIS ALLIANCE.

1781

• EYRE COOT DEFEATS HAIDER ALI PORTO NOVO
• WARREN HASTINGS -CALCUTTA MADRASAH TO STUDY MUSLIM LAW

1782

• HAIDER ALI DIES AND TIPU SULTAN SUCCEEDS. 
• TREATY OF SALBAI

1783

• BISHUPUR AND BIRBHUM REBELLION.

1784

• TREATY OF MANGALORE.
• PITTS INDIA ACT PASSED-FORBADE POLICY OF CONQUEST.
• GAVE GENERAL FRAMEWORK OF GOVERNMENT TILL 1857
• GAVE BRITISH GOVT. CONTROL OF COMPANY ACTIVITIES IN INDIA.
• CORNWALLIS MADE AN EXCEPTION IN CASE OF MYSORE BECAUSE OF ARCH RIVALRY WITH TIPU SULTAN.
• FOUNDATION OF ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL BY WILLIAM JONES (AN ENGLISH JUDGE).HE ALSO HAD GREAT INTEREST IN ORIENTAL CULTURE AND TRANSLATED ABHIJANANA SKUNTALAM INTO ENGLISH.
• MAHAJI SCINDHIA ESTABLISH CONTROL OVER SHAH ALAM II.

1785

• BENGAL JOURNAL PUBLISHED 
• BURMA SUCCESSOR BODAWPAYA CONQURED ARAKAM

1786

• LORD CORNWALLIS AS GOVERNOR GENERAL.

1787

• INDIA GAZETTE BY  HENRY LOUIS WILLIAM DEROZIO.

1788

• BOMBAY HERALD PUBLISHED
• BLINDING OF SHAH ALAM II BY ROHILLA LEADER.

1789-92

• FRENCH REVOLUTION
• THIRD ANGLO MYSORE WAR
• TIPU SULTAN CAPTURED BRITISH ALLY'S TRAVANCORE'S TERRITORIES
• TRIPLE ALLIANCE AGAINST TIPU
• CORNWALLIS DEFEATS TIPU
• TREATY OF SERINGAPATNAM-LOST HALF TERRITORIES DISTRIBUTED BETWEEN THREE ALLIES

1791

• JONATHAN DUNCAN-VARANASI-SANSKRIT COLLEGE TO STUDY HINDU LAW + PHILOSHPHY.

1793

• CORNWALLIS INTRODUCED PERMANENT SETTLEMENT IN BENGAL AND BIHAR-10/11TH OF THE REVENUE COLLECTED.

1794

• MAHAJI SCINDHIA DIES

1795

• ENGLISH EXPEL DUTCH.
• INDIA HERALD BY R.WILLIAMS + HUMPREYS
• SAWAI MADHAV RAO DIED
• BAJI RAO II ( SON OF RAGHUNATH RAO) SUCCEEDED
• CHUNAR UPRISING AGAIN 1795-1816.
• REGULATIONS PROHIBITING INFANTICIDE.

 1798

• LORD WELLESLEY AS GOVERNOR GENERAL OF INDIA.HE STARTED SUBSIDIARY ALLIANCE ( FIRST BY DUPLEIX)
• NIZAM OF HYDERBAD -FIRST SUBSIDIARY TREATY

1799

• CENSORSHIP OF PRESS ACT  IN ANTICIPATION OF FRENCH INVASION.
• NAPOLEON'S EGYPTIAN EXPEDITION
• FOURTH ANGLO MYSORE WAR
• TIPU FORMED ALLIANCE WITH FRANCE AND SENT AMBASSADORS TO ARAB AND TURKEY.
• TIPU DEFEATED BEFORE HELP COULD ARRIVE @ SERINGAPATNAM
• MAHARAJA RANJIT SINGH JI CAPTURE LAHORE
• WILLIAM CAREY ARRIVES IN SERAMPORE.FOUNDER OF SERAMPORE COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY-FIRST DEGREE AWARDING UNIVERSITY IN INDIA

 1800

• FORT WILLIAM COLLEGE AT CALCUTTA TO TRAIN CIVIL SERVANTS
• NANA FHADANAVIS DIES
• DAVID HARE CAME TO INDIA

1801

• NAWAB OF AVADH SIGNS SUBSIDIARY TREATY
• SUBSIDIARY TREATY FORCEFULLY FORCED ON NAWAB ON CARNATIC.
• MADRAS PRESIDENCY CARVED OUT (MYSORE +CARNATIC)
• BRITISH CONQUER GORAKHPUR (NEPAL BORDER)

1802-1806

• TREATY OF BASSEIN WITH PESHWA BAJI RAO II LEAD TO IInd MARATHA WAR.
• 2ND ANGLO MARATHA WAR.PROUD MARATHAS ROSE TO POWER
• WELLESLEY DEFEATED SINDHIA + BHOSLE @ ASSAYE AND @ ARAGAON
• LORD LAKE DEFEATED SINDHIA @LASWARI AND OCCUPIED ALIGARH , DELHI AND AGRA INN 1803
• SHAH ALAM II CAPTURED AND ONCE AGAIN BECAME PENSIONER OF COMPANY.
• DELHI BECAME CAPITAL FOR EIC
• TITLE OF PESHWA ABOLISHED
• YASHWANT RAO HOLKAR COULD NOT BE DEFEATED.
• JAT RAJA OF BHARATPUR INFLICTED HEAVY LOSSES ON BRITISH
• WELLESLEY RECALLED FROM INDIA.
• MAHARAJA RANJIT SINGH JI CAPTURE AMRISTAR-ADD GOLDEN DOME TO GOLDEN TEMPLE. MADE LAHORE HIS CAPITAL.

1804

• ORISSA ZAMINDARS REBELLION 1804-1817

1805

• GEORGE BARLOW APPOINTED AS GOVERNOR GENERAL OF INDIA.
• REVOLT OF BILASPUR

1806

• SHAH ALAM II DIES
• AKBAR SHAH II SUCCEEDED.HE GAVE TITLE OF RAJA TO RAJAMOHAN ROY AND SENT HIM TO ENGLAND TO PLEAD FOR HIKE IN PRISONER.
• VELLORE MUTINY - HINDUS WERE PROHIBITED FROM WEARING RELIGIOUS MARKS AND AND MUSLIMS WERE REQUIRED TO SHAVE THEIR BEARDS AND TRIM.