Modern Indian History
Chronological analysis of the British East India Company expansion, the freedom struggles from 1857, and the Gandhian movements leading to Independence in 1947.
Chronological Timeline (1700 – 1947)
Governor-Generals & Viceroys
Warren Hastings
Governor-General of Bengal
Regulating Act of 1773, Asiatic Society of Bengal (1784), dual system of government abolished.
Lord Cornwallis
Governor-General of India
Introduced Permanent Settlement of Bengal (1793), father of Civil Services in India, Cornwallis Code.
Lord Wellesley
Governor-General of India
Introduced Subsidiary Alliance system, Fourth Anglo-Mysore War (1799).
Lord William Bentinck
Governor-General of India
Abolition of Sati (1829), English Education Act 1835, suppressed Thuggee system.
Lord Dalhousie
Governor-General of India
Doctrine of Lapse introduced (annexed Satara, Jhansi, Awadh), first railway line (Bombay to Thane - 1853), telegraph lines and postal reforms.
Lord Canning
First Viceroy of India
Revolt of 1857, Government of India Act 1858 (Company rule ends), Indian Penal Code (1860).
Lord Ripon
Viceroy of India
Repealed Vernacular Press Act (1882), First Factory Act (1881), Local Self-Government resolution, Ilbert Bill controversy.
Lord Curzon
Viceroy of India
Partition of Bengal (1905), Indian Universities Act of 1904, Ancient Monuments Preservation Act.
Lord Chelmsford
Viceroy of India
Home Rule Movement, Government of India Act 1919 (Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms), Rowlatt Act & Jallianwala Bagh Massacre (1919).
Lord Irwin
Viceroy of India
Simon Commission visit (1928), Nehru Report, Dandi March & Civil Disobedience (1930), Gandhi-Irwin Pact (1931).
Lord Mountbatten
Last Viceroy & First GG of Independent India
June 3rd Plan (Mountbatten Plan) for Partition, Indian Independence Act 1947.
Modern History Practice Quiz
Assess your understanding of INC formations, viceroy actions, and partition schemes.