British Raj Timeline

Timeline

  • 2 Aug 1858
    The British state takes full possession of East India Company territories in India.
  • 1859 - 1860
    Indigo growers riot against oppressive plantation owners in Bengal, India.
  • 1903
    Rulers of the Indian princely states pay homage to King Edward VII at the Delhi durbar.
  • 1911
    Rulers of the Indian princely states pay homage to King George V at the Delhi durbar.
  • Mar 1919
    The Rowlatt Acts impose restrictions on civil liberties in India.
  • 10 Apr 1919
    Riots in Amritsar involve the murder of five British men and British control of the town is lost.
  • 13 Apr 1919
    The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre when the British General Dyer orders the shooting of unarmed civilians in Amritsar.
  • Nov 1919
    The Hunter Committee conducts a public hearing into the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre and wider riots in the Punjab.
  • 1921
    The British Raj forms the Chamber of Princes where rulers of the Indian princely states are represented.
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