India’s First War for Independence (aka Indian Rebellion of 1857) began as a mutiny of sepoys of theEast India Company’s army on 10 May 1857, in the cantonment of the town of Meerut, and soon escalated into other mutinies and civilian rebellions largely in the upper Gangetic plain and central India, with the major hostilities confined to present-day Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, northern Madhya Pradesh, and the Delhi region.

Year Events
1857 The sepoy Mutiny or First War of Independence (Indian Mutiny Rebellion of 1857(10th May))
1857 Establishment of University of Mumbai, University of Madras and University of Calcutta in India
1858 The British government ruled India, Lord Dalhousie becomes the Governor-General of India
1858 British Raj (to 1947)
1858 Bipin Chandra Pal is born (to 1932)
1859 Death of Tatya Tope
1861 Birth of Rabindranath Tagore
1862 Death of Bahadur Shah Zafar
1863 Swami Vivekanand is born (to 1902)
1865 Lala Lajpat Rai is born (to 1928)
1867 “Prarthana Samaj” Established Earlier known as “Atmiya Sabha”
1869 Birth of Mahatma Gandhi
1869 Thakkar Bapa is Born (to 1951)
1875 “Arya Samaj” Established
1875 Aligarh Muslim University
1875 Deccan Riots
1876 Queen Victoria was given the title Empress of India by the British Parliament
1877 Delhi Durbar First time
1885 Foundation of Indian National Congress
1885 Burma became an Indian province
1885 The Indian National Congress was formed (28th December)
1885 Indian National Congress Eshtablished
1889 Birth of Jawaharlal Nehru
1889 Khudiram Bose is born (to 1908)
1891 B. R. Ambedkar is born (to 1956)
1897 Birth of Subhash Chandra Bose
1897 Subhas Chandra Bose is born (to 1945)
1902 Anushilan Samiti, organized revolutionary association formed.
1903 British Expedition to Tibet
1903 Delhi Durbar Second Time.
1904 Tibet Expedition
1905 First partition of Bengal under Lord Curzon
1905 The British government divided Bengal into separate Hindu and Muslim sections
1905 Partition of Bengal
1906 Foundation of Muslim League
1906 Jugantar formed.
1906 Muslim League formed in Dacca.
1909 Morley-Minto Reforms
1911 Delhi Darbar; King and Queen visit India; Delhi becomes the capital of India
1911 Cancelation of Partition of Bengal
1911 Delhi Durbar Third Time
1912 Delhi conspiracy case
1913 Gadar Party formed.
1914 World War 1
1914 Hindu“German Conspiracy
1915 Mahatma Gandhi returns back to India
1915 Ghadar conspiracy
1915 Provisional Government of India formed in Kabul.
1915 Mahatma Gandhi returned to India.
1916 World War 1 begins
1916 Lucknow Pact signed by Muslim League and Congress
1917 Champaran and Kheda Satyagraha
1918 World War 1 ends
1919 Montague-Chelmsfor Reforms introduced,Jallianwala Bagh massacreat Amritsar
1919 Jallianwala Bagh Massacre (13th April)
1919 Montagu“Chelmsford Reforms
1919 Rowlatt Act
1920 Khilafar Movement launched
1920 Mahatma Gandhi became president of Indian National Congress, Non-cooperation movement Khilafat Movement
1924 Hindustan Socialist Republican Association formed.
1925 Kakori conspiracy
1927 Boycott of Simon Commission; broadcasting started in India
1927 Simon Commission
1928 Death of lal Lajpat Rai ( Sher-e-Punjab)
1928 Bardoli Satyagraha
1929 Lord Orwaom’s Pact, resolution of complete independence passed at Lahore Congress
1929 Central Assembly Bombed by Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt.
1929 Purna Swaraj resolution.
1930 Civil Disobedience Movement launched;Dandi March by Mahatma Gandhi(April 6, 1970 )
1930 Purna Swaraj resolution in Lahore, Salt Satyagraha started
1930 Round Table Conferences (India) First
1930 civil disobedience movement
1931 Gandhi-Irwin Pact
1931 Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev Martyred (23rd March)
1931 Round Table Conferences (India) Second
1932 Poona Pact
1932 Communal Award
1932 Round Table Conferences (India) Third
1935 Government of India Act enacted
1935 Government of India Act 1935
1937 Provincial Autonomy,Congress forms ministers
1939 World War II begins (September)
1939 All India Forward Bloc Established by Subhas Chandra Bose
1940 Muhammad Ali Jinnah demanded that a new country be formed from India for the Muslims, which would be called Pakistan
1940 Lahore Resolution
1940 August offer 1940
1941 Death of Rabindranath Tagore, escape of Subhash Chandra Bose from India
1942 Arrival of Cripps Mission in India, ˜Quit India’ movement launched (Aug.
1942 Indian National Army Established by Subhas Chandra Bose
1942 Quit India Movement
1942 Indian National Army Established by Subhas Chandra Bose
1943 Arzi Hukumat-e-Azad Hind, the Provisional Government of Free India formed by Netaji.
1944 Subhas Chandra Bose calls Mahatma Gandhi as the Father of the Nation.
1945 Trial of Indian National Army at Red Fort
1945 World War II ended when United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki (August)
1946 British Cabinet Mission visits India; Interim Government formed at the Centre,
1946 Royal Indian Navy Mutiny
1946 The British government agreed to grant India independence
1946 Royal Indian Navy Mutiny
1946 Cabinet Mission
1946 Direct Action Day/Great Calcutta Killings
1947 Division of India; India and Pakistan form separate independent dominions
1947 British and Indian leaders agreed to divide the country into India and Pakistan
1947 India became independent (15th August)
1947 Pakistan becomes an independent state on 14 August 1947.
1947 Hundreds of thousands die in widespread communal bloodshed after partition. (to 1948)