| 1600 |
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British East India Company founded |
| 1639 |
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East India Company establishes city of Madras |
| 1648 |
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Taj Mahal built by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan |
| 1707 |
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Death of Aurangzeb, Emperor of Mughal India at its height |
| 1739 |
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Persian army sacks Delhi and all but ends Mughal power |
| 1756 |
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Atrocities of the Black Hole of Calcutta |
| 1757 |
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Robert Clive ("Clive of India") conquers Bengal for British |
| 1765 |
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Mughals recognize British control over Bengal and Bihar |
| 1774 |
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Warren Hastings appointed Governor General of India |
| 1857 |
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Sepoy Rebellion - Indian army mutinies against British |
| 1876 |
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Great Famine in Southern India kills over 5 million |
| 1877 |
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Queen Victoria proclaimed Empress of India |
| 1913 |
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Rabindranath Tagore receives Nobel Prize for Literature |
| 1919 |
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Start of "Indianization" of civil service |
| 1919 |
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Amritsar Massacre - beginning of limited self-rule |
| 1930 |
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Mahatma Ghandi leads Salt March in India |
