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| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Battle of Plassey | 1757; Robert Clive vs Siraj-ud-Daulah; EIC becomes political power in Bengal |
| Diwani of Bengal | 1765; Treaty of Allahabad; Shah Alam II → EIC revenue rights over Bengal-Bihar-Orissa |
| Permanent Settlement | 1793, Cornwallis; Bengal/Bihar/Orissa; fixed revenue with zamindars permanently |
| Subsidiary Alliance | 1798, Wellesley; Hyderabad 1798, Mysore 1799, Awadh 1801 |
| Doctrine of Lapse | Dalhousie 1848–56; Satara 1848, Jhansi 1853, Nagpur 1854 |
| First Indian Railway | 16 April 1853; Bombay to Thane, 21 miles; Lord Dalhousie |
| Macaulay's Minute | 1835; English education; "Indian in blood but English in intellect" |
| Indian Penal Code | 1860 (enacted); drafted by Macaulay's Law Commission (1838) |
| Drain of Wealth | Dadabhai Naoroji (1901); £12–30M/year; Home Charges drain theory |
| Government of India Act 1858 | Transfer from EIC to Crown; Secretary of State; Viceroy |
| Morley-Minto Reforms | 1909; limited elections + separate Muslim electorate (seeds of communalism) |
| Montagu-Chelmsford | 1919; Dyarchy in provinces; simultaneous ICS exams from 1922 |
| Partition of Bengal | 1905, Curzon; reversed 1911; triggered Swadeshi Movement |
| TISCO founded | 1907, Jamshedji Tata; Jamshedpur; India's first major indigenous steel plant |
| Surendranath Banerjee | Passed ICS 1869; dismissed; founded Indian Association 1876 — first national political body |