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Highest-yield history facts for final revision: freedom-struggle timeline plus ancient and medieval high points in compact tables
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| Year |
Event |
| 1757 |
Battle of Plassey; British political power begins in Bengal |
| 1764 |
Battle of Buxar; consolidates Company control |
| 1857 |
Revolt of 1857; began at Meerut on 10 May |
| 1885 |
Indian National Congress founded (A O Hume) |
| 1905 |
Partition of Bengal; Swadeshi Movement |
| 1906 |
Muslim League founded (Dhaka) |
| 1911 |
Partition of Bengal annulled; capital shifts to Delhi |
| 1915 |
Gandhi returns to India |
| 1916 |
Lucknow Pact (Congress and Muslim League) |
| 1917 |
Champaran Satyagraha (Gandhi's first in India) |
| 1919 |
Rowlatt Act; Jallianwala Bagh massacre (13 April) |
| 1920 |
Non-Cooperation Movement; Khilafat |
| 1922 |
Chauri Chaura; movement withdrawn |
| 1928 |
Simon Commission boycott; Nehru Report |
| 1929 |
Lahore session; Purna Swaraj resolution |
| 1930 |
Civil Disobedience; Dandi Salt March (12 March) |
| 1931 |
Gandhi-Irwin Pact |
| 1935 |
Government of India Act |
| 1942 |
Quit India Movement; "Do or Die" |
| 1946 |
Cabinet Mission; Interim Government; Naval Mutiny |
| 1947 |
Independence and Partition (15 August) |
| Slogan / phrase |
Who |
| "Swaraj is my birthright" |
Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
| "Do or Die" |
Mahatma Gandhi (Quit India) |
| "Give me blood, I will give you freedom" |
Subhas Chandra Bose |
| "Inquilab Zindabad" |
Bhagat Singh (popularised) |
| Founder of INC |
A O Hume; first president W C Bonnerjee |
| First woman INC president |
Annie Besant (1917); first Indian woman Sarojini Naidu (1925) |
| Topic |
Fact |
| Indus Valley |
Bronze Age; cities Harappa, Mohenjo-daro, Dholavira, Lothal (dockyard) |
| Vedic age |
Rigveda oldest; four Vedas; "Satyameva Jayate" from Mundaka Upanishad |
| Jainism |
Founder of order Rishabhanatha; 24th Tirthankara Mahavira |
| Buddhism |
Gautama Buddha; first sermon at Sarnath; nirvana at Kushinagar |
| Mauryas |
Chandragupta (Chanakya / Arthashastra); Ashoka and Dhamma after Kalinga |
| Guptas |
Golden Age; Samudragupta (Prayag Prashasti); Aryabhata, Kalidasa |
| Sangam age |
Tamil literature; Chera, Chola, Pandya |
| Topic |
Fact |
| Delhi Sultanate |
Five dynasties; Razia Sultana first woman ruler; Alauddin Khalji market control |
| Vijayanagara |
Founded 1336; Krishnadevaraya the greatest ruler |
| Bhakti and Sufi |
Kabir, Guru Nanak (founded Sikhism), Chaitanya; Sufi Chishti, Suhrawardi |
| Mughals |
Babur (Panipat 1526); Akbar (abolished jizya, Din-i-Ilahi); Shah Jahan (Taj Mahal); Aurangzeb (reimposed jizya) |
| Marathas |
Shivaji (crowned 1674); later the Peshwas |
- Plassey 1757 and Buxar 1764 are the two foundation battles; do not confuse them.
- Champaran (1917) was Gandhi's first satyagraha in India.
- The Revolt of 1857 ended Company rule; Crown rule began with the Government of India Act, 1858.
- Quit India (1942) is the "August Kranti".