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United Kingdom and India compared
Two sourced records set beside each other — the figures each nation publishes, and the events each chronicle records of the other. Compared, never graded.
12 July 927 — The monarchs of Britain recognise Æthelstan as king of the English
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- 2026-08-10
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Each figure is the same observation, with the same source, as on the two dossiers. Every value shows the year it was observed — vintages differ by indicator and nation. A “—” is an absence in the source data, never a zero. Metric names link to the world ranking; values open the figure on its own dossier.
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Entangled histories
7 events in which either nation’s sourced chronicle names the other — including under earlier names of the same state. Each is the same record, with the same sources, as on its own chronicle; nothing here was written for this page.
- 31 December 1600
Founding of the East India Company
A royal charter created the East India Company for trade with Asia; over the following centuries it grew into an instrument of conquest that brought much of India under British control.
Economy & Trade · from the United Kingdom chronicle · Tudors, the Reformation, and the first empire · East India Company
- 23 Jun 1757
Battle of Plassey
Robert Clive's East India Company forces defeat the Nawab of Bengal, marking the beginning of British political and military dominance in India.
Colonisation · from the India chronicle · The East India Company and the British Raj · Battle of Plassey, British raj
- 1858
British Crown rule begins
After the suppression of the 1857 rebellion, the Crown abolishes East India Company rule and assumes direct governance of India, beginning the British Raj.
Colonisation · from the India chronicle · The East India Company and the British Raj · British raj
- 12 Mar 1930
The Salt March
Gandhi leads a 24-day march to the sea to make salt in defiance of the British salt monopoly, galvanising mass non-violent resistance against colonial rule.
Politics & Power · from the India chronicle · The East India Company and the British Raj · Salt March (1930)
- 1939–1945
The Second World War
Britain fought Nazi Germany and the Axis, endured the Blitz, and emerged victorious but economically drained; the wartime Bengal famine of 1943 killed millions in British India.
War & Rupture · from the United Kingdom chronicle · World wars, decolonisation, and the modern UK · The end of the British Empire after the Second World War, Bengal famine of 1943
- 15 Aug 1947
Independence and Partition
India becomes independent from Britain under Prime Minister Nehru as the subcontinent is partitioned into India and Pakistan, unleashing mass migration and communal violence.
Independence · from the India chronicle · Independence, Partition and the Modern Republic · Partition of India, Republic Day, India
- 1947
Independence of India and the start of decolonisation
India and Pakistan became independent, beginning the rapid dismantling of the British Empire as dozens of colonies gained independence over the following decades.
Independence · from the United Kingdom chronicle · World wars, decolonisation, and the modern UK · The end of the British Empire after the Second World War