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8 SHARED EVENTSIndia

Entangled histories

8 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.

ONE SPINE OF YEARS · TWO WALLS OF EVENTS · GBR LEFT · IND RIGHT

1. 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 · REFS 1 — East India Company

2. 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 · REFS 2 — Battle of Plassey, British raj

3. 16 Mar 1846

   Treaty of Amritsar creates the Dogra state

   After the First Anglo-Sikh War the British transferred the hill country between the Indus and the Ravi to Gulab Singh of Jammu for 75 lakh rupees, creating the princely state later known as Jammu and Kashmir. The treaty text speaks of a transfer 'for ever in independent possession'; many Kashmiris later described it as a sale.

   Colonisation · from the India chronicle · The East India Company and the British Raj · REFS 1 — Treaty of Amritsar, 16 March 1846

4. 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 · REFS 1 — British raj

5. 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 · REFS 1 — Salt March (1930)

6. 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 · REFS 2 — The end of the British Empire after the Second World War, Bengal famine of 1943

7. 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 · REFS 2 — Partition of India, Republic Day, India

8. 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 · REFS 1 — The end of the British Empire after the Second World War