British Raj
1858–1947 · Event
Direct British Crown rule over the Indian subcontinent after the 1857 rebellion, lasting until independence and partition in 1947.
On these timelines: India, Master
More from India
- Indian independence and Partition (1947)
- Indus Valley Civilisation begins (3300 BCE)
- Mughal Empire (1526)
- Maurya Empire (322 BCE)
- Gupta Empire (320)
- Reign of Ashoka the Great (268 BCE)
- Delhi Sultanate (1206)
- Mahatma Gandhi (1869)
Around 1858
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- On the Origin of Species (1859)
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- Presidency of Abraham Lincoln (1861)
- Communist Manifesto (1848)
- Wars of German Unification (1864)
- Emancipation Proclamation (1863)
- Lister introduces antiseptic surgery (1865)