wiki 18century important indian history timeline

Question 1

1705

Answer 1

Mughal army arrested for the act.[clarification needed]

Question 2

1707

Answer 2

Death of Aurangzeb the mughal emperor.

Question 3

1708

Answer 3

Guru Granth Sahib becomes Guru of Sikhs.

Question 4

1721

Answer 4

Attingal Outbreak takes place

Question 5

1721

Answer 5

Madras cyclone occurs

Question 6

1749

Answer 6

The Maratha Peshwa (prime minister) usurps the Maratha kingdom, starting a new dynastic rule based in Pune.

Question 7

1757

Answer 7

Battle of Plassey

Question 8

1757

Answer 8

Company rule in India (to 1858)

Question 9

1759

Answer 9

French India (to 1954)

Question 10

1760

Answer 10

Marathas comprehensively defeat the Nizam, Maratha Empire reaches its zenith.

Question 11

1760

Answer 11

Battle at Wandewash, British troops beat French

Question 12

1761

Answer 12

The Marathas are routed in the Third Battle of Panipat on 14 January 1761, by the Afghans led by Ahmad Shah Durrani, an ethnic Pashtun, also known as Ahmad Shah Abdali. The battle is considered one of the largest battles fought in the 18th century.

Question 13

1764

Answer 13

Battle of Buxar (British victory against allied Mughal, Bengal and Oudh forces)

Question 14

1765

Answer 14

Princely states (to 15 August 1947)

Question 15

1767

Answer 15

First Anglo-Mysore War begins, in which Haidar Ali of Mysore defeats the combined armies of the East India Company, the Marathas and theNizam of Hyderabad.

Question 16

1771

Answer 16

Marathas re-captures Delhi and parts of North India.

Question 17

1772

Answer 17

Ram Mohan Roy Born (to 1833)

Question 18

1773

Answer 18

Narayanrao Peshwa is murdered by his uncle Raghunathrao’s wife in front of Raghunathrao.

Question 19

1773

Answer 19

Regulating Act of 1773

Question 20

1773

Answer 20

Warren Hastings appointed as first Governor-General of India

Question 21

1774

Answer 21

Chief Justice of the Maratha Empire, Ram Shastri passes death sentence against the ruling Peshwa Raghunathrao for murdering his nephew.

Question 22

1775

Answer 22

First Anglo-Maratha War

Question 23

1779

Answer 23

Maratha sardar Mahadji Shinde routs the East India Company army at the Battle of Wadgaon War ends with the restoration of status quo as perTreaty of Salbai.

Question 24

1780

Answer 24

Second Anglo-Mysore War begins.

Question 25

1784

Answer 25

Second Anglo-Mysore War ends with the Treaty of Mangalore.

Question 26

1786

Answer 26

District collectors in Bengal were made responsible for settling the revenue and collecting it.

Question 27

1789

Answer 27

Third Anglo-Mysore War begins.

Question 28

1790

Answer 28

The Marathas under Holkar and General de Boigne defeat the Rajputs of Jaipur and Mughals at the Battle of Patan, where 3000+ Rajput cavalry is killed and the entire Mughal unit vanquished. The defeat crushes Rajput hope of independence from external influence

Question 29

1792

Answer 29

Third Anglo-Mysore War ends.

Question 30

1795

Answer 30

Death of Ahilyabai Holkar

Question 31

1796

Answer 31

Ching-Thang Khomba moves Manipur’s capital to Kangla

Question 32

1798

Answer 32

Fourth Anglo-Mysore War begins.

Question 33

1799

Answer 33

Fourth Anglo-Mysore War ends with the death of Tipu Sultan, the victory of the East India Company, and the restoration of their ally, the Wodeyardynasty of Mysore.

Question 34

1799

Answer 34

Polygar War

Question 35

1800

Answer 35

Death of Nana Fadnavis