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1705
Mughal army arrested for the act.[clarification needed]
1707
Death of Aurangzeb the mughal emperor.
1708
Guru Granth Sahib becomes Guru of Sikhs.
1721
Attingal Outbreak takes place
1721
Madras cyclone occurs
1749
The Maratha Peshwa (prime minister) usurps the Maratha kingdom, starting a new dynastic rule based in Pune.
1757
Battle of Plassey
1757
Company rule in India (to 1858)
1759
French India (to 1954)
1760
Marathas comprehensively defeat the Nizam, Maratha Empire reaches its zenith.
1760
Battle at Wandewash, British troops beat French
1761
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.
1764
Battle of Buxar (British victory against allied Mughal, Bengal and Oudh forces)
1765
Princely states (to 15 August 1947)
1767
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.
1771
Marathas re-captures Delhi and parts of North India.
1772
Ram Mohan Roy Born (to 1833)
1773
Narayanrao Peshwa is murdered by his uncle Raghunathrao’s wife in front of Raghunathrao.
1773
Regulating Act of 1773
1773
Warren Hastings appointed as first Governor-General of India
1774
Chief Justice of the Maratha Empire, Ram Shastri passes death sentence against the ruling Peshwa Raghunathrao for murdering his nephew.
1775
First Anglo-Maratha War
1779
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.
1780
Second Anglo-Mysore War begins.