| 1600 | English
East India Company Constituted. |
| 1602 | Netherlands
East India Company formed. |
| 1604 | Compilation
of "Adi Granth" the Holy Book of Sikhs. |
| 1605 | Death
of Akbar and the accession of Jehangir. |
| 1606 | Martyrdom
of Guru Arjan Dev. |
| 1609 | The
Dutch open a factory at Pulicat. |
| 1611 | The
English build a factory at Masulipatam. |
| 1627 | Death
of Jehangir Accession of Shah Jehan. Birth of Shivaji |
| 1631 | Death
of Shah Jehan's wife Mumtaz Mahal. The building of the Taj Mahal. |
| 1639 | Fort
St. George at Madras by the English. |
| 1658 | Aurangzeb
becomes Emperor of Delhi. |
| 1664 | Shivaji
assumes royal title. |
| 1666 | Birth
of Guru Govind Singh. |
| 1675 | Martyrdom
of Guru Teg Bahadur |
| 1699 | Guru
Gobind Singh creates 'Khalsa'. |
| 1707 | Death
of Aurangzeb. |
| 1708 | Guru
Gobind Singh dies. |
| 1720 | Accession
of Baji Rao Peshwa at Poona. |
| 1739 | Nadir
Shah of Persia sacks Delhi. |
| 1742 | Marathas
invade Bengal. Dupleix becomes the Governor of French Pondicherry. |
| 1748 | First
Anglo-French war. |
| 1757 | Battle
of Plassey. The English defeat Siraj-ud-daula. Mir Jafar becomes the Nawab
of Bengal. |
| 1760 | The
Battle of Wandiwash. The English defeat the French. |
| 1761 | Third
Battle of Panipat. Ahmad Shah Abdali, the ruler of Afghanistan, defeats the
Marathas. |
| 1764 | Battle
of Buxar. The English defeat Mir Kasim. |
| 1765 | The
English get Diwani Rights in Bengal, Bihar and Orissa. Robert Clive,
Governor in Bengal. |
| 1766 | The
English secure Northern Circars in the Carnatic. |
| 1767-69 | First
Mysore war the British conclude peace with Hyder Ali. |
| 1772 | Warren
Hastings becomes the Governor General of Bengal. |
| 1773 | The
Regulating Act is passed by the British Parliament. |
| 1775-82 | First
Anglo-Maratha war. British sigh a humiliating treaty with the Marathas known
as the Treaty of Salbai. |
| 1780 | Birth
of Maharaja Ranjit Singh |
| 1780-84 | The
Second Mysore war. The English defeat Hyder Ali. |
| 1784 | Pitts
India Act promulgated. |
| 1790-92 | Third
Mysore War between the English and Tipu Sultan. Treaty of Srirangapatnam
signed. |
| 1793 | Permanent
Settlement in Bengal. |
| 1796 | Lord
Wellesley becomes Governor General. |
| 1799 | Fourth
Mysore war. Tipu killed and Mysore partitioned. |
| 1801 | The
English annex the Carnatic. |
| 1803-05 | Second
Anglo-Maratha war. British under Sir Arthur Wellesley defeat the Marathas at
Assaye. |
| 1817-19 | Marathas
finally crushed. |
