India Office - Timeline

Timeline

1600 East India Company established in London

1709 United East India Company emerges as union of the Old and New Companies

1757 Battle of Plassey (Pâlāshīr Juddho)

1765 Mughal Emperor grants Diwani of Bengal – right to collect land revenue – to East India Company

1773 Warren Hastings appointed as first Governor of Bengal

1784 British Government Board of Control established in London

1813 End of East India Company's monopoly rights over trade with India

1833 End of East India Company's monopoly rights over trade with China

1857 Indian Uprisings

1858 East India Company and Board of Control replaced by India Office and Council of India

1937 Separation of Burma from British India. Establishment of Burma Office

1947 Birth of India and Pakistan. Independence granted to both countries. Abolition of India Office

1948 Independence of Burma and abolition of Burma Office