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30 Cards in this Set
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Mughals (Babur) displace Lodis as rulers of Delhi and Agra
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1526
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Reign of Mughal ruler Humayun
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1530-1556
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Accession of Akbar, the greatest Mughal King
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1556
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Mughal conquest of Chitor, Gujarat, Bengal, and Kashmir
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1569-1586
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Promulgation of Din-i-Ilahi, Akbar's "Divine Faith" that was a blend of Hinduism and Islam
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1582
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Reign of Jahangir
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1605-1627
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Reign of Shah Jahan
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1627-1658
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Reign of Aurangzeb
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1658-1707
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Weakening of Mughal authority frees local Muslim rulers; rise of indigenous regional powers: Sikhs (Punjab), Rajputs (Rajasthan), & Marathas (West India)
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c. 1700-1750
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Mughal Empire
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1526-1858
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Charter of incorporation granted to East India Company
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1600
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Dutch trading post estd. in India
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1609
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French trading post estd. in India
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1674
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Battle of Plassey; victory over Nawab of Bengal gives East India Co. control of Bengal and begins expansion of Brit power in India
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1757
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Rammohun Roy active in Hindu reformation in Calcutta
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1828
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Defeat of Maratha Peshwa ends effective Indian resistance to British rule
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1818
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Rammohun Roy founds Brahmo Samaj
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1828
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East India Company deprived by Parliament of all commercial function
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1833
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English system of education introduced, following Macaulay's recommendation
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1835
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Sepoy Mutiny causes widespread rebellion in Northern India
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1857-1858
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British troops defeat Indian troops and the British crown effectively ends the East India Co.'s rule in India; British crown appoints a viceroy to oversee India
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1858
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Swami Dayananda founds the Arya Samaj
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1875
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Queen Victoria proclaimed Empress of India
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1877
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INC founded as forum for emerging nationalism
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1885
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Death of Sri Ramakrishna, famous Hindu renunciate
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1886
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Gandhi begins work as a lawyer in South Africa
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1893
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Swami Vivekananda welcomed on return from US; founds Ramakrishna mission after his teacher
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1897
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partition of Bengal arouses nationalist agitation in which Bal Gagadhar Tilak, R. Tagore, and Aurobindo Ghose take prominent part
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1905
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Muslim League Founded
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1906
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INC split by quarrel between moderates and extremists
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1907
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