Date
|
Event |
1799 |
Factory set up
in Kurrachee (Karachi). |
1820 |
Henry Pottinger,
Resident in Sind |
01.1831 |
Sir Alexander
Burnes reaches the mouth of the River Indus on his way to
Ranjit Singh's Court. |
07.1831 |
Sir Alexander
Burnes reaches Ranjit Singh's Court in Lahore |
1839 |
Ranjeet Singh
dies |
1839 |
British capture
the port of Kurrachee (Karachi) |
1839-42 |
1st Anglo - Afghan
War |
|
Residency at Hyderabad,
Sind established |
1842-43 |
British take over
Scinde (Sind) |
1845-46 |
1st Anglo-Sikh
War |
1846 |
Treaty of Lahore
ends the 1st Anglo Sikh War |
1848 |
The murder of
two British officials, Van Agnew and sparks the 2nd Anglo
Sikh War. |
1848-49 |
2nd Anglo-Sikh
War, Annexation of Punjab |
1850 |
Treaty of Amritsar
signed. Kashmir sold to the Dogra Dynasty |
1857
- 58 |
Mutiny/War of
Independence |
1858 |
India brought
under the control of the British Government. Rule of the East
India Company ended. |
1874 |
Sir Robert Sandeman
sent to improve relations with the Baloch tribes and the Khan
of Kalat. |
1876 |
Under a treaty
signed between the British and the Khan of Kalat, Kharan,
Makran and Las Bela transferred to British suzerainty. |
1877 |
Queen Victoria
proclaimed Empresses of India. |
1878-80 |
2nd Anglo-Afghan
War |
1879 |
Treaty of Gandamak
signed between the Amir of Afghanistan and the British.
Districts of Pishin, Sibi, Harnai and Thal Chotiali ceded
to the later. |
1883 |
British lease
the Bolan Pass from the Khan of Kalat (Kelat) |
1889 |
Gilgit Agency
made permanent |
1892 |
British garrisons
established in Hunza and Chitral |
1893 |
Formal protectorate
declared over Chitral and Gilgit |
1893 |
The partly suveryed
line between Afghanistan and British India, known as the Durand
Line, becomes the official border. |
1895 |
Chitral Expedition |
1897 |
Frontier Rising |
1901 |
North West Frontier
Province (NWFP) created |
1919 |
3rd Anglo-Afghan
War |
Aug
1919 |
Treaty of Rawalpindi
with the Afghans |
1919 |
Jallianwallah
Bagh Massacre at Amritsar, East Punjab.
The massacre of hundreds of unarmed civilians was a turning
point in the freedom struggle. |
|
Khilafat Movement
|
|
|
14/15-08-1947 |
Midnight - Partition
of the subcontinent.
Pakistan celebrates 14th August as its Independence Day and
India celebrates 15th August as its. |
