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Quick review 1858 to 1900

1858

East India Company dissolved; rule of Sub-continent under British Crown (the British Raj) began, marks formal end of Mughal Empire

 

1861

Birth of Rabindranath Tagore

 

1862

Bahadur Shah II died, the Mogul dynasty ends and India becomes a British colony

1869

Birth of Mahatama (Mohandas Karamchand) Gandhi (2nd October).

 

1874

Great Famine of Bengal

 

1875

Arya Samaj founded by Swami Dayanand Saraswati.

 

1877

Queen Victoria assumed the title Empress of India.

 

1882

Mirza Ghulam Ahmed founded in Punjab the Islamic missionary movement of the Ahmedis who oppose jihad, believe that Jesus died in Srinagar and call for a non-violent Islam

1885

Indian National Congress founded in Bombay by Allen Octavian Hume.

 

1892

Swami Vivekanand traveled to America to attend First World Religious Conference. 

 

1897

Birth of Subhash Chandra Bose (23rd Jan).

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