Battle of Plassey
Company rule in India (to 1858)
1759
French India (to 1954)
1760
Marathas comprehensively defeat the Nizam, Maratha Empire reaches its zenith.
1761
The Marathas are routed in the Third Battle of Panipat on 14 January 1761, by the Afghans led by Ahmad Shah Durrani, an ethnic Pashtun, also known as Ahmad Shah Abdali. The battle is considered one of the largest battles fought in the 18th century.
1764
Battle of Buxar (British victory against allied Mughal, Bengal and Oudh forces)
1765
Princely states (to 1947)
1767
First Anglo-Mysore War begins, in which Haidar Ali of Mysore defeats the combined armies of the East India Company, the Marathas and the Nizam of Hyderabad.
1771
Marathas re-captures Delhi and parts of North India.
1772
14 August
Ram Mohan Roy Born (to 1833)
1773
Narayanrao Peshwa is murdered by his uncle Raghunathrao's wife in front of Raghunathrao.
Regulating Act of 1773
Warren Hastings appointed as first Governor-General of India
1774
Chief Justice of the Maratha Empire, Ram Shastri passes death sentence against the ruling Peshwa Raghunathrao for murdering his nephew.
1775
First Anglo-Maratha War
1779
Maratha sardar Mahadji Shinde routs the East India Company army at the Battle of Wadgaon War ends with the restoration of status quo as per Treaty of Salbai.
1780
Second Anglo-Mysore War begins.
1784
Second Anglo-Mysore War ends with the Treaty of Mangalore.
1786
District collectors in Bengal were made responsible for settling the revenue and collecting it.
1789
Third Anglo-Mysore War begins.
1790
The Marathas under Holkar and General de Boigne defeat the Rajputs of Jaipur and Mughals at the Battle of Patan, where 3000+ Rajput cavalry is killed and the entire Mughal unit vanquished. The defeat crushes Rajput hope of independence from external influence
1792
Third Anglo-Mysore War ends.
1795
August 13
Death of Ahilyabai Holkar
1796