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  2. Timeline of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 - Wikipedia

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    A timeline of the Indian Rebellion of 1857, which began as a mutiny of sepoys of the British East India Company's army on the tenth of May 1857 in the town of Meerut, and soon erupted into other mutinies and civilian rebellions largely in the Upper Gangetic plain and Central India.

  3. Hindi literature - Wikipedia

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    Hindi literature (Hindi: हिंदी साहित्य, romanized: hindī sāhitya) includes literature in the various Central Indo-Aryan languages, also known as Hindi, some of which have different writing systems. Earliest forms of Hindi literature are attested in poetry of Apabhraṃśa such as Awadhi and Marwari.

  4. Timeline of Indian history - Wikipedia

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    British Raj (to 1947) Marks the Beginning Of Direct British Rule Over India For 89 Years(1858–1947). 7 November: Bipin Chandra Pal is born (to 1932) 1859: 18 April: Death of Tatya Tope: 1861: 7 May: Rabindranath Tagore is born. 1862: The high courts of Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay are established. [50] 1863: 12 January: Swami Vivekanand is ...

  5. History of Andhra Pradesh - Wikipedia

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    Timeline; 1947 CE - present 1947 India becomes independent: 1953 Andhra State is created by separating Telugu-speaking regions of the Madras State. 1956 According to the States Reorganization Act, the Telugu-speaking regions of Hyderabad State and the Andhra State were merged to create Andhra Pradesh (United). 2014

  6. Indian Rebellion of 1857 - Wikipedia

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    The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a major uprising in India in 1857–58 against the rule of the British East India Company, which functioned as a sovereign power on behalf of the British Crown. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The rebellion began on 10 May 1857 in the form of a mutiny of sepoys of the company's army in the garrison town of Meerut , 40 miles (64 km ...

  7. Timeline of major famines in India during British rule

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    The timeline of major famines in India during British rule covers major famines on the Indian subcontinent from 1765 to 1947. The famines included here occurred both in the princely states (regions administered by Indian rulers), British India (regions administered either by the British East India Company from 1765 to 1857; or by the British Crown, in the British Raj, from 1858 to 1947) and ...

  8. Indian independence movement - Wikipedia

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    With the speedy passage of the Indian Independence Act 1947, at 11:57 on 14 August 1947 Pakistan was declared a separate nation. Then at 12:02 A.M., on 15 August 1947 India became a sovereign and democratic nation. Eventually, 15 August became Independence Day for India marking the end of British India.

  9. Telugu literature - Wikipedia

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    Telugu literature includes poetry, short stories, novels, plays, and other works composed in Telugu. There is some indication that Telugu literature dates at least to the middle of the first millennium. The earliest extant works are from the 11th century when the Mahabharata was first translated to Telugu from Sanskrit by Nannaya.