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| 1857 |
| | Animal fat on a new issue of cartridges sparks off the Indian Mutiny, also know as the First War of Indian Independence | |
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| 1858 |
| | The end of the Indian Mutiny is followed by brutal British retaliation | |
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| 1858 |
| | The India Act places India under the direct control of the British government, ending the rule of the East India Company | |
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| 1858 |
| | The last Mughal emperor, Bahadur Shah II, is deposed by the British and exiled to Rangoon, in Burma | |
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| 1876 |
| | India becomes the 'jewel in the crown' of Queen Victoria when Benjamin Disraeli secures for her the title Empress of India | |
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