Timeline

1500 BC: The first groups to invade India were the Aryan tribes, who came from the northwest from Central Asia.
1192: Muslim power became more permanent.
1498: European nations established settlements for trade with India.
1600: The history of the British in India begins. (A small group of men set up the East India Company).
Until the beginning of the 18th century (1700): Turkey retained power.
1769: The East India Company had gained control of all European trade in India.
By the 19th century: Britain had assumed political control of all Indian lands.
In the second half of the 19th century: India’s struggle for independence began.
In the early 20th century: Mahatma Gandhi began to influence of protest, which eschews violence absolutely as a matter of principle.
July 1 1947: The British Parliament passed the Independence Bill.
August 15 1947: India was free!