Main articles: Partition of India, History of the Republic of India, History of Pakistan and History of Bangladesh Along with the desire for independence, tensions between Hindus and Muslims had also ...
Main articles: Indian independence movement and Pakistan Movement See also: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi and Indian independence activists Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi and Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Bombay, 1 ...
Main article: Indian rebellion of 1857 The Indian rebellion of 1857 was a large-scale rebellion by soldiers employed by the British East India in northern and central India against the Company's ru ...
Main articles: East India Company and Company rule in India In 1617 the British East India Company was given permission by Mughal Emperor Jahangir to trade in India. Gradually their increasing influ ...
Main article: Colonial India In 1498, Vasco da Gama successfully discovered a new sea route from Europe to India, which paved the way for direct Indo-European commerce. The Portuguese soon set up trad ...
There were several other kingdoms which ruled over parts of India in the later medieval period prior to the British occupation. However, most of them were bound to pay regular tribute to the Marathas. ...
The Punjabi kingdom, ruled by members of the Sikh religion, was a political entity that governed the region of modern-day Punjab. The empire, based around the Punjab region, existed from 1799 to 1849. ...
Main article: Maratha Empire The post-Mughal era was dominated by the rise of the Maratha suzerainty as other small regional states (mostly late Mughal tributary states) emerged, and also by the incre ...
Main articles: Maratha Empire, Kingdom of Mysore, Hyderabad State, Nawab of Bengal, Sikh Empire, Rajputs and Durrani Empire Further information: Shivaji, Tipu Sultan, Nizam, Nawab of Oudh, Ranjit Sing ...
Main article: Mughal Empire In 1526, Babur, a Timurid descendant of Timur and Genghis Khan from Fergana Valley (modern day Uzbekistan), swept across the Khyber Pass and established the Mughal Empire, ...
Main articles: Vijayanagara Empire The Empire was established in 1336 by Harihara I and his brother Bukka Raya I of Sangama Dynasty. The empire rose to prominence as a culmination of attempts by the s ...
Main article: Delhi Sultanate In the 12th and 13th centuries, Turks and Afghans invaded parts of northern India and established the Delhi Sultanate in the former Hindu holdings. The subsequent Slave d ...
Main articles: Muslim conquest of India, Islamic Empires in India, Bahmani Sultanate and Deccan Sultanates See also: Rajput resistance to Muslim conquests and Growth of Muslim Population in Medieval I ...
ain article: Western Chalukya Empire The Western Chalukya Empire (Kannada:?????? ??????? ????????? pa?chima chālukya sāmrājya) ruled most of the western Deccan, South India, ...
Main article: Chola dynasty Medieval Cholas rose to prominence during the middle of the 9th century C.E. and established the greatest empire South India had seen. They successfully united the South In ...
