| Year |
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| 1686-90 |
Foundation of Kolkata.
First forebearer of Tagore family, Panchanan Kusari (Tagore) settles in Govindapur
(Kolkata). |
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| 1757 |
Battle of Plassey. |
| 1765 |
East India Company acquires Dewani Rights.
Panchanan’s grandson, Nilmani Tagore (great grandfather of Rabindranath), appointed
officer at Orissa Collectorate of East India Company.
Nilmani settles in Pathuriaghata with his brother Darpanarain. |
| 1772 |
Civil and Criminal Courts removed to Kolkata from Murshidabad by Warren
Hastings.
Rammohan Roy born. |
| 1778 |
First set Bengali movable types engraved. |
| 1784 |
Nilmani settles in Jorasanko after separating from his brothers.
Asiatic Society of Bengal founded in Kolkata by Sir William Jones. |
| 1790 |
Kolkata becomes administrative Capital of Bengal Presidency (Bengal, Bihar
and Orissa). |
| 1794 |
Dwarkanath, Rabindranath’s grandfather, born. |
| 1800 |
Fort William College established for British Civilians. |
| 1816 |
Bengal Gazette, first Bengali magazine, published. |
| 1817 |
Devendranath (Rabindranath’s father) born.
Foundation of Hindu College. |
| 1818 |
Dig-Darsan, a Bengali monthly magazine, and Samachar Darpan, a weekly,
published by Serampore Missionaries. |
| 1819-21 |
Rammohan Roy edits and publishes Samvad Koumudi (weekly) and Brahman
Sevadhi (monthly) to propagate his reformist ideas and to refute anti-Hindu propaganda of
Christian missionaries. |
| 1824 |
Press Act passed. |
| 1828 |
Rammohan establishes Brahma Sabha on 20 August (6 Bhadra, 1750 Saka Era). |
| 1829 |
Abolition of Suttee rites.
Devendranath marries Sarada Devi (b. 1824). |
| 1830 |
Opening ceremony of Brahma Mandir on January 23 (Eleventh Magh).
Rammohan sails for England on 19 November. |
| 1833 |
Rammohan passes away at Bristol on September 27. |
| 1834 |
Dwarkanath Tagore establishes the mercantile firm of Carr, Tagore &
Co. |
| 1835 |
Foundation of Calcutta Medical College.
Macaulay advocates introduction of Western system of education in India in his dispatch.
English becomes court language of India.
Metcalfe grants freedom of the Press. |
| 1838 |
Dwarkanath takes initiative in inaugurating Bengal Landholders
Association.
Devendranath comes across a stray page from Isopanishad – a turning point in his
life. |
| 1839 |
Devendranath establishes Tattvaranjani (Tattvabodhini) Sabha for promoting
study of Indian Philosophy and Religion. |
| 1840 |
Dwijendranath, Devendranath’s eldest son, born. |
| 1842 |
Dwarkanath’s first voyage to England.
Satyendranath, Devendranath’s second son, born. |
| 1843 |
Tattvabodhini Patrika appears under the editorship of Akshaykumar Datta.
Devendranath’s initiation as Brahmo on December 21 (Seventh Paush). |
| 1844 |
Hemendranath, Devendranath’s third son, born. |
| 1846 |
Dwarkanath’s second voyage to England. Dies in London on August 1. |
| 1847 |
Saudamini, Devendranath’s eldest daughter, born.
Devendranath visits Varanasi and other places in Northern India. |
| 1847-48 |
Devendranath winds up family business concerns to liquidate debts left by
Dwarkanath. |
| 1848 |
First Bengali translation of Rig Veda appears serially in Tattvabodhini
Patrika. |
| 1849 |
Devendranath compiles selections from Sanskrit scriptures under the title
Brahma Dharma.
Bethune starts a school for girls. |
| 1851 |
British Indian Association formed in Kolkata with Devendranath as
Secretary.
Devendranath denies infallibility of the Vedas. |
| 1851-54 |
Devendranath undertakes extensive travels in Bengal to preach Brahmoism. |
| 1856 |
Hindu Widow Remarriage Act passed as a result of India-wide agitation by
Iswarchandra Vidyasagar.
Iswarchandra Vidyasagar appointed editor of Tattvabodhini Patrika. |
| 1856 – 58 |
Devendranath tours all over Northern India. |
| 1857 |
Sepoy Mutiny. |
| 1858 |
East India Company’s rule of India comes to an end and India comes
under British Crown. Lord Canning, the Governor General under the Company, is designated
Viceroy.
Foundation of Universities in Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai. |
| 1859 |
Railway link established between Bolpur and Kolkata.
Keshub Chunder Sen (b. 1838) joins Brahmo Samaj. |
| 1860 |
Devendranath preaches his first sermon from the pulpit of Brahmo Samaj.
Sukumari (b. 1850?), Devendranath’s second daughter, married according to
‘non-idolatrous’ rituals, this being the first event of its kind.
Dinabandhu Mitra’s Nil Darpan published in Dacca anonymously. |
