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India Map 1916 CE — Historical Map & Timeline

Mass satyagraha, revolutionary action, labour, peasant and regional movements converge against colonial rule.

The interactive map shows the atlas’s nearest drawn reconstruction (1930 CE). Frontiers moved in between, so use the list of powers below for 1916 CE.

Who ruled India in 1916 CE?

In 1916 CE, power in the subcontinent was shared among 6 major states and dynasties. Dates are conventional estimates.

British Raj
British India and hundreds of princely states. Direct Crown rule after the Revolt of 1857, until independence and Partition. Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica — British raj · Read: The Revolt of 1857
Hyderabad State (Nizams)
Deccan; capital Hyderabad. Asaf Jahi Nizams, the most populous princely state, integrated into India in 1948. Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica — Hyderabad historical state India
Kingdom of Mysore
Southern Karnataka. Wodeyar kingdom, independent of Vijayanagara from about 1610; under Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan from 1761 to 1799. Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica — Wadiyars
Mewar (Sisodia Rajputs)
Southern Rajasthan; capitals Chittor, later Udaipur. Rajput kingdom of Rana Kumbha, Rana Sanga and Maharana Pratap; a princely state under British paramountcy from 1818, merged into Rajasthan in 1949. Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica — Udaipur (historical state)
Portuguese India (Goa, Daman and Diu)
Goa and coastal enclaves. Goa was taken in 1510 and remained Portuguese until 1961. Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica — Goa
Travancore
Southern Kerala. Kingdom of Marthanda Varma; merged into Travancore-Cochin in 1949. Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica — Travancore

What happened in India around 1916 CE?

1911: The imperial capital move is announced. At the Delhi Durbar, George V announced that the imperial capital would move from Calcutta to Delhi. Building the planned New Delhi followed over subsequent years. Source: Delhi Tourism — New Delhi
1912 CE: Delhi becomes the imperial capital
1914 CE: Gandhi returns to India
1916: Home Rule and the Lucknow Pact widen constitutional pressure. Home Rule leagues led by Annie Besant and Bal Gangadhar Tilak organised for self-government, while Congress and the Muslim League reached the Lucknow Pact. The agreement briefly created a shared constitutional platform despite continuing differences. Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica: Indian Home Rule movement
1917 CE: Champaran Satyagraha launches civil disobedience
1919: Jallianwala Bagh exposes colonial violence. Troops under Reginald Dyer fired without warning on a trapped gathering at Amritsar, killing hundreds. The massacre and the official response destroyed faith in gradual imperial reform for many Indians. Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica — Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
1920–1922: Non-Cooperation makes refusal a national method. Congress, Khilafat leaders, students, lawyers, workers and local organisers turned boycotts into a wide challenge to colonial legitimacy. Gandhi suspended the campaign after protesters killed police officers at Chauri Chaura. Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica: Noncooperation movement

Major Historical Milestones in 1916 CE

1916 CE: Home Rule and the Lucknow Pact

Historical Events & Sourced Records (1916 CE)

Home Rule and the Lucknow Pact widen constitutional pressure

Home Rule leagues led by Annie Besant and Bal Gangadhar Tilak organised for self-government, while Congress and the Muslim League reached the Lucknow Pact. The agreement briefly created a shared constitutional platform despite continuing differences.

The pact accepted separate electorates and reflected elite negotiation as much as mass politics. Its importance lies in a moment when distinct organisations coordinated demands against colonial rule.

Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica: Indian Home Rule movement

1916 ईस्वी में भारत का नक्शा: भारत का स्वतंत्रता संग्राम

1916 ईस्वी का यह इंटरैक्टिव नक्शा भारत का स्वतंत्रता संग्राम के समय का भारत दिखाता है। सत्याग्रह, क्रांतिकारी आंदोलन, किसान-मज़दूर और क्षेत्रीय आंदोलन औपनिवेशिक शासन के विरुद्ध एकजुट होते हैं।

1916 ईस्वी में भारत पर किसका शासन था? ब्रिटिश राज, हैदराबाद रियासत (निज़ाम), मैसूर राज्य, मेवाड़, पुर्तगाली भारत, त्रावणकोर।

1916 mein Bharat ke pramukh rajya: British Raj, Hyderabad State (Nizams), Kingdom of Mysore. Ye Azadi ki Ladai ka daur tha.