Arrange the following events related to the establishment of British empire in India in chronological order:

(A) Establishment of railways in India by the British
(B) Lottery Committee
(C) First all India Census
(D) British set up trading post in Madras
(E) Transfer of Capital from Calcutta to Delhi

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(D), (B), (A), (C), (E)

The correct answer is Option (1) → (D), (B), (A), (C), (E)

(D) British set up trading post in Madras: 1639
(B) Lottery Committee: 1817
(A) Establishment of railways in India by the British: 1853
(C) First all India Census: 1872
(E) Transfer of Capital from Calcutta to Delhi: 1911

Important events:

1639: British set up a trading post in Madraspatnam.
1773- Supreme Court set up in Calcutta by the East India Company.
1784- The Asiatic Society was founded in 1784 by Sir William Jones.
1793: Cornwallis Code was enacted.
1803: Lord Wellesley’s Minute on Calcutta town improvement.
1817: The Lottery Committee was set up.
1818: British takeover of the Deccan; Bombay becomes the capital of the new province.
1853: Railway from Bombay to Thane.
1857: First spinning and weaving mill in Bombay.
1857: Universities in Bombay, Madras and Calcutta.
1870s: Beginning of elected representatives in municipalities.
1872: First all India Census
1881: Madras harbour completed.
1896: First screening of a film at Watson’s Hotel, Bombay.
1896: Plague starts spreading to major cities.
1911: Transfer of capital from Calcutta to Delhi.