Year 1909

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1858 – 1947★★★★★

Beginning of the British Raj

After the 1857 rebellion, the Government of India Act transfers rule from the East India Company to the British Crown; the Mughal Empire formally ends.

Politics· India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, United Kingdom

1905 – 1909★★★★★

Đông Du movement

Phan Bội Châu organises sending young Vietnamese to study in Japan to prepare for the independence struggle.

PoliticsCulture· Vietnam, Japan

1905 – 1911★★★★★

Persian Constitutional Revolution

A revolutionary movement forces the Qajar shah to accept a constitution and establish Iran's first parliament, the Majlis.

RevolutionPolitics· Iran