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Date
2,000,000 - 100,000 BC
Event
A skull fragment found in Hathnora in the Narmada Valley in central India indicate that India might have been inhabited in
the Middle Pleistocene era around 250,000 years ago. Anek R. Sankhyan describes it as "debated and conveniently interpreted
as evolved Homo erectus or archaic. [1]Tools crafted by proto-humans that have been dated back two million years have been
discovered in the northwestern part of the subcontinent. [2][3]The earliest archaeological site in the subcontinent is the
palaeolithic hominid site in the Soan River valley.[4] Soanian sites are found in the Sivalik region across what are now India,
Pakistan, and Nepal.[5][6][7]
Some of the Bhimbetka shelters were inhabited by Homo erectus more than 100,000 years ago.[8][9]
Date
9000 BC
Event
Early Neolithic culture with first confirmed semi permanent settlements appeared 9,000 years ago in the Bhimbetka rock shelters in
modern Madhya Pradesh, India. Some of the Stone Age rock paintings found among the Bhimbetka rock shelters are approximately 30,000
years old.[10]
The ancient history of the region includes some of South Asia's oldest settlements [11] and some of its major civilisations
Date
7500 BC
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Date
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Date
3300 BC
Event
Kot Diji phase of the Indus Valley Civilization begins. The civilization used an early form of the Indus signs, the so-called Indus script.
Date
Event
Mature Harappan phase of the Indus Valley Civilization begins. The cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-daro become large metropolises
and the civilization expands to over 2,500 cities and settlements across the whole of Pakistan, much of northern India, and parts of
2600 BC
Afghanistan and Iran, covering a region of around one million square miles, which was larger than the land area of its
contemporaries Egypt and Mesopotamia combined, and also had superior urban planning and sewage systems. The civilization
began using the mature Indus script for its writing system.
2600 BC
End of the Early Dynastic II Period and the beginning of the Early Dynastic IIIa Period in Mesopotamia.
2700 BC
2900 BC 2334 BC
Year
Date
Event
Mature Harappan phase of the Indus Valley Civilization begins. The cities of Harappa, Lothal, Kalibangan, Dholavira, Rakhigarhi and Mohenjo2600 BC
darobecome large metropolises and the civilization expands to over 2,500 cities and settlements. The civilization began using the mature Indus
script
Date
2500 BC
Event
B.C.
Date
1900 BC
Event
Late Harappan Phase of the Indus Valley Civilization begins, including Cemetery H culture and other cultures.
Date
Event
1800 BC
1750 BC
Nomadic shepherds, the Aryans, enter India from Central Asia and the Russian steppes.
Date
Event
1700 BC
Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture.
Date
1500 BC
Event
Date
1300 BC
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Date
1200 BC
Event
1000 BC
Date
Event
910 BC
Yajnavalkya writes the Shatapatha Brahmana, in which he describes the motions of the sun and the moon.
Date
877 BC
Event
Date
777 BC
Event
700 BC
Date
Event
327-26 Alexander's invasion of India and the opening of land route between India and Europe.
A.D.
320
360
1191 First battle of Tarain in which Prithviraj Chauhan defeated Mohammed Ghori.
1192 Second battle of Tarain in which Mohd. Ghori defeated Prithviraj Chauhan.
1526 First Battle of Panipat in which Babar defeated Ibrahim Lodhi and established the Mughal dynasty.
1631 Death of Shah Jahan's wife Mumtaz Mahal. The building of Taj Mahal.
1739 Nadir Shah invaded India; the peacock throne and the Kohinoor Diamond taken away from India.
1757 Battle of Plassey in which the English defeated Siraj-ud- daula, Nawab of Bengal.
1761 Third Battle of Panipat in which Ahmed Shah Abdali defeated the Marathas.
1764 Battle of Buxar in which the English defeated the triple alliance of Nawab Mir Qasim of Bengal, Nawab Shuja-ud-daula of
1799 Fourth Anglo Mysore War, death of Tipu Sultan, Ranjit Singh occupied Lahore and made it his capital.
1817-
19
1828 Lord William Bentick becomes Governor General; Era of social reforms; Prohibition of Sati (1829), Suppression of thugs
(1830)
1857-
58
1858 British crown takes over the Indian Government; End of East India Company's rule.
1911 Delhi durbar held, partition of Bengal cancelled, capital shifted from Calcutta to Delhi.
1930 January 26 celebrated as Independence Day throughout India, Dandi Salt Satyagraha, First Round Table conference.
1932 Suppression of Congress Movement, Third Round Table Conference, Communal Award, Poona Pact.
1942 Cripps Mission Plan, Quit India Movement, Formation of Indian National Army by S.C. Bose.
1945 Simla conference held and the failure of Wavell Plan, INA trials at Red Fort, Delhi.
1946 Cabinet Mission Plan, Formation of Interim Government, Direct Action Resolution by Muslim League.
1947 Mountbatten Plan of June 3 in which partition of India resolution is proposed, India divided, Pakistan created, both
achieve independence,
1948 AD: Kashmir acceded to India. Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi (Jan 30).
1948-50 AD: Integration of the Princely States into the Indian Union by Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
1948 AD: C. Rajagopalachari appointed the first Indian Governor-General of free India in succession to Earl Mountbatten.
1950 AD: India becomes a sovereign democratic republic (Jan 26). Death of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (Dec 15).
1952 AD: First General Elections held in India. Congress wins massive majority.
1956 AD: France relinquishes her sovereignty over her possessions in India and transfers establishments of Pondicherry,
Karaikal, Mahe and Yanam (May 28). States Reorganisation Act comes into force (Nov 1).
1962 AD: All-out Chinese attack on India (Oct 20) in NEFA and Ladakh areas. China unilaterally declares ceasefire along the
1963 AD: Death of President Dr. Rajendra Prasad (Feb 28); Nagaland inaugurated as the 16th Indian State (Dec 1).
1964 AD: Death of Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru (May 27), Lal Bahadur Shastri takes over as Prime Minister of India.
1965 AD: Indo-Pak War; Indian army marches towards Lahore on Sept 6 and crosses Jammu-West Pakistan border in drive
towards Sialkot on Sept 8. India and Pakistan agree to a ceasefire from Sept 23.
1966 AD: Indo-Pak summit at Tashkent; Tashkent Pact (Jan 11). Death of Lal Bahadur Shastri at Tashkent (Jan 11); Indira
Gandhi installed as Prime Minister of India (Jan 24); Punjab dividedStates of Punjab and Haryana come into being (Nov. 1).
1967 AD: Dr. Zakir Hussain installed as the third President of India (May 13).
1969 AD: Death of President Zakir Hussain (May 3); V.V. Giri elected President of India (Aug. 20). Madras State named as
Tamil Nadu.
1970 AD: Meghalaya inaugurated (April 2); Princes derecognised by Presidential Order (Sept 7).
1971 AD: Himachal Pradesh gets full Statehood (Jan 25); Indo-Pak War (Dec 3-17); defeat of Pakistan; Bangladesh freed
1972 AD: Assam State reorganised Meghalaya, Manipur and Tripura become fullfledged States and new Union Territories of
Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram inaugurated (Jan 20-21); Simla Agreement between India and Pakistan (July 3).
1974 AD: India becomes the sixth nuclear power in the world (May 18); Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed assumes office as the fifth
1975 AD: India enters space age by launching Aryabhata (April 19); Sikkim becomes 22nd State of the Indian Union (May 16);
State of Emergency declared for the first time since independence. Censorship imposed on Press (June 26).
1976 AD: India and China agree to establish diplomatic relations at Ambassadors level (April 16-17).
1977 AD: Emergency rules relaxed. Death of President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (Feb 11); Janata Party gains absolute majority in
the Lok Sabha (March 23), Morarji Desai sworn in as Prime Minister of India (March 24); Neelam Sanjiva Reddy elected
1978 AD: Congress (I) formed with Indira Gandhi as President (Jan 2).
1979 AD: Indias first coalition Government between Janata (S) and the Congress sworn in with Charan Singh as Prime
Minister (July 26); Death of Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Narayan (Oct 8).
1980 AD: Indira Gandhi sworn in as Prime Minister (Jan 14); India successfully launches SLV-3 into space carrying Rohini
1981 AD: APPLE, Indias first three-axis body-stabilised geostationary experimental communication satellite, launched into
1982 AD: Zail Singh elected the seventh President of India on July 15.
1983 AD: INSAT-IB, Indias unique three-axis, geostationary, communication satellite launched from American Space Shuttle
1984 AD: Sqn Ldr Rakesh Sharma becomes Indias first spaceman (April 3); 34-year-old Sikkim mountaineering instructor Phu
Dorjee becomes the first Indian to climb Mount Everest without Oxygen (May 9). Bachendri Pal becomes the first Indian woman
to conquer Mount Everest (May 23); Army launches operation Bluestar to flush out terrorists from Golden Temple in Amritsar
(June 3); Indira Gandhi assassinated (Oct 31). Massive riots in northern Indian cities. Rajiv Gandhi becomes new Prime
Minister.
1985 AD: Air Indias jet Kanishka crashes into Atlantic ocean off the coast of Ireland killing 329 people (June 23); The Punjab
1986 AD: Mizoram accord is signed thus paving way for the peace in this state long torn by the extremist violence.
1987 AD: Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh attain Statehood (Feb 20). Goa attains Statehood (May 11).
1989 AD: Indias first Super-Computer, Cray X-MP- 14, is dedicated to the nation (March 25); First intermediate range missile
of India, Agni, is successfully launched(May 22); V.P. Singh becomes the 7th Prime Minister of India (Dec 2).
1990 AD: Implementation of Mandal Commission report; Chandra Shekhar is sworn-in as the 8th Prime Minister of India (Nov
9).
1991 AD: Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi is assassinated in a bomb blast in Sriperumbudur, near Madras (May 21); P.V.
Narasimha Rao is sworn-in as the ninth Prime Minister of India(June 21); At least 1500 people are feared dead as a
devastating earthquake rocks Uttarkashi district of Uttar Pradesh(Oct20); Pondicherry becomes the first Union Territory of India
1992 AD: Rupee is made partially convertible (March 1); Eighth Five Year plans starts; Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma is elected as
the ninth President of India(July 16); Indian Air Force celebrates its Diamond Jubilee; The disputed Babri Masjid in Ayodhya
1993 AD: More than 400 people are killed in violence in Bombay (Jan 11). Nearly 300 people are killed in a series of bomb
blasts in Bombay (March 12); Over 20,000 people are killed as earthquake rocks Latur district of Maharashtra (Sept 30).
1994 AD: PSLV-D2 is successfully launched, putting India in a select group of countries that can launch 1000-kg class
1995 AD: India is linked to Internet (Aug l4); Beant Singh, Chief Minister of Punjab, is killed in a bomb blast.
1996 AD: BJP leader Atal Behari Vajpayee is sworn-in as Indias 11th Prime Minister (May 16); H.D. Deve Gowda is sworn-in
as Indias 12th Prime Minister (June 1); India celebrates hundred years of cinema.
1997 AD: Inder Kumar Gujral is sworn as the 13th Prime Minister of India (April 21); K.R. Narayanan takes over as 10th
President of India (July 25). Golden Jubilee celebrations of Indias independence begin with Parliament enacting freedom at
midnight (August 14); Mother Teresa dies (September 5); Kalpana Chawla becomes first Indian woman to go into space
(November 20); President dissolves Lok Sabha. Mid-term polls announced (December 4).
1998 AD: Atal Behari Vajpayee is sworn-in as Prime Minister of India (March 19). India conducts three underground nuclear
tests in Pokhran (May 11). The first private basic phone service is launched in India in Bhopal, (June 4).
1999 AD: Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee makes a historic bus journey to Pakistan (Feb 20); Prime Minister Atal Beharis
13-month old government bows out of office(April 17). Indian Air Force launches Operation Vijay in the Kargil sector of Jammu
and Kashmir. Combat jets strike against the Pakistani backed intruders (May 26); Goa becomes the first State in the history to
use Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) in elections (June 4); Pakistani forces pull out completely from Batalik, Kaksar and Drass
sectors in Kargil (July 18); Atal Behari Vajpayee is swornin as Prime Minister for a third term (Oct 13); The entire Coastal Orissa
is devastated by a super cyclone. More than 10,000 people die (Oct 29); Parliament approves Insurance Bill thus paving way to
end the nearly 50-year-old monopoly of the LIC and GIC in the insurance sector (Dec 7); Indian Airlines Flight IC 814 from
Kathmandu is hijacked (Dec 24). 155 hostages are set free after the government releases three terrorists.
2000 AD: The first-ever Internet Trade on an Indian exchange is inaugurated (Feb 1); Karnam Malleswari becomes the first
Indian woman to win a medal in Olympic Games (Sept 19); Indias largest telecom company, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd
(BSNL) is launched (Oct 1); Chhattisgarh is born as Indias 26th State (Nov 1); Uttaranchal is born as Indias 27th State (Nov
2001 AD: More than 25,000 people are killed as a devastating earthquake rocks Kutch district of Gujarat (January 26); Census
of India: 2001begins (February 9); India successfully launches its first Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV)
(April 18); Agra summit between India and Pakistan is held (July 14- 16); Terrorists attack Parliament complex in New Delhi
(Dec 13). As a mark of protest India recalls its High Commissioner in Islamabad (Dec 21).
2002 AD: Union Cabinet approves price decontrol of petrol and diesel from April 1, 2002 (Feb 14); In a ghastly incident, more
than 55 persons are burnt alive as the Ahmedabadbound Sabarmati Express is set on fire by a mob at Godhra Junction (Feb
27). More than 600 people are killed as riots break out in entire Gujarat (March); India expels Pakistans High Commissioner to
India (May 18); A.P.J. Abdul Kalam takes over as the 11th President of India (July 25); India successfully launches its first
Meteorological satellite on board the PSLV (Sept 12); Elections in J&K conclude with more than 42 per cent voting (Oct 9); The
Parliament passes the Landmark Freedom of Information Bill (Dec 16); India establishes its first strategic forces command
(January 4); India and China sign a landmark border trade pact that will open the ancient trade pass at Nathu La in Sikkim
(June 23); Anju B. George becomes the first Indian athlete ever to win a medal bronzein an international meet (at the world
Athletic Championship held in France) (August 30); Guns fall silent along LoC with Pakistan as the ceasefire comes in force
(November 26).
2003 AD: India matches Pakistans declaration of a Kashmir ceasefire(November). India, Pakistan agree to resume direct air
2004 AD: May - Congress Party wins in general elections. Manmohan Singh is sworn in as prime minister; India, along with
Brazil, Germany and Japan, launches an application for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council; India begins to withdraw
some of its troops from Kashmir; Thousands are killed when tidal waves, caused by a powerful undersea earthquake off the
Indonesian coast, devastate coastal communities in the south and in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
2005 AD: 7 April - Bus services, the first in 60 years, operate between Srinagar in Indianadministered Kashmir and
Kashmir, kills more than 1,000 people in Indian administered Kashmir(8 october); Human trials of AIDS vaccine begins in India;
2006 AD: February - Indias largest-ever rural jobs scheme is launched, aimed at lifting around 60 million families out of
poverty; The Thar Express, linking Munabao in Rajasthan and khokrapar in Pakistan is flagged off; US and India sign a nuclear
agreement during a visit by US President George W Bush. The US gives India access to civilian nuclear technology while India
agrees to greater scrutiny for its nuclear programme. Later on US Senate approved the deal; Nathu La Pass on Sikkim-Tibet
border is opened for trade after 44 years;More than 180 people are killed in bomb attacks on rushhour trains in Mumbai; Tehri
2007 February
18
February
India and Pakistan sign an agreement aimed at reducing the risk of accidental nuclear war.
68 passengers, most of them Pakistanis, are killed by bomb blasts and a blaze on a train travelling from New Delhi to the Pakistani city of Lahore.
March
Maoist rebels in Chhattisgarh state kill more than 50 policemen in a dawn attack.
April
May
Government announces its strongest economic growth figures for 20 years - 9.4% in the year to March.
May
July
July
2008 July
October
October
At least nine people are killed in a bomb explosion at the main mosque in Hyderabad. Several others are killed in subsequent rioting.
India says the number of its people with HIV or AIDS is about half of earlier official tallies. Health ministry figures put the total at between 2 million and
3.1 million cases, compared with previous estimates of more than 5 million.
Series of explosions kills 49 in Ahmedabad, in Gujarat state. The little-known group Indian Mujahideen claims responsibility.
Following approval by the US Congress, President George W Bush signs into law a nuclear deal with India, which ends a three-decade ban on US
nuclear trade with Delhi.
India successfully launches its first mission to the moon, the unmanned lunar probe Chandrayaan-1.
Nearly 200 people are killed and hundreds injured in a series of coordinated attacks by gunmen on the main tourist and business area of India's
November
financial capital Mumbai. India blames militants from Pakistan for the attacks and demands that Islamabad take strong action against those
responsible.
December
2009 February
April
May
July
2010 February
May
India announces "pause" in peace process with Pakistan. Indian cricket team cancels planned tour of Pakistan.
India and Russia sign deals worth $700 million, according to which Moscow will supply uranium to Delhi.
Resounding general election victory gives governing Congress-led alliance of PM Manmohan Singh an enhanced position in parliament, only 11 seats
short of an absolute majority.
16 people are killed in a bomb explosion at German Bakery in the city of Pune, Maharashtra.
Surviving gunman of 2008 Mumbai attacks is convicted of murder, possession of explosives and waging war
2011 May
After 34 years of Left Front Government, Trinamool Congress and Congress alliance come to power in West Bengal
2012 July
Pranab Mukherjee, the former Finance Minister is elected as the 13th president of India.
November
Ajmal Kasab the lone surviving gunman of 2008 Mumbai attacks is hanged on 21 November 2012 at 7:30 in at Yerwada Jail.
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Mars Orbiter Mission, is successfully launched into Earth orbit by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).[16][17][18]