Timeline of Indian History

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Timeline of Indian history

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This is a timeline of Indian history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in
India and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of India. See also
the list of Governors-General of India, list of Prime Ministers of India and Years in India.
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You
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Millennia 500th BCE 9th BCE 5th BCE 4th BCE 3rd BCE 2nd BCE 1st BCE 1st 2nd 3rd
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BC
16th 15th 14th 13th 12th 11th 10th 9th 8th 7th 6th 5th 5th 4th 3rd
Centuries
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Year
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]
Dravidian Culture is a prehistoric (aka Paleolithic) culture of South India.[10] It
flourished in the Lower Paleolithic, the earliest subdivision of the Stone Age, about 2.5
million years ago. It is called the Dravidian culture because artifact tools thought to be
related to this culture were first found at sites in Attirampakkam (Attrambakkam=13
13' 50", 79 53' 20"), which is located near Chennai (formerly known as
Madras),Tamil Nadu.[11] Thereafter, tools related to this culture have been found at
various other locations in this region. Bifacial handaxes and cleavers are typical
assemblages recovered of this culture.[12] Flake tools, microliths and other chopping
tools have also been found. Most of these tools were composed of the metamorphic
rock quartzite.[11] The stone tool artifacts in this assemblage have been identified as a
part of the second inter-pluvial period in India.[13]
Evidence for presence of Hominins with Acheulean technology 150,000-100,000 BCE
in Tamil Nadu.[14]
Paleolithic industries in South India Tamil Nadu 30,000 BCE[15]
90th century BC
Year
9,000
BC
Date
Event
Early Neolithic culture with first confirmed semi permanent settlements appeared 9000 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.[16]
The ancient history of the region includes some of South Asia's oldest settlements[17] and
some of its major civilisations.[18][19]
60th century BC
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Date
6000
BC
Event
Stone carvings of Edakkal Caves in Kerala.
35th century BC
Year
Date
3300
BC
Event
Phase of the Indus Valley Civilization begins. The civilization used an early form of the Indus
signs, the so-called Indus script.
27th century BC
Year
Date
Event
2600
BC
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 large parts of Afghanistan,[20] 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.
2900
BC
2334
BC
Mesopotamian wars of the Early Dynastic period.
26th century BC
Year
Date
Event
Mature Harappan phase of the Indus Valley Civilization begins. The cities of Harappa,
Lothal, Kalibangan, Dholavira, Rakhigarhi and Mohenjo-daro become large metropolises
and the civilization expands to over 2,500 cities and settlements. The civilization began using
the mature Indus script
2600
BC
25th century BC
Year
2500
BC
Date
Event
Dravidian Civilization begins in South India.
18th century BC
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Date
Event
1800
BC
Adichanallur urn-burial site in Tirunelveli district in Tamil Nadu. In 2004, a number of

skeletons dating from around 3,800 years ago.
1800
BC
Indo-Aryan migration
15th century BC
Year
Date
1500
BC
Event
Early Vedic Period (to 1000 BC)
13th century BC
Year
Date
1300
BC
Event
Cemetery H culture comes to an end
12th century BC
Year
Date
1200
BC
Event
Rigveda (to 1000 BC)
11th century BC
The other Vedas come into existence.
10th century BC
1000 BC Middle and Late Vedic period (to 500 BC)
Iron Age India
1000 - 300 BCE-Kanchi district, gold mine of Megalithic sites in South India, Tamil Nadu[21]
Iron Age kingdoms rule India Panchala, Kuru, Kosala, Videha.
9th century BC
Year
877
BC
Date
Event
Birth of Parsvanatha, 23rd Jain Tirthankara (traditional date)
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Year
Date
700
BC
Event
The Upanishads, a sacred text of Hinduism, are written.
6th century BC
Year
Date
600
BC
Event
Sixteen Maha Janapadas ("Great Realms" or "Great Kingdoms") emerge.
Vedic period ends.
The capital of the Early Pandyan Kingdom was initially Korkai, all around 600 BCE, and
was later moved to Koodal (now Madurai) during the reign of Nedunjeliyan I.
599
BC
Mahavira, 24th Tirthankar of Jainism is born (traditional date).
563
BC
Siddhrtha Gautama, Buddha-to-be, is born in Lumbini into a leading royal family in the
republic of the Shakyas, which is now part of Nepal.
543
BC
The odisha based Prince Vijaya (c. 543 BCE) married a daughter of the Pandyan king of
ThenMadurai, to whom he was sending rich presents every year. Sinhalese chronicle
Mahawamsa mentions this event
538
BC
Cyrus the Great, founder of the Persian Achaemenid Empire conquers northwestern parts of
the Indian subcontinent.
527
BC
Nirvana of Mahavira
5th century BC
Year
483
BC
Date
Event
Proposed Mahaparinirvana date of Gautama Buddha at Kushinagar.
4th century BC
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Date
Event
400
BC
Siddharta Gautama 'Buddha' of the Shakya polity in S. Nepal, founds Buddhism (older date:
563483 BC)
350
BC
Panini, a resident of Gandhara, describes the grammar and morphology of Sanskrit in the text
Ashtadhyayi. Panini's standardized Sanskrit is known as Classical Sanskrit.
333
BC
Persian rule in the northwest ends after Darius III is defeated by Alexander the Great, who
establishes the Macedonian Empire after inheriting the Persian Achaemenid Empire.
326
BC
Ambhi king of Takshasheela surrenders to Alexander.

Porus who ruled parts of the Punjab, fought Alexander at the Battle of the Hydaspes River.
321
BC
Mauryan Empire is founded by Chandragupta Maurya in Magadha after he defeats the

Nanda dynasty and Macedonian Seleucid Empire. Mauryan capital city is Pataliputra
(Modern Patna in Bihar)
305
BC
Chandragupta Maurya defeats Seleucus Nicator of the Seleucid Empire.
304
BC
Seleucus gives up his territories in the subcontinent (Afghanistan/Baluchistan) to

Chandragupta in exchange for 500 elephants. Seleucus offers his daughter in marriage to
Chandragupta to seal their friendship.
3rd century BC
Year
Date
Event
273
BC
Ashoka the Great regarded as the greatest ancient Indian emperor, grandson of
Chandragupta Maurya, ascends as emperor of the Mauryan Empire.
266
BC
Ashoka conquers and unifies most of South Asia, along with most of Afghanistan and
Balochistan.[22]
265
BC
Kalinga War takes place between Ashoka and the kingdom of Kalinga.
261
BC
260
BC
After conquering Kalinga, Ashoka reportedly regrets what he had done, leading him to adopt
Buddhism, which then became the quasi-official state religion of the Mauryan Empire.
Conquest of Kalinga
Ashoka begins displaying religious tolerance, grants animal rights, builds hospitals for people
and animals, treats his subjects as equals regardless of caste or creed, and promotes nonviolence and republicanism.
Ashoka inscribes the Edicts of Ashoka, written down using Brahmi script.
232
BC
Ashoka dies and is succeeded by Kunala.
230
BC
Simuka declares independence from Mauryan rule and establishes the Satavahana Empire.
2nd century BC
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Date
200
BC
Event
Kuninda Kingdom is established.
Tholkappiyam describes the grammar and morphology of Tamil; it is the oldest existing Tamil
grammar (dates vary between 200 BCE and 100 CE). (to 100 BC)
184
BC
The Mauryan Empire, which shrunk considerably, collapses after its emperor Brihadrata is
assassinated by his general Pushyamitra Shunga. Pushyamitra Shunga then establishes the
Shunga dynasty.
180
BC
Establishment of the Indo-Greek kingdom.
1st century BC
Year
Date
Event
80
BC
Establishment of the Indo-Scythian kingdom.
65
BC
The Pandyan king sends ambassadors to the Greek and Roman lands.
57
BC
Beginning of Vikram Era
1st century
Year
Date
Event
10
Establishment of the Indo-Parthian kingdom.
35
Western Satraps formed.
68
Establishment of the Kushan empire by Kujula Kadphises.
78
Gautamiputra Satkarni becomes Satavahana emperor and starts Shalivahana era calendar
after defeating Scythian king Maues.
90
Sung jae has established kingdom.
3rd century
Year
240
Date
Event
Sri-Gupta starts the Gupta Empire in Magadha, with its capital in Pataliputra
4th century
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Date
Event
320
Chandragupta I ascends the Gupta throne.
335
Samudragupta ascends the Gupta throne and expands the empire.
380
Chandragupta II, Samudragupta's son becomes the Gupta Emperor.
5th century
Year
Date
450
Event
Invasions by the Huna.
6th century
Year
Date
554
Event
Collapse of Gupta Empire after the death of skandagupta.
7th century
Year
Date
Event
606
Harshavardhana crowned Monarch.
637
Badami Chalukya power at its peak. Pulakeshin II pushes north up to the Narmada and
defeats the invading Harshavardhana of Kanauj
8th century
Year
Date
Event
700
According to the Qissa-i Sanjan, the immigrants Parsi are granted permission to stay by the
local ruler Jadi Rana
712
First Muslim, Muhammad Bin Qasim defeats Raja Dahir
736
Delhi is re-established by Bilan Deo Tomar also known as Anangpal Tomar
753
Establishment of Rashtrakuta Kingdom of Manyakhet by Danti Durga by defeating

Chalukyas of Badami
788
Birth of Adi Shankaracharya
9th century
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Date
Event
814
Nripatunga Amoghavarsha I becomes Rashtrakuta emperor. Kannada literature flourishes.
836
Gurjara-Pratihara (to 910)
985
Rajaraja Chola ascends to the throne of Chola empire. He expands the empire to Sri Lanka
and to the north to include Kalinga kingdom
10th century
Year
Date
1000
Event
Invasion of Mahmud of Ghazni
11th century
Year
Date
Event
1014
Rajendra Chola I became the king of Chola empire after his father Rajaraja Chola. During
his reign, he extended the influences of the already vast Chola empire up to the banks of the
river Ganges in the north and across the ocean. Rajendras territories extended coastal
Burma, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Maldives, conquered the kings of
Srivijaya (Sumatra, Java and Malay Peninsula in South East Asia) and Pegu islands with his
fleet of ships. He defeated Mahipala, the Pala king of Bengal and Bihar, and to
commemorate his victory he built a new capital called Gangaikonda Cholapuram. The
Cholas became one of the most powerful dynasties in Asia during his reign. The Tamil Chola
armies exacted tribute from Thailand and the Khmer kingdom of Cambodia. Rajendra Chola
I was the first Indian king to take his armies overseas and make conquests of these
territories, even though there is epigraphical evidence of Pallava presence in these very areas.
1021
Mahmud Ghazni defeats Tarnochalpal and annexes Punjab
1025
Last invasion of Mahmud Ghazni, sacked and destroyed temple of Somnath
1030
Alberuni arrives in India; death of Mahmud of Ghazni
1058
Sumra Dynasty ends the Arab domination and establishes its own rule over Sindh.
12th century
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Date
Event
1120
Kalyani Chalukyas power at its peak. Vikramaditya VI ushers in Vikrama Chalukya era.
1134
Life of Basaveshwara, philosopher and social reformer. (to 1196)
1157
The Kalachuris under Bijjala II capture Kalyani
1175
Mohammed Ghauri invades India.[23]
1191
"Victory of Prithviraj Chauhan". First battle of Tarain between Mohammed Ghori and
Prithviraj III. Ghauri is defeated by Prithivi Raj Chauhan III.
1192
"Victory of Mohammed Ghauri". Second battle of Tarain fought between Ghauri and Prithivi
Raj Chauhan III. Prithvi Raj Chauhan III is defeated by Mhammed Ghori.
1194
Battle of Chandawar fought between Ghauri and Jaichand of Kannauj. Ghauri defeated
Jayachandra and killed him.
13th century
Year
Date
Event
1206 15 March Gakhars kill Muhammad Ghori during a raid on his camp on the Jhelum River
1206 12 June
Qutb-ud-din Aibak establishes slave Dynasty later to be known as Delhi Sultanate
1210
Qutb-ud-din Aibak died while playing polo.
1221
Genghis Khan invades Punjab
1237
Sri Madhwaharya born in Pajaka near Udupi, Karnataka
1240
14
Murder of Razia Sultan by Turkish nobles.
October
1267
The Mahanubhava philosophy established by Chakradhar Swami.
1275
Birth of Saint Dyaneshwara.
1290
Murder of Muiz ud din Qaiqabad.
14th century
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Date
Event
1310
Ala-ud-din Khilji's army under Malik Kafur occupies Devagiri ending the Seuna Yadava
Kingdom
1323
Ulugh Khan defeats Prataparudra II ending the Kakatiya dynasty
1336
Vijayanagara Empire established by Harihara I and his brother Bukka Raya I
1343
Veera Ballala III was killed at the Battle of Madurai.
1347
Governor Hasan Gangu revolts against Muhammad bin Tughluq founding the Bahmani
Sultanate
1351
Samma Dynasty assumes rule over Sindh
1370
Bukka, the Vijayanagara ruler and his son Kumara Kamapna capture the entire Tamil
speaking parts.
1398
Timur plunders Lahore
15th century
Year
Date
Event
1401
Dilawar Khan establishes the Malwa Sultanate in present-day northern India
1407
Zafar Khan: governor of Gujarat, declares himself as Sultan Muzaffar Shah founding the
Gujarat Sultanate/Muzaffarid dynasty
1414
Khizr Khan, deputized by Timur to be the governor of Multan takes over Delhi founding the
Sayyid dynasty
1424
Deva Raya II succeeded his father Veera Vijaya Bukka Raya as monarch of the
Vijayanagara Empire
1443
Abdur Razzaq visits India
1446
Mallikarjuna Raya succeeds his father Deva Raya II
1451 19 April Bahlul Khan Lodhi ascends the throne of the Delhi sultanate starting the Lodhi dynasty
1469 15 April Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism is born
1483
14
Birth of Babur in Andijan, Fergana Valley in Central Asia
February
1485
Saluva Narasimha Deva Raya drives out Praudha Raya ending the Sangama Dynasty
1486
Advent of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, founder of Gaudiya Vaishnavism and leader of the

world's first civil disobedience movement, in Navadwip, West Bengal
1490
Ahmadnagar declares independence, followed by Bijapur and Berar in the same year thus
breaking up the Bahmani Sultanate.
1494 9 June
Babur becomes the King
1498 20 May
Vasco de Gama's first voyage from Europe to India and back (to 1499)
16th century
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Date
Event
1503
Kingdom of Kochi is taken over by the Portuguese creating the first European settlement in
India.
1508
The Christian-Islamic power struggle in Europe and the Middle East. Spills over into the
Indian Ocean as Battle of Chaul during the Portuguese-Mamluk War
1509
3
February
Battle of Diu marks the beginning of the dominance of the Europeans in the Asian naval
theater.
1510
Portuguese India (to 1961)
1522
Portuguese land on the Coromandel Coast
1526 21 April
Sultan Ibrahim Lodi, of the Delhi Sultanate, angers local nobles, who respond by inviting
Babur, the Mughal ruler of Kabul, to invade Delhi and Agra. The local population, plus the
possession of artillery, assists Babur in killing the Sultan (whose soldiers desert him) at the
Battle of Panipat.
1527 17 March
Babur bribes Mewar general Silhadi promising Silhadi a kingdom, if Silhadi betrays Mewar
King Rana Sanga in Battle of Khanwa, thus leading to the annexation of Mewar.
1530
Babur[9] completes his Baburnama, reflecting on society, politics, economics, history,

geography, nature, flora and fauna, which to this day is a standard textbook in 25 countries.
Babur dies, and is succeeded by his son Humayun.
1539
Battle of Chausa fought between Humayun and Sher Shah Suri in which Humayun defeated.
Guru Angad Dev becomes second guru of Sikhs.
1540
Battle of Kannauj fought between Humayun and Sher Shah Suri and Humayun was
completely defeated. Humayun lost the Mughal empire to Afghans (Suri Dynasty), and
passed 12 years in exile.
Birth of Maharana Pratap Singh of Mewar ( son of Maharana Udai Singh II )
1545 22 May
Death of Sher Shah Suri and succeeded by Islam Shah Suri.
1552 26 March Guru Amar Das becomes third Guru of Sikhs.

1554
22
Death of Islam Shah Suri.
November
1555
Humayun regained the throne of Delhi from the hands of weak successors of Sher Shah.
1556
Humayun converts from Sunni Islam to Shia Islam, to gain the alliance of the Shah of Persia.
Humayun dies, and is succeeded by his son Akbar.
Hindu king Hemu establishes 'Hindu Raj' in North India and bestowed with title of
"Vikramaditya"; Second Battle of Panipat fought between Hemu and Akbar's forces in
which Hemu is killed.
1565 26 January Battle of Talikota results in the rout of Vijayanagara empire.

1572
Akbar the Great annexes Gujarat, also shifts the Mughal capital to Fatehpur Sikri where a
new township and citadel containing buildings of a unique all-India characterinspired by
the architecture of Bengal, Gujarat, Malwa, Kashmir as well as the Timurid worldis born.
1574 1
Guru Ram Das becomes fourth Guru of Sikhs.
September
Akbar annexes Bengal.
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1586
1
Guru Arjan Dev becomes fifth Guru of Sikhs.
September
Akbar annexes Kashmir.
31
1600 December East India company is formed in England. Gets exclusive trading rights with India.
17th century
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Date
Event
1605
27
October
Akbar dies, and is succeeded by his son Jahangir.
1606 25 May
Guru Hargobind becomes sixth guru of Sikhs.
1612 30
British India (to 1947)
November
East India Company (to 1857 - Indian Rebellion of 1857, Meerut)
1628
Jehangir announces "Chain of Justice" outside his palace that anyone can ring the bell and
get a personal hearing with the emperor. Jehangir dies, and is succeeded by his son Shah
Jahan.
1627 February
Birth of Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
1644 8 March
Guru Har Rai becomes seventh guru of Sikhs

Shivaji takes oath of Independence at Raireshwar.
1658
Shah Jahan completes Taj Mahal, Jama Masjid, and Red Fort. Imperial treasuries drained
by architectural and military overexpenditures. Shah Jahan dies, and is succeeded by his son
Aurangzeb.
1659
Shivaji's ill-equipped and small Maratha army defeat mighty Adilshahi troops at the Battle of
Pratapgarh in a major upset in Indian history. Shivaji personally kills Adilshahi commander
Afzal Khan (general).
1661 6 October Guru Har Krishan becomes eight guru of Sikhs.

Guru Tegh Bahadur becomes ninth Guru of Sikhs.
1665 20 March
1674
Forces led by Shivaji defeat Aurangzeb's troops, and establishes Maratha Empire.
1675
Guru Tegh Bahadur, the ninth Guru of Sikhs is executed in Delhi by the order of Aurangzeb
for his support for the Kashmiri Hindus to practice their religion.Guru Gobind Singh
becomes tenth Guru of Sikhs.
1680
3 April
Shivaji dies of fever at Raigad.
20 July
Sambhaji becomes 2nd Chhatrapati of the Maratha Empire
1681
Aurangzeb invades the Deccan
1689 11 March Chatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj dies.

1696
20
Danish India (to 1869)
November
1699
Guru Gobind Singh, the 10th Guru of Sikhs creates Khalsa, the saint-soldier at Anandpur
Sahib, Punjab.
1700 3 March
Rajaram Chhatrapati dies
18th century
Year
Date
Event
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Mughal army arrested for the act.
1707 3 March
Death of Aurangzeb the mughal emperor.
1708 7 October Guru Granth Sahib becomes Guru of Sikhs.
1721
March October
Attingal Outbreak takes place
1314
Madras cyclone occurs
November
1749
The Maratha Peshwa (prime minister) usurps the Maratha kingdom, starting a new dynastic
rule based in Pune.
1757 23 June
Battle of Plassey
Company rule in India (to 1858)
1759
French India (to 1954)
1760
Marathas comprehensively defeat the Nizam, Maratha Empire reaches its zenith.
1760
Battle at Wandewash, British troops beat French
1761
The Marathas are routed in the Third Battle of Panipat on 14 January 1761, by the Afghans
led by Ahmad Shah Durrani, an ethnic Pashtun, also known as Ahmad Shah Abdali. The
battle is considered one of the largest battles fought in the 18th century.
1764
22
October
Battle of Buxar (British victory against allied Mughal, Bengal and Oudh forces)
1765 12 August Princely states (to 15 August 1947)

1767
First Anglo-Mysore War begins, in which Haidar Ali of Mysore defeats the combined
armies of the East India Company, the Marathas and the Nizam of Hyderabad.
1771
Marathas re-captures Delhi and parts of North India.
1772 22 May
Ram Mohan Roy Born (to 1833)
1773
Narayanrao Peshwa is murdered by his uncle Raghunathrao's wife in front of Raghunathrao.

Regulating Act of 1773
Warren Hastings appointed as first Governor-General of India
1774
Chief Justice of the Maratha Empire, Ram Shastri passes death sentence against the ruling
Peshwa Raghunathrao for murdering his nephew.
1775
First Anglo-Maratha War
1779
Maratha sardar Mahadji Shinde routs the East India Company army at the Battle of
Wadgaon War ends with the restoration of status quo as per Treaty of Salbai.
1780
Second Anglo-Mysore War begins.
1784
Second Anglo-Mysore War ends with the Treaty of Mangalore.
1786
District collectors in Bengal were made responsible for settling the revenue and collecting it.
1789
Third Anglo-Mysore War begins.
1790
The Marathas under Holkar and General de Boigne defeat the Rajputs of Jaipur and
Mughals at the Battle of Patan, where 3000+ Rajput cavalry is killed and the entire Mughal
unit vanquished. The defeat crushes Rajput hope of independence from external influence
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Third Anglo-Mysore War ends.
1795 13 August Death of Ahilyabai Holkar

1796
Ching-Thang Khomba moves Manipur's capital to Kangla
1798
Fourth Anglo-Mysore War begins.
1799
Fourth Anglo-Mysore War ends with the death of Tipu Sultan, the victory of the East India
Company, and the restoration of their ally, the Wodeyar dynasty of Mysore.
Polygar War
1800 13 March Death of Nana Fadnavis
19th century
Year
Date
Event
1801
Maharaja Ranjit Singh establishes Khalsa rule of Punjab from Lahore. Khalsa army
liberates Kashmiri Pundits and invades Afghanistan through Khyber Pass.
1803
Second Anglo-Maratha War begins
1805
Second Anglo-Maratha War ends
1806
Vellore Mutiny
1809
East India Company signs the first Treaty of Amritsar with Ranjit Singh
1811 28 October
Death of Yashwantrao Holkar
1814
"Atmiya Sabha" Established by Raja Ram Mohan Roy

Third Anglo-Maratha War begins
1817
Establishment of Hindu College (Presidency College, now Presidency University,

Kolkata)
1818
Third Anglo-Maratha War ends with the defeat of Bajirao II and the end of the
Maratha Empire leaving the East India Company with control of almost the whole of
India
1820 September
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar is born (to 1891)
1823
AngloBurmese Wars (to 1826)
1824 12 February
Dayananda Saraswati is born (to 1883)
1826
British rule in Burma (to 1947)
1836
Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa is born (to 1886)
1839
First Anglo-Afghan War
1845
First Anglo-Sikh Wars (to 1849)

4 November
Vasudev Balwant Phadke is born (to 1883)
1853
Started Post Service
1853 16 April
First Railway estalblished between Bombay and Thane
1855 30 June
Santhal rebellion
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Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act, 1856
23 July
Bal Gangadhar Tilak is born (to 1920)
20 August
Narayana Guru is born (to 1928)
1857 10 May
Indian Rebellion of 1857

Established first three University of Mumbai, University of Madras and University of
Calcutta in India
1858 1 November
British Raj (to 1947)
7 November
Bipin Chandra Pal is born (to 1932)
1859 18 April
Death of Tatya Tope
1861 7 May
Rabindranath Tagore is born.
1863 12 January
Swami Vivekanand is born (to 1902)
1865 28 January
Lala Lajpat Rai is born (to 1928)
The high
courts of
Calcutta,
Madras, and
Bombay are
established.[24]
1867
"Prarthana Samaj" Established Earlier known as "Atmiya Sabha"

Mahatma Gandhi is born (to 30 January 1948)
1869 2 October
Thakkar Bapa is Born (to 1951)
1873 24 September "Satyashodhak Samaj" is a society established by Jyotirao Phule

1875
"Arya Samaj" Established

Aligarh Muslim University
Deccan Riots
1877 1 January
Delhi Durbar First time
1885 28 December Indian National Congress Established[25]

1889 3 December
Khudiram Bose is born (to 1908)
1891 14 April
B. R. Ambedkar is born (to 1956)
1897 23 January
Subhas Chandra Bose is born (to 1945)1st finger print bureau of India est in kolkata.
1899
"Mithra Mela" Established by V.D.Savarkar.
20th century
Year
Date
Event
1902
Anushilan Samiti, organized revolutionary association formed.
1903
British Expedition to Tibet
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Delhi Durbar Second Time.

1905 16 October Partition of Bengal
1906
Jugantar formed.
30
December
Muslim League formed in Dacca.
1907
Surat Split
1908
Alipore bomb case
1909
Morley-Minto Reforms
1911
Cancellation of Partition of Bengal

Delhi Durbar Third Time
1911 12
December
British government change capital city from Calcutta to Delhi.[26]
1912
Delhi conspiracy case
1913
Gadar Party formed.

Rabindranath Tagore won Nobel Prize in Literature
1914
HinduGerman Conspiracy
1915
Ghadar conspiracy
Provisional Government of India formed in Kabul.
Mahatma Gandhi returns to India.
1916
Lucknow Pact
1917
Champaran and Kheda Satyagraha
1919
Jallianwala Bagh massacre

MontaguChelmsford Reforms
Rowlatt Act is passed
1920
Non-cooperation movement Khilafat Movement
1922 5 February Chauri Chaura incident

1924
Hindustan Socialist Republican Association is formed
1925 9 August
Kakori conspiracy
1927 November Simon Commission

1928
Bardoli Satyagraha
1929
Central Assembly Bombed by Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt.

Purna Swaraj resolution.
1930
Salt Satyagraha, the civil disobedience movement, begins with the Dandi march
Round Table Conferences (India) First
1931 March
23 March
GandhiIrwin Pact
Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev Martyred
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September
December Round Table Conferences (India) Second
1932 24
Poona Pact
September
16 August
Communal Award
November
Round Table Conferences (India) Third
December
1935 August
Government of India Act 1935
1937
Indian provincial elections, 1937
1939
All India Forward Bloc Established by Subhas Chandra Bose
1940 23 March
Lahore Resolution
8 August
1942
August offer 1940

Quit India Movement
Late March Cripps' mission

August
Indian National Army Established by Subhas Chandra Bose
1943
Arzi Hukumat-e-Azad Hind, the Provisional Government of Free India formed by Netaji.
1944
Subhas Chandra Bose calls Mahatma Gandhi as the Father of the Nation.
1945
Wavell Plan Simla Conference.
1946 February
Royal Indian Navy Mutiny
March
Cabinet Mission
16 August
Direct Action Day/Great Calcutta Killings
1947 July
Indian Independence Act 1947 by British Raj.

Partition of India and Pakistan becomes an independent state on 14 August 1947.[25]
Freedom from British Raj.
Hundreds of thousands die in widespread communal bloodshed after partition. (to 1948)
1948 30 January Mahatma Gandhi assassinated by a right wing Hindu nationalist Nathuram Godse.
War with Pakistan over disputed territory of Kashmir.
Telangana and other princely states integrated in Indian union
1950 26 January India became Republic.
1951
Congress Party wins first general elections under leadership of Jawaharlal Nehru. (to
1952)
1955
Nationalisation of Indian Insurance Sector. Establishment of LIC.
1962
war over disputed territory of Kashmir[25] with China.

India won Diu, Daman and Goa from Portuguese India.
1964 27 May
1965
Death of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
623
Second war with Pakistan over Kashmir.
September
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1966
Nehru's daughter Indira Gandhi becomes prime minister.
1971
Third war with Pakistan over creation of Bangladesh, formerly East Pakistan.
Twenty-year treaty of friendship signed with Soviet Union.
1974
India explodes first nuclear device in underground test.
1975
Indira Gandhi declares state of emergency after being found guilty of electoral malpractice.
Nearly 1,000 political opponents imprisoned and programme of compulsory birth control
introduced. (to 1977)
1977
Indira Gandhi's Congress Party loses general elections. Janata Party comes to
power.Communist party of India comes into power in West Bengal.
1979
Janata Party Splits. Chaudhary Charan Singh becomes Prime Minister.
1980
Indira Gandhi returns to power heading Congress party splinter group, Congress (Indira).
1983
N. T. Rama Rao NTR's 9 month old Telugu Desam Comes in to Power in AP marks a
new Challenger post Loknayak Jayprakash Narayan against Indira
1984
Troops storm Golden Temple - Sikhs' most holy shrine (after Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale
amasses weapons inside this Holy Shrine)- to flush out Sikh terrorist pressing for self-rule,
called Operation Blue Star. "Anti-Sikh Riots 1984".
Indira Gandhi assassinated by Sikh bodyguards, following which her son, Rajiv, takes
over.
Many Sikhs were killed due to the assassination of Indira Gandhi. see 1984 anti-Sikh
riots.
1987
India deploys troops for peacekeeping operation in Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict.
1988
SEBI was established by The Government of India on 12 April 1988 and given statutory
powers in 1992 with SEBI Act 1992 being passed by the Indian Parliament.
1989
Falling public support leads to Congress defeat in general election.
1989
National Front (India) Headed by V. P. Singh and led by Janata Dal formed and stormed
into power with outside support from BJP and CPI.
1990
Muslim separatist groups begin campaign of violence in Kashmir.
1991
Rajiv Gandhi assassinated by suicide bomber sympathetic to Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers.
Economic reform programme begun by Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao.
1992
Babri Mosque in Ayodhya is demolished, triggering widespread Hindu-Muslim violence.

Over 200 people die in Cuttack in Odisha, after drinking illegally brewed liquor in the
1992 Odisha liquor deaths incident.
1995 July
West Bengal Chief Minister Jyoti Basu made the first call from Kolkata to inaugurate the
cellular services in India
1996
Congress suffers worst ever electoral defeat as Hindu nationalist BJP emerges as largest
single party.
1996 August
The Amarnath Yatra tragedy in which at least 194 pilgrims are reported to have frozen to
death in northern Kashmir after being stranded by violent rain and snow storms.
1998
BJP forms coalition government under Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
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1999
February
Vajpayee makes historic bus trip to Pakistan to meet Premier Nawaz Sharif and to sign
bilateral Lahore peace declaration.
May
Tension in Kashmir leads to brief war with Pakistan-backed forces in the icy heights
around Kargil in Indian-held Kashmir.
October
Cyclone devastates eastern state of Odisha, leaving at least 10,000 dead.
2000 March
US President Bill Clinton makes a groundbreaking visit to improve ties.
May
India marks the birth of its billionth citizen.
21st century
Year
Date
2001
Event
A high-powered rocket is launched, adding India to the club of
countries able to fire big satellites deep into space.
January
Massive earthquakes hit the western state of Gujarat, leaving at least

30,000 dead.
July
Vajpayee meets Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf in the first

summit between the two neighbours in more than two years. The
meeting ends without a breakthrough or even a joint statement because
of differences over Kashmir.
July
Vajpayee's BJP party declines his offer to resign over a number of

political scandals and the apparent failure of his talks with Pakistani
President Musharraf.
US lifts sanctions which it imposed against India and Pakistan after they
September staged nuclear tests in 1998. The move is seen as a reward for their
support for the US-led anti-terror campaign.
October
India and Pakistan fire at each other's military posts in the heaviest
firing along the dividing line of control in Kashmir for almost a year.[27]
October
Pakistani forces shelled the village of Arnia about three km (two miles)
from the border in the early hours of Monday June 6, killing five and
wounding at least two dozen civilians.[27]
December
Suicide squad attacks parliament in New Delhi, killing several police.

The five gunmen die in the assault.
India imposes sanctions against Pakistan, to force it to take action

against two Kashmir militant groups blamed for the suicide attack on
December
parliament. Pakistan retaliates with similar sanctions, and bans the
groups in January.
December
2002
India, Pakistan mass troops on common border amid mounting fears of

a looming war.
War of words between Indian and Pakistani leaders intensifies. Actual
war seems imminent.
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January
India successfully test-fires a nuclear-capable ballistic missile - the Agni

- off its eastern coast.
February
Inter-religious bloodshed breaks out after 59 Hindu pilgrims returning

from Ayodhya are killed in a train fire in Godhra, Gujarat. More than
1,000 people, die in subsequent riots. (Police and officials blamed the
fire on a Muslim mob; a 2005 government investigation said it was an
accident, though later court and SIT report held Muslim mob
responsible.)
May
Pakistan test-fires three medium-range surface-to-surface Ghauri

missiles, which are capable of carrying nuclear warheads.
June
UK, US urge their citizens to leave India and Pakistan, while

maintaining diplomatic offensive to avert war.
July
Retired scientist and architect of India's missile programme A.P.J.

Abdul Kalam is elected president.
2003
August
November
India matches Pakistan's declaration of a Kashmir ceasefire.
December
India, Pakistan agree to resume direct air links and to allow overflights.
2004
January
Groundbreaking meeting is held between government and moderate

Kashmir separatists.
May
Surprise victory for Congress Party in general elections. Manmohan

Singh is sworn in as prime minister.
September
India, along with Brazil, Germany and Japan, launches an application

for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council.
At least 50
people are
killed in two
simultaneous
bomb blasts
in Bombay.
November India begins to withdraw some of its troops from Kashmir.

Thousands are killed when tsunami tidal waves, caused by the 2004
December Indian Ocean earthquake off the Indonesian coast, devastate coastal
communities in the south and in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
2005
2006
2007
July
More than 1,000 people are killed in floods and landslides caused by
monsoon rains in Mumbai (Bombay) and Maharashtra region.
8 October
An earthquake, with its epicentre in Pakistani-administered Kashmir,

kills more than 1,000 people in Indian-administered Kashmir.
February
India's largest-ever rural jobs scheme is launched, aimed at lifting

around 60 million families out of poverty.
March
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.
India and Pakistan sign an agreement aimed at reducing the risk of
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2008
February
accidental nuclear war.
18
February
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
India's first commercial space rocket is launched, carrying an Italian

satellite.
May
Government announces its strongest economic growth figures for 20

years - 9.4% in the year to March.
May
At least nine people are killed in a bomb explosion at the main mosque
in Hyderabad. Several others are killed in subsequent rioting.
July
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.
July
Pratibha Patil becomes first woman to be elected president of India.
July
Series of explosions kills 49 in Ahmedabad, in Gujarat state. The littleknown group Indian Mujahideen claims responsibility.
October
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.
October
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
November India's financial capital Mumbai. India blames militants from Pakistan
for the attacks and demands that Islamabad take strong action against
those responsible.
2009
2010
December
India announces "pause" in peace process with Pakistan. Indian cricket

team cancels planned tour of Pakistan.
February
India and Russia sign deals worth $700 million, according to which
Moscow will supply uranium to Delhi.
April
Trial of sole surviving suspect in Mumbai attacks begins.
May
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.
July
Delhi court decriminalizes gay sex
February
16 people are killed in a bomb explosion at German Bakery in the city

of Pune, Maharashtra.
May
Surviving gunman of 2008 Mumbai attacks is convicted of murder,
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2011
2012
May
After 34 years of Left Front Government, Trinamool Congress and

Congress alliance come to power in West Bengal
July
Pranab Mukherjee, the former Finance Minister is elected as the 13th

president of India.
Ajmal Kasab the lone surviving gunman of 2008 Mumbai attacks is

November hanged on 21 November 2012 at 7:30 in at Yerwada Jail.
2013
12
February
Indian helicopter bribery scandal comes to light.
21
February
Terror attacks on Hyderabad in Dilsukhnagar area.
Mars Orbiter Mission, is successfully launched into Mars orbit by the

5
November Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).[28][29][30]
2014
16 May
Narendra Modi elected as prime minister of India, Congress was

routed in the general elections.
2 June
Telangana The state of Telangana was officially formed on 2 June

2014.
2015
14 Feb
Arvind Kejriwal elected as Chief minister of Delhi
2016
25
January
Terror Attacks on Pathankot Air Base.[31]
See also
Timeline of Mumbai history
Timeline of Ahmedabad
Chronology of Tamil history
Timeline of Buddhism (563 BCE present)
Timeline of Ayyavazhi history
Timeline of Jainism
Sikh Gurus (14691666)
History of cricket (1066present)
Hindu units of time
Tamil units of measurement
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Adichanallur urn-burial site in Tirunelveli district in Tamil Nadu. In 2004, a number of

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Mahavira, 24th Tirthankar of Jainism is born (traditional date).

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Ambhi king of Takshasheela surrenders to Alexander.

Mauryan Empire is founded by Chandragupta Maurya in Magadha after he defeats the

Chandragupta Maurya defeats Seleucus Nicator of the Seleucid Empire.

Seleucus gives up his territories in the subcontinent (Afghanistan/Baluchistan) to

Ashoka dies and is succeeded by Kunala.

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Establishment of the Indo-Greek kingdom.

Establishment of the Indo-Scythian kingdom.

Beginning of Vikram Era

Establishment of the Indo-Parthian kingdom.

Western Satraps formed.

Establishment of the Kushan empire by Kujula Kadphises.

Sung jae has established kingdom.

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Chandragupta I ascends the Gupta throne.

Samudragupta ascends the Gupta throne and expands the empire.

Chandragupta II, Samudragupta's son becomes the Gupta Emperor.

Harshavardhana crowned Monarch.

First Muslim, Muhammad Bin Qasim defeats Raja Dahir

Delhi is re-established by Bilan Deo Tomar also known as Anangpal Tomar

Establishment of Rashtrakuta Kingdom of Manyakhet by Danti Durga by defeating

Birth of Adi Shankaracharya

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Nripatunga Amoghavarsha I becomes Rashtrakuta emperor. Kannada literature flourishes.

Gurjara-Pratihara (to 910)

Mahmud Ghazni defeats Tarnochalpal and annexes Punjab

Last invasion of Mahmud Ghazni, sacked and destroyed temple of Somnath

Alberuni arrives in India; death of Mahmud of Ghazni

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Life of Basaveshwara, philosopher and social reformer. (to 1196)

The Kalachuris under Bijjala II capture Kalyani

Mohammed Ghauri invades India.[23]

Qutb-ud-din Aibak establishes slave Dynasty later to be known as Delhi Sultanate

Qutb-ud-din Aibak died while playing polo.

Genghis Khan invades Punjab

Sri Madhwaharya born in Pajaka near Udupi, Karnataka

The Mahanubhava philosophy established by Chakradhar Swami.

Birth of Saint Dyaneshwara.

Murder of Muiz ud din Qaiqabad.

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Ulugh Khan defeats Prataparudra II ending the Kakatiya dynasty

Vijayanagara Empire established by Harihara I and his brother Bukka Raya I

Veera Ballala III was killed at the Battle of Madurai.

Samma Dynasty assumes rule over Sindh

Timur plunders Lahore

Dilawar Khan establishes the Malwa Sultanate in present-day northern India

Abdur Razzaq visits India

Mallikarjuna Raya succeeds his father Deva Raya II

Advent of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, founder of Gaudiya Vaishnavism and leader of the

Babur becomes the King

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Portuguese India (to 1961)