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Timeline: Indian History

7500 BC : Civilization at Gulf of Khambar 320-335 : Reign of Chandragupta-I.
2500-1500 BC: Indus Valley Civilisation. 335-380 : Reign of Samudragupta known as Indian
2000-1500: Aryans arrive from central Asia. Napoleon.
380-414 : Reign of Chandragupta II (Vikramaditya).
1500-1000: The Early Vedic Age – Rigveda.
1000-500: Later Vedic Period - Samaveda, -
405-411 : The visit of the Chinese pilgrim Fa-hien
to India. ↳ Chandra
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Yajurveda and Atharvaveda,

500-527 : Rule of Huns over North India.
Brahmanas, Aranyakas, Samhitas, early
606-647 : Harsha Vardhana of Kanauj. Hiuen-Tsang
Upanishads and Sutras.
visited India (AD 630-644).
563-483 : Gautama Buddha – born at Lumbini
500-757 : First Chalukya dynasty of Vatapi
(Nepal); attainment of knowledge –
630 : Harsha's clash with PulakesinII
Bodh Gaya (Bihar); first sermon –
973-1190 : Chalukya dynasty of Kalyani
Sarnath, near Varanasi (UP); Nirvana –
Kusinagar (Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh). 760-1142 : Palas of Eastern India.
985-1014 : Reign of Rajaraja, the Great. Starts a
540-468 : Mahavira – born at Kundagrama near
great land survey (AD 1000).
Vaishali (Bihar) and nirvana at Pavapuri
(Patna, Bihar). 1014-1044 : Reign of Rajendra Chola. Naval cam-
paign against Sri Vijaya kingdom.
492-460 : Rule of Ajatasatru, son of Bimbisara,
788-820 : Sankaracharya and his philosophy of
king of Magadha.
Advaita.
364-321 : Rule of Nandas of Magadha
712 : Arabs occupy Sindh.
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326 : Invasion of India by Alexander Battle 871-1173 : Imperial cholas of Tanjore.
of Hydaspes. king pow op Alasender .

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916-1203 : Construction of Khajuraho Temples.
322-298 : Reign of Chandragupta Maurya, the 1000-1027: Invasion of Mahmud of Ghazni.
founder of the Mauryan dynasty. 1191 : Prithviraj III, defeated Muhammad Ghori
273-232 : Reign of Ashoka , son of Bindusara in the first battle of Tarain .
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257
: Kalinga war.
: Asoka's conversion to Budhism by
1192 : Mohammad Ghori defeated Prithviraj in
theSecond Battle of Tarain in 1192.
Upagupta. 1206 : Foundation of the Sultanate of Delhi by
250 : Third Buddhist council at Pataliputra Qutub-ud-din Aibak.
90 : Sakas invade India. 1210 : Death of Qutub-ud-din Aibak.
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58 : The Vikrama Samvat (vikram era) intro- 1210-1236: Reign of Iltutmish. L
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duced by King Vikramaditya of Ujjain. 1221 : Mongol invasion under Chenghis Khan.
20-46 AD : Gondophernes, the king of Indo- 1231 : Iltumish completed the construction of
Parthians. Qutub Minar at Delhi.
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78 : Accession of Kanishka, The Saka era begins. 1236-1240: Reign of Empress Raziya, daughter of
Iltutmish, the first and last woman ruler
100-300 : The Sangam Age in south India.
of Medieval India.
50 BC-250 AD : Satavahana dynasty in the Deccan.
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1266-1287: Reign of Sultan Balban.

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1288-1293: Visit of Marco Polo in India. ⑧
1540 : Humayun’s defeat near Kanauj.
1290-1296 : Sultan Jalal-ud-din Firuz Khalji, founder 1542 : Birth of Akbar. Raja Pirat singl
of the Khalji dynasty. ~O1545 : Battle of Kalinjar. ↳ Sher Shah
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1296 : Alauddin Khalji invades Devagiri. : Death of Sher Shah. ↳ died

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1296-1316: Reign of Sultan Alauddin Khalji. ~O
1555 : Battle of Sirhind. Sikandur Suri was de-
1309-1311: Malik Kafur's expedition into South India. feated by Humayun, Humayun recov-
1320-1325: Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq (Ghazi Malik), ers the throne of Delhi.
founder of the Tughlaq dynasty. 1556 : Death of Humayun and accession of
1325-1351: Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq. Transferred Akbar. Second Battle of Panipat.
the capital from Delhi to Daulatabad- 1556-1605: Akbar's reign.
1327. Issue of token currency – 1329. 1564 : Abolition of Jezyah.
1333 : Ibn Batuta arrives in India. 1565 : Battle of Talikota Vijayanagar destroyed.
1351-1388: Sultan Firuz Tughlaq. 1571 : Foundation of Fatehpur Sikri.
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1398 : Invasion of Timur during the reign of
Sultan Nasiruddin Mahmud sughlag)
1576 : Battle of Haldighati and defeat of
Maharana Pratap.
1414-1451: Reign of Sayyid dynasty. I
1579 : Infalliability decree issued by Akbar.
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1581 : Din-i-Ilahi promulgated by Akbar.

1451-1526: Bahlul Lodhi (1451-89), Sikandar Lodhi 1600 : Deccan expedition and siege of
(1489-1517), and Ibrahim Lodhi (1517-26) Ahmadnagar
1526 : The first Battle of Panipat (1526) Babur : Charter to British East India company.
defeats Ibrahim Lodhi. 1605 : Death of Akbar and accession of
1336 : Foundation of the empire of Vijayanagar Jahangir.
by Harihara and Bukka -
1605-1627: Reign of Jahangir.
1438-1468: Reign of Rana kumbha in Mewar. 1609 : William Hawking visited Jahangir.
1509-1530: Reign of Krishnadeva Raya, the great- 1615 : Sir Thomas Roe in the court of Jahangir.
est king of Vijayanagar. 1627 : Death of Jahangir.
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1565 : Battle of Talikota, decline of the empire 1628 : Shah Jahan proclaimed Emperor.
of Vijayanagar. ↳ Ramasaya
1631 : Death of Mumtaz Mahal.
1346 : Foundation of the Bahmani kingdom by
1636 : Treaties with Bijapur and Golcunda.
Ala-ud-din Hasan Bahman Shah (1347-
1358). ⑧ : Coronation of Aurangzeb.
1658
1498 : Vasco da Gama arrives at Calicut 1659 : Murder of Afzal Khan by Shivaji.
1505 : De Almeida, the first Viceroy of Portuguese 1663 : Death of Mir Jumla.
in India : Attack on Poona by Shivaji.
1510 : Conquest of Goa from the Adilshahi Sul- : Shaista Khan appointed Governor of Ben-
tan of Bijapur – 1510. gal.
1526 : Babur defeats Ibrahim Lodhi at the first ⑧
1665 : Conclusion of the treaty of Purandhar -
battle of Panipat. Formation of Mughal signed between Sivaji and Jai Singh.
empire. 1666 : Death of Shah Jahan.
1527 : Battle of Khanwa. Babur defeats Rana ⑧
1674 : Sivaji's Coronation and assumption of
Sanga of Mewar. the title of Chatrapati.
1530 : Accession of Humayun. 1675 : Execution of Guru Tegh Bahadur.
1538 : Death of Guru Nanak. 1679 : Jeziah imposed on the Hindus by
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and assumes sovereignty. 1680 : Death of Sivaji.

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1686
: Conquest of Bijapur by Aurangzeb. : Pitt’s Act passed, Setting up Board of Con-
1687 : Golconda annexed to the Mughal empire. trol for East India Company.
1707 : Death of Aurangzeb at Ahmadnagar. : Asiatic Society of Bengal founded by Sir
1739 : Invasion of Nadirshah. William Jones.
Sansbrit
1740-1761: Peshwaship of Balaji Baji Rao (Nana 1786-93 : Lord Cornwalis, Governor-General. * 1791-ist
1790-92 : Third Mysore War.
college
Saheb). Jonathan Dunken
1746-48 : First Carnatic war. 1792 : Treaty of Srirangapatnam signed be-
1748-54 : Second Carnatic war. tween Tipu and English.
1756-63 : Third Carnatic war. 1793-98 : Sir John Shore, Governor-General.
1757
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1760
: Battle of Plassey.
: Battle of Wandiwash.
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1793 : The Permanent Zamindari Settlement of
Bengal.
1761 : Third Battle of Panipat: The Marathas 1798 : Lord Wellesley as Governor-General and
defeated by the combined troops of brought subsidiary alliance.
Ahmad Shah Abdali; the Mughals, and 1799 : Fourth Mysore War. Fall of Srirangapat-
other Muslim chiefs of India. nam. Death of Tipu.
1764 : Battle of Buxar. The English defeat Shah O
1800 : Establishment of the College of Fort Will-
Alam, Shuja-ud-daulah and Mir Qasim. iam.
1765 : Grant of the ‘Diwani’ of Bengal, Bihar, 1802 : The Treaty of Bassein between Peshwa
and Orissa to the East India Company and English.
by Shah Alam II under Treaty of 1803 : Occupation of Delhi by Lord Lake.
Allahabad. 1803-05 : Second Anglo-Maratha War.
: Clive, Company’s Governor in Bengal. 1807-13 : Lord Minto as Governor-General.
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1765-72 : Dual Government of Bengal. 1809 : Treaty of Amritsar-Ranjit Singh and Brit-
1767-69 : The First Anglo Mysore War. ish sign treaty of perpetual amity.
1770 : The Great Bengal Famine. 1813-23 : Lord Hastings as Governor-General.
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1814-16 : Anglo-Gurkha War.
Alam who was till then under English 1817-18 : Pindari War – Peshwa defeated at
protection at Allahabad. Kirkee.
1772-73 : Warren Hastings as Governor of Bengal. 1818-19 : Last Anglo-Maratha War.
: Abolition of Dual Government of Bengal 1823-28 : Lord Amherst Governor-General.
(1772). ⑳
1824-26 : First Burmese War.
1773 : The Regulating Act was passed, bring- 1828-35 : Lord William Bentinck as Governor-
ing the company partially under General.
Parliament’s control and the Presidencies 1829 : Prohibition of Sati.
under Calcutta’s control. 1829-37 : Suppression of Thuggee.
1773-85 : Warren Hastings Governor-General. 1833 : Renewal of Company’s charter. Abolition
: Establishment of Supreme Court, of the Company’s trading rights.
Calcutta. 1835-36 : Sir Charles Metcalf Governor-General.
- hwbest e 1775-82 : The First Anglo-Maratha War. 1835 : Macaulay’s Education Resolution. English
1776 : Treaty of Purandar made official language instead of Per-
Bag ;Pras 1780-84 : Second Mysore War. sian.
t
Bala ji Bajirao
1783 : Fox’s India Bills give more powers to Par- 1835 : Foundation of Calcutta Medical College.
d liament and to the Governor-General. 1836-1842: Lord Auckland as Governor-General.
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1784 : Treaty of Mangalore between Tipu and the ⑧
1839 : Death of Ranjit Singh.
Raghunath Rao English. 1842-44 : Lord Ellenborough as Governor-General.
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1845-46 : First Anglo-Sikh War. Treaty of Lahore.
1848-49 : Second Anglo-Sikh War. Defeat of Sikhs
1884-88 : Lord Dufferin Viceroy.
1885 : First session of the Indian National Con-
and annexation of the Punjab. gress held at Bombay.
: Opening of a Hindu Girls’ School in Cal- 1887 : Queen Victoria's Jubilee.
cutta by Bethune. 1888-93 : Lord Landsdowne Viceroy.
1848-56 : Lord Dalhousie as Governor-General. 1892 : Indian Councils Act.

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1852
1853
: Second Anglo-Burmese War.
: Railway opened from Bombay to Thana.
1894-99 : Lord Elgin II Viceroy.
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1896 : Ramakrishna Mission founded.
Telegraph line from Calcutta to Agra. 1899-1905: Lord Curzon Viceroy.
1854 : Charles Wood’s despatch on Education. 1905 : Partition of Bengal.
1855 : Santhal insurrection in Bihar. 1905-10 : Lord Minto II Viceroy.
1856 : Annexation of Awadh. Indian Univer- 1906 : Muslim League formed at Dacca.
sity Act. Hindu Widow’s Remarriage 1907 : Surat Congress, moderates-extremists
Act. clash.
1856-58 : Lord Canning – Governor-General. 1908 : Newspapers Act. Tilak convicted of sedi-
1857-58 : Revolt of 1857. Revolt at Meerut begins tion.
on May 10, 1857. 1909 : Morley-Minto Reforms.
1858 : British India placed under the direct gov- : Indian Councils Act passed.
ernment of the Crown. Queen Victoria’s
1910-16 : Lord Hardinge II Viceroy.
Proclamation.
1858-62 : Lord Canning as Viceroy. 0
1911 : Delhi Durbar.
: Partition of Bengal annulled. Census of In-
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1861 : Indian Councils Act.
dia.
: Archaeological Survey of India set up.
: Transfer of Capital to Delhi announced
: Indian Civil Service Act.
1914 : Gandhi arrives in India.
: Introduction of the Penal code.
1916 : Lucknow Pact of Indian National Con-
1862-63 : Lord Elgin as Viceroy. gress and All-India Muslim League.
1864-69 : Sir John Lawrence Viceroy. : Foundation of Women’s University at
1865 : Telegraphic communication with Europe Poona.
opened. : The Home Rule League founded.
1869-72 : Lord Mayo as Viceroy. 1916-21 : Lord Chelmsford as Viceroy.
1875 : Visit of the Prince of Wales. 1919 : Montague-Chelmsford Reforms.
: Arya Samaj founded by Swami : Rowlatt Act passed.
Dayananda.
: Massacre at Jallianwala Bagh, Amritsar
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1877 : Lord Lytton held Durbar at Delhi where (April 13).
Queen Victoria was proclaimed Empress
1920 : Khilafat Movement and Non Co-opera-
of India.
tion Movement.
1878 : Vernacular Press Act.
1921 : Moplah Rebellion and Wagon Tragedy.
1879 : Theosophical Society at Adayar, (was
1921-26 : Lord Reading Viceroy.
set up) Madras.
1921 : Harappa excavations begin.
1880-84 : Lord Ripon as Viceroy.
1922 : Mohenjodaro excavations begin.
1881 : Factory Act.
: Chauri Chaura incident.
1883 : Indian National Conference held in
1923 : Swarajists in Indian Councils.
Calcutta.
1926-31 : Lord Irwin Viceroy.

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1927 : Appointment of Simon Commission. 1947 : Announcement of Lord Mountbatten’s

1928 : Simon Commission comes to India. plan for Partition of India (June 3).
: Death of Lala Lajpat Rai following po- : Indian Independence Act passed (July).
lice assault. Nehru Report. : Creation of free India and Pakistan on
1929 : Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt drops midnight of August 14/15, 1947 as do-
bombs in the Legislative Assembly. minions.
1947-64 : Jawaharlal Nehru Prime Minister of In-
: Congress on December 31 at Lahore de-
dia.
claring its objective of Poora Swaraj for
1948 : Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi
India.
(January 30).
1930 : Gandhiji’s Dandi March. Civil Disobedi- : Raja-gopalachari appointed first Indian
ence Movement. Governor-General (June 21).
1930-31 : First Round Table Conference. 1949 : New Constitution of India adopted and
1931 : Gandhi-Irwin Pact signed. signed (November 26).
: Second Round Table Conference. 1950 : India become a Republic. New Consti-
1931-36 : Lord Wellingdon Viceroy. tution comes into force (January 26).
1932 : Third Round Table Conference. : Dr. Rajendra Prasad, first President of
: Communal Award announced. Indian Republic.
: Poona Pact signed. : Planning Commission was set up
1951 : Inauguration of First Five Year Plan.
1934 : Civil Disobedience Movement called off.
1952 : First General Election in India
1935 : Government of India Act, 1935 passed : National Development Council (NDC)
by British Parliament. set up.
1936-44 : Lord Linlithgow Viceroy. : Family Planning is launched.
1937 : Inauguration of Provincial Autonomy. 1953 : Conquest of Mount Everest.
Congress Ministries formed in seven out : University Grants Commission (UGC) is
of eleven provinces. set up
1938 : Haripura session of the Congress. : CBI is set up
1939 : Second World War begins (September). : Formation of Andhra Pradesh on
1940 : Pakistan resolution passed by Muslim linquiestic basis
League at Lahore. ⑧
1954 : Chou En-lai, the Chinese Premier visits
1941 : Subhash Chandra Bose escapes from In- India.
dia. : Panchashila signed between China and In-
dia.
1942 : Cripps comes to India with his propos-
als in March. O
1955 : Hindu Marriage Act and Indian Citizen-
ship Act.
: Congress rejects Cripps Proposal (11
1956 : Reorganisation of Indian States on lin-
April).
guistic basis
: “Quit India” resolution passed by Con- : 2nd Five Year Plan launched.
gress on August 8. : Nationalisation of insurance companies.
1944-47 : Lord Wavell Viceroy. 1957 : Second General election. Introduction of
1944 : INA reaches Indian soil. decimal system of coinage.
1945 : Labour Government in Britain. INA sur- : National Calender based on Saka era
renders to the British (May). First trial adopted.
of INA men (November 5). ⑧
1959 : Dalai Lama reaches India for political
1946 : Cabinet Mission’s plans announced asylum, Indo-Chinese relations worsen.
(June 16). : Panchayat Raj introduced in Rajasthan.
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guese possession. to scale Mount Everest.

: Arjuna Award introduced : Indira Gandhi assassinated
1962 : Indo-China War. : Rajiv Gandhi sworn in as new Prime
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1964 : Death of Jawaharlal Nehru Minister.
: Lal Bahadur Shastri becomes Prime Minis- : Bhopal Gas tragedy
ter. 1985 : Centenary celebrations of Indian Na-
1965 : Indo-Pak War. tional Congress held.
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1966 : Tashkent Declaration : Dhronachary Award instituted
: Death of Lal Bahadur Shastri 1986 : Centre and Laldenga sign Mizo Accord.
: Indira Gandhi becomes Prime Minister. ~O
1987 : Frontier Gandhi, Khan Abdul Gaffar
1969 : First Nationalisation of 14 Banks. Khan given Bharat Ratna. First foreigner
: First Dada Sahib Phalke Award was to get Bharatratna.
given to Davika Rani 1988 : Bharat Ratna conferred on M.G.
1971 : Indo-Pak War Ramachandran.
: Birth of Bangladesh. : Contingent of Indian Army flown to
1972 : Shimla Agreement between India and Maldives to help President Abdul
Pakistan. Gayoom.
1973 : Project Tiger : Lok Sabha passes Constitutional
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1974 : Underground nuclear explosion carried Amendment Bill reducing voting age
out at Pokhran (May 18). from 21 to 18 years.
1975 : Emergency declared in the country. 1989 : V.P. Singh sworn in as seventh Prime
: Aryabhatta goes to orbit. Minister with Devi Lal as his Deputy.
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1977 : Janata Party comes to power. 1990 : Nelson Mandela honoured with Bharat
: Vajpayee address UNO in Hindi. Ratna.
1978 : Denomination of high value notes of Rs. : V.P. Singh resigns after losing vote of
1,000, Rs. 5,000 and Rs. 10,000 confidence in Lok Sabha.
demonetised. : Chandra Shekhar is sworn as New Prime
-1979 : Morarji Desai resigns as Prime Minister. Minister.
: Charan Singh becomes Prime Minister. 1991 : Rajiv Gandhi is assassinated at Sriperum
: Death of Loknayak Jayprakash Narayan. budur in Tamil Nadu.
: Bhakara I launched : Bharat Ratna is conferred on Morarji Desai.
1980 : Mother Theresa gets Bharat Ratna. Rajiv Gandhi and Sardar Patel are awarded
: Six more commercial banks nationalised. Bharat Ratna posthumously.
1981 : Apple was launched 1992 : Maulana Azad posthumously awarded
: First Indian Antartic Expedition to Bharat Ratna.
Qusim. Dakshin Gangothri, India’s first : Kar Sevaks demolished Babri Masjid in
permanent station at Antartica was set Ayodhya
up. 1993 : Battle tank “Arjun” inducted into Indian
1983 : Bharat Ratna posthumously awarded to Army.
Acharya Vinoba Bhave. : Job Quota for OBC’s becomes operative.
: INSAT-IB successfully launched. : Earth quake at Lathur, Maharashtra
1984 : Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma becomes first In- 1994 : Panchayati Raj Act becomes operational.
dian cosmonaut to go into space. 1995 : Morarji Desai, dies. Bombay becomes
: Bachendri Pal becomes first Indian woman mumbai.
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