| Year | Historical Events |
| B.C. |
| 2500-1800 |
Indus valley civilization |
| 599 |
Birth of Mahavir; Nirvana in 523 B.C |
| 563 |
Birth of Gautam Buddha; Nirvana in 483 B.C |
| 327-26 |
Alexander's invasion of India and the opening of land route between India and Europe.
|
| 269-232 |
Ashoka's reign |
| 261 |
Battle of Kalinga |
| 57 |
Beginning of Vikrama era |
| 30 |
Satvahana dynasty in Deccon. Pandyan Empire in for south |
| A.D. |
| 78 |
Beginning of Saka era |
| 320 |
Beginning of Gupta era |
| 360 |
Samudragupta conquers the whole of N.India and much of the Deccan. |
| 380-413 |
Rule of Chandragupta Vikramaditya, age of Kalidasa, renewal of Hinduism |
| 606-647 |
Rule of Harshavardhana |
| 645 |
Hieun Tsang's visit in India |
| 622 |
Beginning of Hijra era |
| 712 |
Arab invasion of Sind by Mohd. bin Qasim |
| 1001-27 |
Repeated attacks of Mehmud Ghazni |
| 1025 |
Sacking of Somnath temple by Mehmud |
| 1191 |
First battle of Tarain in which Prithviraj Chauhan defeated Mohammed Ghori. |
| 1192 |
Second battle of Tarain in which Mohd. Ghori defeated Prithviraj Chauhan. |
| 1206 |
Qutubuddin Aibak founded the llbari/Slave dynasty. |
| 1290 |
Jalaluddin Firuz Khilji established Khilji dynasty. |
| 1290 |
Marco Polo visited India. |
| 1320 |
Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq founded the Tughlaq dynasty. |
| 1333 |
Ibn Batuta arrived in India. |
| 1336 |
Harihara and Bukka founded the Vijaynagar empire |
| 1347 |
Bahmani kingdom founded. |
| 1398 |
Timur invades India. |
| 1451 |
Lodi dynasty comes in power in Delhi Sultanate. |
| 1469 |
Birth of Guru Nanak Dev |
| 1498 |
Vasco da Gama lands at Calicut. |
| 1510 |
Portuguese capture Goa-Albuquerque Governor. |
| 1526 |
First Battle of Panipat in which Babar defeated Ibrahim Lodhi and established the Mughal dynasty.
|
| 1556 |
Second battle of Panipat in which Akbar defeated Hemu. |
| 1565 |
Battle of Talikota in which Vijaynagar Empire is defeated. |
| 1571 |
Foundation of Fatehpur Sikri by Akbar. |
| 1576 |
Battle of Haldighati in which Akbar defeated Maharana Pratap. |
| 1582 |
Akbar started Din-i-llahi. |
| 1600 |
English East India Company established. |
| 1604 |
Compilation of Adi Granth. |
| 1605 |
Death of Akbar. |
| 1611 |
The English built a factory at Masulipatnam. |
| 1627 |
Birth of Shivaji |
| 1631 |
Death of Shah Jahan's wife Mumtaz Mahal. The building of Taj Mahal. |
| 1658 |
Aurangzeb became Emperor of Delhi. |
| 1666 |
Birth of Guru Gobind Singh. |
| 1699 |
Guru Gobind Singh creates 'Khalsa'. |
| 1707 |
Death of Aurangzeb, fall of Mughal empire begins. |
| 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. |
| 1760 |
Battle of Wandiwash, end of French power in India. |
| 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 Awadh and Mughal emperor Shah Alam.
|
| 1793 |
Permanent settlement in Bengal. |
| 1799 |
Fourth Anglo Mysore War, death of Tipu Sultan, Ranjit Singh occupied Lahore and made it his capital.
|
| 1817-19 |
Marathas finally crushed. |
| 1828 |
Lord William Bentick becomes Governor General; Era of social reforms; Prohibition of Sati (1829), Suppression of thugs (1830)
|
| 1835 |
Introduction of English as medium of instruction. |
| 1853 |
First Indian railway from Bombay to Thane. |
| 1857-58 |
First war of Indian Independence. |
| 1858 |
British crown takes over the Indian Government; End of East India Company's rule.
|
| 1861 |
Birth of Rabindra Nath Tagore. |
| 1869 |
Birth of M.K.Gandhi. |
| 1885 |
Formation of Indian National Congress. |
| 1905 |
Partition of Bengal by Lord Curzon. |
| 1906 |
Formation of All India Muslim League. |
| 1909 |
Minto-Morley Reforms. |
| 1911 |
Delhi durbar held, partition of Bengal cancelled, capital shifted from Calcutta to Delhi.
|
| 1914 |
World War I started. |
| 1918 |
End of World War I. |
| 1919 |
Rowlatt Act, Jallianwala Bagh massacre, Montague-Chelmsford reforms. |
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| 1921 |
Moplah rebellion in Malabar; visit of Prince of Wales. |
| 1922 |
Chauri-Chaura incidence |
| 1923 |
Swaraj party formed. |
| 1927 |
Simon Commission appointed. |
| 1928 |
Visit of Simon Commission to India, death of Lala Lajpat Rai. |
| 1929 |
Congress demanded 'Poorna Swaraj' in Lahore session. |
| 1930 |
January 26 celebrated as Independence Day throughout India, Dandi Salt Satyagraha, First Round Table conference.
|
| 1931 |
Gandhi-lrvin Pact, Second Round Table Conference. |
| 1932 |
Suppression of Congress Movement, Third Round Table Conference, Communal Award, Poona Pact.
|
| 1935 |
Government of India Act. |
| 1937 |
Inauguration of Provincial Autonomy. Congress ministries formed in 8 out of 11 provinces.
|
| 1939 |
Resignation of Congress ministries, beginning of World War II. |
| 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, Jawarhar Lai Nehru becomes the I Prime Minister of India.
|
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Non-cooperation Movement launched. |