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, seeHistory of India. See also the list of Governors-General of India, list of Prime Ministers of India and Years in India.
Millennia | 500th BCE · 9th BCE · 5th BCE · 4th BCE · 3rd BCE · 2nd BCE · 1st BCE · 1st · 2nd · 3rd | |
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Centuries | BC | 5000th · 90th · 75th · 70th · 45th · 43rd · 40th · 37th · 35th · 34th · 33rd · 32nd · 31st · 30th · 29th · 28th · 27th · 26th · 25th · 24th · 23rd · 22nd · 21st · 20th · 19th · 18th · 17th ·16th · 15th · 14th · 13th · 12th · 11th · 10th · 9th · 8th · 7th · 6th · 5th · 5th · 4th · 3rd · 2nd · 1st |
AD | 1st · 2nd · 3rd · 4th · 5th · 6th · 7th · 8th · 9th · 10th · 11th · 12th · 13th · 14th · 15th · 16th · 17th · 18th · 19th · 20th · 21st |
5000th century BC
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500,000 BC | ||
Isolated remains of Homo erectus in Hathnora in the Narmada Valley in central India indicate that India might have been inhabited since at least the Middle Pleistocene era, somewhere between 500,000 and 200,000 years ago.[1][2] Tools crafted by proto-humans that have been dated back two million years have been discovered in the northwestern part of the subcontinent.[3][4] The earliest archaeological site in the subcontinent is the palaeolithic hominid site in the Soan River valley.[5] Soanian sites are found in the Sivalik region across what are now India, Pakistan, and Nepal.[6][7][8]
Some of the Bhimbetka shelters were inhabited by Homo erectus more than 300,000 years ago.[9]
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90th century BC[edit]
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9000 BC | ||
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] |
75th century BC
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7500 BC | ||
Early Neolithic culture begins in the Indian Subcontinent in Bhirrana in Haryana. |
70th century BC
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7000 BC | ||
Later Neolithic culture begins in Mehrgarh currently in Balochistan, Pakistan. |
45th century BC
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4500 BC | ||
Many descendants of the native Indians seek refuge from giant beasts that roamed the land, or so it was said in their lost texts.[citation needed] |
43rd century BC
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4300 BC | ||
Mehrgarh one of the most important Neolithic sites in archaeology begins on the "Kachi plain" of now Balochistan, Pakistan. |
40th century BC
37th century BC
35th century BC
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3300 BC | Kot Diji 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[
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2600 BC | 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 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 | Mesoamericans begin to plant and domesticate corn. | |
2900 BC – 2334 BC | Mesopotamian wars of the Early Dynastic period. |
26th century BC
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2600 BC | Mature Harappan phase of the Indus Valley Civilization begins. The cities of Harappa, Lothal, Kalibangan, Dholavira, Rakhigarhi and Mohenjo-daro become largemetropolises and the civilization expands to over 2,500 cities and settlements. The civilization began using the mature Indus script |
25th century BC
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2500 BC | ||
Dravidian Civilization begins in South India. |
24th century BC
23rd century BC
22nd century BC
19th century BC
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1900 BC | Late Harappan Phase of the Indus Valley Civilization begins, including Cemetery H culture and other cultures. |
18th century BC
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1800 BC | Iron Age in India. | |
1750 BC | Nomadic shepherds, the Aryans, enter India from Central Asia and the Russian steppes.(The Aryan Invasion theory lost its significance in the wake of new findings that suggest Aryans as native to Indian Subcontinent) |
17th century BC
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1700 BC | Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture. |
16th century BC
15th century BC
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1500 BC | Early Vedic Period (to 1000 BC) |
14th century BC
13th century BC
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1300 BC | Cemetery H culture comes to an end |
12th century BC
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1200 BC | Rigveda (to 1000 BC) |
11th century BC
10th century BC
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1000 BC | Middle and Late Vedic period (to 500 BC) | |
Iron Age India | ||
Iron Age kingdoms rule India— Panchala, Kuru, Kosala, Videha. | ||
910 BC | Yajnavalkya writes the Shatapatha Brahmana, in which he describes the motions of the sun and the moon. |
9th century BC
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877 BC | Birth of Parsvanatha, 23rd Jain Tirthankara (traditional date) |
8th century BC
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777 BC | Nirvana of Parsvanatha 23rd Jain Tirthankara |
7th century BC
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700 BC | The Upanishads, a sacred text of Hinduism, are written. |
6th century BC
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600 BC | Sixteen Maha Janapadas ("Great Realms" or "Great Kingdoms") emerge. | |
Vedic End of vedic period. | ||
599 BC | Mahavira, 24th Tirthankar of Jainism is born (traditional date). | |
563 BC | Siddhārtha 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. | |
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
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483 BC | Proposed death date of Gautama Buddha. |
4th century BC
Year | Date | Event |
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400 BC | Siddharta Gautama 'Buddha' of the Shakya polity in S. Nepal, founds Buddhism (older date: 563–483 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 Taxila 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 isPatliputra (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 |
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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 Afghanistan and eastern Iran. | |
265 BC | Kalinga War takes place between Ashoka and the kingdom of Kalinga. | |
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. | ||
261 BC | Conquest of Kalinga | |
260 BC | 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 non-violence 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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200 BC | 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 Pusyamitra Sunga. Pusyamitra Sunga then establishes the Sunga dynasty. | |
180 BC | Establishment of the Indo-Greek kingdom. |
1st century BC
Year | Date | Event |
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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 |
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10 | Establishment of the Indo-Parthian kingdom. | |
35 | Western Satraps formed. | |
52 | Saint Thomas the Apostle reached Muziris and baptized people known as Saint Thomas Christians. | |
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
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240 | Sri-Gupta starts the Gupta Empire in Magadha, with its capital in Patliputra |
4th century
Year | Date | Event |
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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 | Event |
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450 | Invasions by the Huna. |
6th century
Year | Date | Event |
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554 | Collapse of Gupta Empire after the death of Shashankgupta. |
7th century
Year | Date | Event |
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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 |
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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
Year | Date | Event |
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814 | Nripatunga Amoghavarsha I becomes Rashtrakuta emperor. Kannada literature flourishes. | |
836 | Gurjara-Pratihara (to 910) |
10th century
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1000 | Invasion of Mahmud of Ghazni |
11th century
Year | Date | Event |
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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
Year | Date | Event |
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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 | |
1190 | Mohammed Ghauri invades India. | |
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 |
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1206 | Gakhars kills Muhammad Ghori during a raid on his camp on the Jhelum River | |
1206 | Qutb-ud-din Aibak establishes Ghulam 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 | Murder of Razia Sultan by Turkish nobles. | |
1267 | The Mahanubhava philosophy established by Chakradhar Swami. | |
1275 | Birth of Saint Dyaneshwara. | |
1290 | Murder of Muiz ud din Qaiqabad. |
14th century
Year | Date | Event |
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1310 | Ala-ud-din Khalji's army under Malik Kafur occupies Devagiri ending the Seuna Yadava Kingdom | |
1323 | Ulugh Khan defeats Prataparudra 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 |
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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 | Bahlul Khan Lodhi ascends the throne of the Delhi sultanate starting the Lodhi dynasty | |
1469 | Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism is born | |
1483 | Birth of Babur in Andijan, Fergana Valley in Central Asia | |
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. | |
1498 | Vasco de Gama's first voyage from Europe to India and back (to 1499) |
16th century
Year | Date | Event |
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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 | 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 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 | Guru Amar Das becomes third Guru of Sikhs. | |
1554 | 22 November | Death of Islam Shah Suri. |
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 "Samrat Hem Chandra Vikramaditya"; Second Battle of Panipat fought betweenHemu 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 character—inspired by the architecture of Bengal, Gujarat, Malwa, Kashmir as well as the Timurid world—is born. | |
1574 | Guru Ram Das becomes fourth Guru of Sikhs. | |
Akbar annexes Bengal. | ||
1581 | Guru Arjan Dev becomes fifth Guru of Sikhs. | |
1586 | Akbar annexes Kashmir. | |
1600 | East India company is formed in England. Gets exclusive trading rights with India. |
17th century
Year | Date | Event |
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1605 | Akbar dies, and is succeeded by his son Jehangir. | |
1606 | Guru Hargobind becomes sixth guru of Sikhs. | |
1612 | British India (to 1947) | |
East India Company (to 1757) | ||
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. | |
1630 | 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 killsAdilshahi commander Afzal Khan (general). | |
1661 | 7 October | Guru Har Krishan becomes eight guru of Sikhs. |
1665 | 20 March | Guru Tegh Bahadur becomes ninth Guru of Sikhs. |
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 | Shivaji dies of fever at Raigad. | |
Sambhaji becomes 2nd Chhatrapati of the Maratha Empire | ||
1681 | Aurangzeb invades the Deccan | |
1689 | March | Chatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj dies. |
1696 | Danish India (to 1869) | |
1699 | Guru Gobind Singh, the 10th Guru of Sikhs creates Khalsa, the saint-soldier at Anandpur Sahib, Punjab. | |
1700 | 2 March | Rajaram Chhatrapati dies |
18th century
Year | Date | Event |
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1705 | Mughal army arrested for the act.[clarification needed] | |
1707 | Death of Aurangzeb the mughal emperor. | |
1708 | Guru Granth Sahib becomes Guru of Sikhs. | |
1721 | March - October | Attingal Outbreak takes place |
13–14 November | Madras cyclone occurs | |
1749 | The Maratha Peshwa (prime minister) usurps the Maratha kingdom, starting a new dynastic rule based in Pune. | |
1757 | 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. | |
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 | Battle of Buxar (British victory against allied Mughal, Bengal and Oudh forces) | |
1765 | Princely states (to 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 | 14 August | 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 | |
1792 | 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 | Death of Nana Fadnavis |
19th century
Year | Date | Event |
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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 Later on known as "Prarthana Samaj" By Raja Ram Mohan Roy | |
1817 | Third Anglo-Maratha War begins
Establishment of Hindu College (Presidency College, now Presidency University, Kolkata)
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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 ofIndia | |
1820 | September | Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar is born (to 1891) |
1823 | Anglo–Burmese 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 |
1856 | 25 July | 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 | British Raj (to 1947) | |
7 November | Bipin Chandra Pal is born (to 1932) | |
1859 | 18 April | Death of Tatya Tope |
1863 | 12 January | Swami Vivekanand is born (to 1902) |
1865 | 28 January | Lala Lajpat Rai is born (to 1928) |
1867 | "Prarthana Samaj" Established Earlier known as "Atmiya Sabha" | |
1869 | Mahatma Gandhi is born (to 1948)
Thakkar Bapa is Born (to 1951)
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1875 | "Arya Samaj" Established | |
Aligarh Muslim University | ||
Deccan Riots | ||
1877 | January | Delhi Durbar First time |
1885 | 28 December | Indian National Congress Established[14] |
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) |
20th century
Year | Date | Event |
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1902 | Anushilan Samiti, organized revolutionary association formed. | |
1903 | British Expedition to Tibet | |
Delhi Durbar Second Time. | ||
1905 | Partition of Bengal | |
1906 | Jugantar formed. | |
30 December | Muslim League formed in Dacca. | |
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.[15] |
1912 | Delhi conspiracy case | |
1913 | Gadar Party formed. | |
Rabindranath Tagore won Nobel Prize in Literature | ||
1914 | Hindu–German 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 | |
Montagu–Chelmsford Reforms | ||
Rowlatt Act is passed | ||
1920 | Non-cooperation movement Khilafat Movement | |
1924 | Hindustan Socialist Republican Association is formed | |
1925 | 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 | |
Round Table Conferences (India) First | ||
civil disobedience movement | ||
1931 | March | Gandhi–Irwin Pact |
23 March | Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev Martyred | |
September–December | Round Table Conferences (India) Second | |
1932 | 24 September | Poona Pact |
4 August | Communal Award | |
November–December | Round Table Conferences (India) Third | |
1935 | August | Government of India Act 1935 |
1939 | All India Forward Bloc Established by Subhas Chandra Bose | |
1940 | Lahore Resolution | |
8 August | August offer 1940 | |
1942 | 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. | |
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.[14] | ||
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) | |
1962 | war over disputed territory of Kashmir [14] with China. | |
India won Diu, Daman and Goa from Portuguese India. | ||
1964 | Death of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. | |
1965 | Second war with Pakistan over Kashmir. | |
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 - to flush out Sikh militants 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, and the government did not do anything. see 1984 anti-Sikh riots. | ||
1987 | India deploys troops for peacekeeping operation in Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict. | |
1989 | Falling public support leads to Congress defeat in general election. | |
1989 | National Front (India) Headed by N. T. Rama Rao and led by Janata party 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 | Hindu extremists demolish mosque in Ayodhya, 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. | |
India carries out nuclear tests, leading to widespread international condemnation. | ||
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 | Event |
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2001 | 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. | |
September | US lifts sanctions which it imposed against India and Pakistan after they staged nuclear tests in 1998. The move is seen as a reward for their support for the US-led anti-terror campaign. | |
October | India fires on Pakistani military posts in the heaviest firing along the dividing line of control in Kashmir for almost a year.(NO reference) | |
December | Suicide squad attacks parliament in New Delhi, killing several police. The five gunmen die in the assault. | |
December | India imposes sanctions against Pakistan, to force it to take action against two Kashmir militant groups blamed for the suicide attack on parliament. Pakistan retaliates with similar sanctions, and bans the groups in January. | |
December | India, Pakistan mass troops on common border amid mounting fears of a looming war. | |
2002 | War of words between Indian and Pakistani leaders intensifies. Actual war seems imminent. | |
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, mainly Muslims, die in subsequent riots. (Police and officials blamed the fire on a Muslim mob; a 2005 government investigation said it was an accident.) | |
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 | At least 50 people are killed in two simultaneous bomb blasts in Bombay. |
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. | |
November | India begins to withdraw some of its troops from Kashmir. | |
December | Thousands are killed when tsunami tidal waves, caused by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake off the Indonesian coast, devastate coastal communities in the south and in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. | |
2005 | 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. | |
2006 | 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. | |
2007 | February | India and Pakistan sign an agreement aimed at reducing the risk of 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. | |
2008 | July | Series of explosions kills 49 in Ahmedabad, in Gujarat state. The little-known 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. | |
November | 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 financial capital Mumbai. India blames militants from Pakistan for the attacks and demands that Islamabad take strong action against those responsible. | |
December | India announces "pause" in peace process with Pakistan. Indian cricket team cancels planned tour of Pakistan. | |
2009 | 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 | |
2010 | 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, 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. | |
2013 | 12 February | Indian helicopter bribery scandal comes to light. |
21 February | Terror attacks on Hyderabad in Dilsukhnagar area. | |
5 November | Mars Orbiter Mission, is successfully launched into Earth orbit by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).[16][17][18] | |
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