Indian History Time Line
Chronology of Principal Events: Indian History Timeline I
| BC | |
| 2800-2000 | Harappan Culture |
| From 1500 | Coming of Aryans |
| 1200-800 and later | Expansion of Aryans in Ganga Valley |
| 600 | Age of the 16 Mahajanapadas of Northern India |
| 563-483 | Gautama Buddha |
| 540-468 | Mahvira |
| 542-493 | Bimbisara rules Magadha |
| 493-461 | Ajatshatru rules Magadha |
| 413-362 | Shishunaga Dynasty |
| 362-321 | Nanda Dynasty |
| 327-326 | Alexander's Invasion |
| 321 | Chandragupta Maurya establishes the Mauryan Empire |
| 315 | Visit of Megasthenes to India |
| 268-232 | Ashok's reign |
| 185 | Fall of the Mauryan Empire |
| 1st Century | Bactrian rule in the north-west |
| 1st Century | Rise of the Satavahans |
| 58 | Beginning of the Vikram Era |
| 1st Century | Shakas in the Western India |
| 1st Century | Sangam period in the South |
| AD | |
| 78 | Kanishka's accession and the beginning of the Shaka Era |
| 3rd Century | Decline of the Kushanas |
| 3rd Century | Decline of Kushanas |
| 319-320 | Accession of Chandragupta I and Establishment of the Gupta Dynasty |
| 335-375 | Samudragupta |
| 375-415 | Chandragupta II |
| 405-411 | Visit of Fa-Hien |
| 450 | The first Huna attack on the Gupta Empire |
| 560-903 | The Pallavas establish their Kingdom |
| 543-755 | The rise of Chalukyas of Vatapi |
| 606-647 | Reign of Harshavardhana |
| 630-643 | Hieun Tsang in India |
| 609-642 | Reign of Pulakesin II, the Chalukya King |
| 622 | Beginning of the Hijri era |
| 712 | Arab Conquest of Sind |
| 750 | Pala dyanasty founded by Gopala in eastern India |
| 753 | Rise of the Rashtrakuta Empire |
| 800 | Shankaracharya |
| 840 | Rise of the Pratiharas under Bhoja |
| 907 | Parantaka I establishes Chola power in South India |
| 973-1192 | Foundation of the Kingdom of the later Chalukya is laid |
| 985-1014 | Reign of Rajaraja Chola |
| 1014-1044 | Reign of Rajendra Chola |
| 1000-1027 | Invasions of Mahmud of Ghazni |
| 1030 | Alberuni in India, Death of Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni |
| 1191 | 1st battle of Tarain |
| 1192 | 2nd battle of Tarain, Defeat of Pritviraj III by Muhammad Gauri |
| 1206 | Death of Muhammad Gauri |
| 1206 | Qutab-ud-din Aibak founds the Slave dynastry |
| 1210 | Death of Qutab-ud-din Aibak |
| 1210 | Accession of Iltumish |
| 1236 | Death of Iltumish and accession ofRaziya |
| 1265-1285 | Reign of Balban |
| 1288-1295 | Marco Pole visists South India |
| 1290 | Khilji Dynasty founded |
| 1296-1316 | Reign of Ala-ud-din Khilji |
| 1302-1311 | Malik Kafur's campaign in South India |
| 1320 | Tughlaq dynasty founded |
| 1325-1351 | Reign of Muhmmad-bin-Tuglaq, Ibn Batuta in India |
| 1336 | Foundation of the Vijayanagar kingdom is laid |
| 1347 | Foundation of the Bahmani kingdom is laid |
| 1351-1388 | Reign of Firoz Shah Tughlaq |
| 1398 | Timur's invasion |
| 1414-1451 | Reign of the Sayyid dynasty |
| 1451-1526 | Reign of Lodi dynasty |
| 1440-1518 | Kabir |
| 1469-1539 | Nanak |
| 1482-1518 | Dissolution of the Bahmani, Emergence of five new kingdoms- Bijapur, Golconda, Ahmednagar, Bidar and Berar |
| 1498 | Arrival of Vasco-de-Gama in India |
| 1509-1530 | Reign of Krishnadevraya |
| 1526 | 1st battle of Panipat; Babar defeats Ibrahim Lodi, Mughal empire founded in India |
| 1527 | Battle of Khanwa, Babar defeates Rana Sanga |
| 1530 | Death of Babar and accession of Humayun |
| 1539 | Sher Shah defeats Humayun at Chausa |
| 1545 | Death of Sher Shah |
| 1556 | Death of Humayun and accession of Akbar |
| 1556 | 2nd battle of Panipat; Akbar defeats Hemu |
| 1565 | Battle of Talikota |
| 1568-1595 | Akbar captures Chittor, Ranthambhor, Gujarat, Bengal, Kashmir, Sind, Orissa, Central India and Qandh |
| 1600 | Queen Elizabeth grants Charter of the company of merchants in London to trade with the east; East India Company established |
| 1605 | Death of Akbar and accession of Jahangir |
| 1616 | Sir Thomas Roe received by Jahangir |
| 1627 | Death of Jahangir |
| 1627 | Birth of Shivaji |
| 1628 | Shahjahan proclaimed Emperor |
| 1630 | Annexation of Ahmednagar |
| 1658 | Accession of Aurangzeb |
| 1674 | Shivaji assumes royal title |
| 1680 | Death of Shivaji |
| 1686 | Annexation of Golconda |
| 1707 | Death of Aurangzeb |
| 1707-1712 | Reign of Bahadur Shah |
| 1717 | Farrukhsiyar grants firman to the English Company exempting their trade in Bengal from payment of duties in return for lumpsum payment of Rs 300 per annum |
| 1739 | Nadir Shah occupies Delhi |
| 1744-1748 | 1st Anglo-French Carnatic War |
| 1748-1754 | 2nd Anglo-French Carnatic War |
| 1757-1763 | 3rd Anglo-French Carnatic War |
| 1747-1761 | Invasion of Ahmed Shah Abdali |
| 1757 | Battle of Plassey in which the British defeated Siraj-ud-daula, Nawab of Bengal and established control over the rice Provinces of Bihar, Bengal and Orissa |
| 1760 | Battle of Wandiwash; French are decisively defeated by the British and the French dream of an empire in India comes to an end |
| 1761 | 3rd battle of Panipat- Ahmed Shah Abdali defeats the Marathas |
| 1764-1765 | Battle of Buxar in which British defeated the triple alliance of Nawab Mir Qasim of Bengal, Nawab Shuja-ud-daula of Awadh and Mughal emperor Shahjahan; Introduction of dual system of Government in Bengal |
| 1767-1769 | 1st Anglo-Mysore War |
| 1770 | The great famine of Bengal |
| 1772 | End of dual government in Bengal, Company starts direct administration of Bengal, Warren Hastings assumes office as Governor |
| 1773 | The Regulating Act |
| 1775-1782 | 1st Anglo-Maratha War |
| 1780-1784 | 2nd Anglo-Mysore War |
| 1784 | Pitt's India Act |
| 1790 | 3rd Anglo-Mysore War |
| 1793 | Permanent settlement introduced in Bengal |
| 1798-1805 | Wellesley is Governor General of Bengal |
| 1799 | 4th Anglo-Mysore War, death of Tipu Sultan, Ranjit Singh captures Lahore and makes it his capitala |
| 1803-1805 | 2nd Anglo-Maratha War |
| 1813 | Charter Act |
| 1814-1816 | Anglo-Nepal War |
| 1817-1818 | 3rd Anglo-Maratha War, Marathas decisively defeated |
| 1829 | Prohibition of Sati |
| 1833 | Renewal of the Company's charter and abolition of its trading rigths |
| 1839 | Death of Ranjit Singh, New treaty forced on the Amirs of Sind |
| 1843 | British annex Sind |
| 1845-1846 | 2nd Anglo-Sikh War and annexation of Punjab |
| 1853 | First Railway line in India from Bombay to Thane is opened, First telegraph line from Calcutta to Agra, Renewal of Company's Charter |
| 1854 | Charles Wood's despatch on Indian Education |
| 1857 | First war of Indian Independence, Outbreak of a vast revolt, Establishment of Universities at Bombay, Calcutta and Madras |
| 1858 | British Government takes over administration of India from the East India Company, Queen Victoria's proclaimation, End of East India Company Rule |
| 1861 | The Indian Councils Act, Enactment of the Indian Civil Services and Criminal Code, Birth of Ravinder Nath Tagore |
| 1865 | Telegraphic communication with Europe opens |
| 1869 | Opening of Suez Canal, Birth of M.K.Gandhi |
| 1876-1877 | Delhi Durbar, The Queen of England proclaimed Empress of India |
| 1883 | Ilber Bill |
| 1885 | The Indian National Congress is founded |
| 1892 | Indian Councils Act passed |
| 1905 | Partition of Bengal announced |
| 1906 | Muslim League formed at Dacca |
| 1909 | Morley-Minto Reforms |
| 1911 | King George V visits India, A durbar held at Delhi, The Capital of India is shifted form Calcutta to Delhi, Partition of Bengal is annulled |
| 1914 | Outbreak of World War I |
| 1916 | Foundation of the Banaras Hindu University is laid, Home Rule League founded, The Indian National Congress and Muslim League sign Lucknow Pact |
| April, 1917 | Gandhi launches Champaran campaign in Bihar to focus attention on grievances of Indigo-planters, Montague's announcement regarding introduction of responsible Government in India |
| 1918 | End of World War I, Trade Union Movement begins in India, All India Depressed Classes League formed |
| 6 April, 1919 | Call for all-India hartal against Rowlatt Act |
| 9 April, 1919 | Deportation of Dr Satyapal and Dr Kitchlew, Trouble begins at Amritsar |
| 13 April, 1919 | Jalianwala Bagh Tragedy at Amritsar, Government of India Act, 1919 passed |
| 1920 | First meeting of the All-India Trade Union Congress, Foundation of Aligarh Muslim University laid, Hunter Commission Report on Jalianwala Bagh Massacre published, First Non-cooperation movement launched by Gandhi |
| Feb, 1922 | Violent incidents at Chauri Chaura, Gandhi calls of Non-cooperation movement |
| 1925 | Communist Party of India organised at Kanpur |
| 1927 | Appointment of Simon Commission |
| 1928 | Nehru Report |
| 1929 | Congress adopts the goal of complete independence for India |
| 14 Feb, 1930 | Congress passes Civil Disobedience Movement resolution |
| 12 March, 1930 | Gandhi begins Dandi March to manufacture illegal salt, First Round Table Conference held in London |
| 1931 | Gandhi Irwin Pact, Civil disobedience movement suspended, Second Round Table Conference held |
| 1932 | R MacDonald announces communal award (modified by the Poona pact, September 24) |
| 1935 | Government of India Act, 1935 passed |
| 1937 | Congress ministries formed in provinces |
| 1938 | All-India Kisan Sabha formed |
| 1939 | Subhash Chadra Bose resigns as the President of the Congress, 2nd World War begins, Resignation of Congress Ministries in provinces |
| 1940 | Muslim League adopts the Pakistan resolution, Congress starts Individual Civil Disobedience Movement |
| 1941 | Death of Rabindranath Tagore |
| Feb, 1942 | Japanese bombardment of Rangoon, Singapore falls |
| March-April, 1942 | Cripps mission visits India |
| Aug-Sept, 1942 | Quit India Movement launched |
| 1945 | Shimla Conference held, Failure of Wavell Plan, INA trials at Red Fort |
| 1946 | Cabinet Mission Plan visits India, Direct Action Resolution by Muslim League |
| March-June, 1946 | Elections for the Constituent Assembly held |
| July, 1946 | Jawaharlal Nehru heads Interim Government |
| 9 Dec, 1946 | Constituent Assembly meets at Delhi |
| 20 Feb, 1947 | British Prime Minister Attlee announces Britain's decision to transfer power to Indian before June, 1948 |
| 3 June, 1947 | Lord Mountbatten announces transfer of power in August, 1947 |
| July, 1947 | Indian Independence Act passed by British Parliament, India is to be partitioned |
| 15 Aug, 1947 | India becomes free |
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