Important Events Indus Valley Civilisation in Indian History
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BC
- 3000 - 1500 Indus Valley Civilisation 576 Birth of Gautam Buddha
- 527 Birth of Mahavir
- 327 - 326 Alexander՚s invasion of India. It opened a land route between India and Europe.
- 313 Accession of Chandragupta Maurya according to Jain traditions
- 305 Defeat of Seleucus at the hands of Chandragupta Maurya
- 273 - 232 Ashoka՚s reign 261 Conquest of Kalinga
- 145 - 101 Region of Elara, the Chola King of Sri Lanka 58 Beginning of Vikrami era
AD
- 78 Beginning of Saka era 120 Accession of Kanishka
- 320 Commencement of Gupta era. the golden age of Hindu India 380 Accession of Vikramaditya
- 405 - 411 Visit of Chinese traveller Fa-hien 415 Accession of Kumara Gupta I
- 455 Accession of Skando Gupta 606 - 647 Harshavardhan՚s reign 712 First invasion in Sind by Arabs
- 836 Accession of King Bhoja of Kannauj 985 Accession of Rajaraja, the Chola ruler 998 Accession of Sultan Mahmud
- 1001 First invasion of India by Mahmud Chazni who defeated jaipal, ruler of Punjab
- 1025 Destruction of Somnath Temple by Mahmud Ghzni 1191 First Battle of Tarain
- 1192 Second Battle of Tarain
- 1206 Accession of Qutab-ud-din Aibak to the throne of Delhi 1210 Death of Qutub-ud-din Aibak
- 1221 Changes Khan invaded India (Mongol invasion) 1236 Accession of Razia Sultan to the throne of Delhi 1240 Razia Sultan dies
- 1296 Accession of Ala – ud-din Khilji 1316 Ala-ud-din Khilji dies
- 1325 Accession of Muhammad-bin Tughlaq
- 1327 Shifting of Capital from Delhi to Daulatabad to Deccan by the Tughlaqs 1336 Foundation of Vijayanagar empire in the South
- 1351 Accession of Feroze Shah
- 1398 Invasion of India by Timur Lang 1469 Birth of Gurunanak
- 1494 Accession of Babar in Farghana
- 1497 - 98 First voyage of Vasco da Gama to India discovery of sea route to India via the Cape of Good Hope
- 1526 First Battle of Panipat, Babar defeated Ibrahim Lodhi; Foundation of Mughal rule by Babar
- 1527 Battle of Khanya Babar defeated Rana Sanga 1530 Death of Babar and accession of Humayun
- 1539 Sher Shah Suri defeated Humayan and became India՚s emperor 1540 Battle of Kannauj
- 1555 Humayan recaptured the throne of Delhi 1556 Second Battle of Panipat
- 1565 Battle of Talikota
- 1576 Battle of Haldighati; Rana Pratap defeated by Akbar 1582 Din-e-Illahi founded by Akbar
- 1597 Death of Rana Pratap
- 1600 East India Company established
- 1605 Death of Akbar and accession of Jehangir 1606 Execution of Guru Arjun Dev
- 1611 Jehangir marries Nur jahan. 1616 Sir Thomas Roe visits Jehangir
- 1627 Birth of Shivaji and death of Jehangir 1628 Shahjahan becomes emperor of India 1631 Death of Mumtaj Mahal
- 1634 The British permitted to trade in India in Bengal 1659 Accession of Aurangzeb, Shahjahan imprisoned 1665 Shivaji imprisoned by Aurangzeb
- 1666 Death of Shahjahan
- 1675 Execution of Teg Bahadur, the ninth Guru of Sikhs 1680 Death of Shivaji
- 1707 Death of Aurangzeb
- 1708 Death of Guru Gobind Singh 1739 Nadir Shah invades India
- 1757 Battle of Plassey, establishment of Britishn political rule in India at the hands of Lord Clive.
- 1761 Third Battle of Panipat; Shah Alam II becomes India՚s emperor 1764 Battle of Buxar
- 1765 Clive appointed Company՚s Governor in India 1767 - 69 First Mysore war
- 1770 The great Bangal Famine 1780 Birth of Maharaja Ranjit Singh 1780 - 84 Second Mysore War
- 1784 Pitt՚s Omdoa Act 1790 - 92 Third Mysore War
- 1793 The Permanent Settlement of Bengal 1799 Fourth Mysore War- Death of Tipu Sultan 1802 Treaty of Bassein
- 1809 Treaty of Amritsar
- 1829 Practice of Sati Prohibited
- 1830 Raja-Ram Mohun Roy, founder of Brahmo Samaj, visits England. 1833 Death of Raja Ram Mohun Roy.
- 1839 Death of Maharaj Ranjit Singh 1839 - 42 First Afghan War
- 1845 - 46 First Anglo-Sikh War 1852 Second Anglo-Burmese War
- 1853 First Railway line opened between Bombay and Thane and a Telegraph line in Calcutta
- 1857 The Sepoy Mutiny or First War of Independence 1861 Birth of Rabindranath Tagore
- 1869 Birth of Mahatma Gandhi
- 1885 Foundation of Indian National Congress 1889 Birth of Jawaharlal Nehru
- 1897 Birth of Subhash Chandra Bose 1904 Tibet Expedition
- 1905 First partition of Bengal under Lord Curzon 1906 Foundation of Muslim League
- 1911 Delhi Darbar; King and Queen visit India; Delhi becomes the capital of India
- 1916 World War 1 begins
- 1916 Lucknow Pact signed by Muslim League and Congress 1918 World War 1 ends
- 1919 Montague-Chelmsfor Reforms introduced, Jallianwala Bagh massacre at Amritsar
- 1920 Khilafar Movement launched
- 1927 Boycott of Simon Commission, broadcasting started in India 1928 Death of lal Lajpat Rai (Sher-e-Punjab)
- 1929 Lord Orwaom՚s Pact, resolution of complete independence passed at Lahore Congress
- 1930 Civil Disobedience Movement launched; Dandi March by Mahatma Gandhi (April 6,1970)
- 1931 Gandhi-Irwin Pact
- 1935 Government of India Act enacted
- 1937 Provincial Autonomy, Congress forms ministers 1939 World War II begins (September i)
- 1941 Death of Rabindranath Tagore, escape of Subhash Chandra Bose from India
- 1942 Arrival of Cripps Mission in India, ‘Quit India’ movement launched (Aug.8)
- 1943 - 44 Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose forms provincial Azad Hindu Hukumat
- and Indian National Army, Bengal famine
- 1945 Trial of Indian National Army at Red Fort; Shimla Conference World War II ends
- 1946 British Cabinet Mission visits India; Interim Government formed at the Centre,
- 1947 Division of India; India and Pakistan form separate independent dominions
- 1948 Mahatma Gandhi assassinated (Jan.30) ; integration of princely states. 1949 Cease-fire in Kashmir, Indian Constitution signed and adopted (Nov.26) 1950 India becomes a Sovereign Democratic Republic (Jan.26) and Constitution of India comes into force
- 1951 First Five-year Plan. First Asian Games held in Delhi 1952 First General Elections of the Lok Sabha
- 1953 Conquest of a Mt. Everest by Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary 1956 Second Five-Year Plan launched.