Important Dates in Indian History:

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BC

• 3000-1500 Indus Valley Civilization.
• 576 Birth of Gautama Buddha.
• 527 Birth of Mohair.
• 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 Skanda 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 British 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 Tippu Sultan.
• 1802 Treaty of Bassein.
• 1809 Treaty of Amritsar.
• 1829 Practice of Sati Prohibited.
• 1830 Raja-Ram Mohan Roy, founder of Brahma Samaj, visits England.
• 1833 Death of Raja Ram Mohan Roy.
• 1839 Death of Maharaja 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 all 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 Mt.Everest by Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary.
• 1956 Second Five-Year Plan launched.
• 1957 Second General Elkections; decimal coinage introduced, Liberation of Goa.
• 1962 Third General Elections in India; Chinese attack on India (Dec 20 ).
• 1963 Nagaland becomes the 16th Indian State.
• 1964 Death of Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru.
• 1965 Pakistan attacks India.
• 1966 Tashkent Pact; Death of Lal Bahadur Shastri; Mrs. Indira Gandhi elected Prime Minister of India.
• 1967 Fourth General Elections; Dr Zakir Hussain elected the third president of India.
• 1969 V.V.Giri elected President of India, Nationalization of the leading banks by Presidential ordinance.
• 1970 Meghalaya designated as autonomous state.
• 1971 Himachal Pradesh becomes a State; Indo-Pak War, Bangladesh is born.
• 1972 Shimla agreement; Death of C.Rajagopalachari.
• 1973 Mysore State renamed Karnataka.
• 1974 India explodes a nuclear device; Fakhuruddin Ali Ahmed elected as fifth President Sikkim becomes on associate State of India.
• 1975 India launches ‘Aryabhata’; Sikkim becomes 22nd State of the Indian Union; State of Emergency is declared.
• 1976 India and China establish diplomatic relations.
• 1977 Sixth General Elections; Janata Party gets majority in Lok Sabha; Neelam Sanjiva Reddy elected sixth President of India.
• 1979 Morarji Desai resigns as Prime Minister, Charan Singh becomes Prime Minister; Charan Singh resigns ( Aug 20 ) Sixth Lok Sabha dissolved.
• 1980 Seventh General Elections; Congress I comes to power; Mrs. Indira Gandhi sworn in as Prime Minister; Sanjay Gandhi dies in an air crash, India Launches SLV-3 into space carrying Rohini Satellite.
• 1982 Longest bridge in Asia opened ( March 2 ); Acharya J.B. Kripalani dies ( March 19) INSAT. 1A launched; Giani Zail Singh elected President of India (July 15) Over 500 persons killed in Gujarat Cyclone ( Nov.5); Acharua Vinobha dies (Nov 15) IX Asian Games inaugurated (Nov 19).
• 1983 CHOGM held in New Delhi.
• 1984 Operation Blue Star in Punjab; Rakesh Sharma goes into space; Mrs. Indira Gandhi assassinated; Rajiv Gandhi becomes PM.
• 1985 Rajiv-Longowal accord signed; Sant H.S. Longowal killed elections in Punjab; Assam accord; VII Five-Year Plan launched.
• 1986 Mizoram accord.
• 1987 R.Venkataraman elected President; Shankar Dayal Sharma elected Vice-President of India, Bofors gun and Fairfax controversies.
• 1989 Ram Shilanyas Puja at Ayodhyat; India’s first IRBM ‘Agni’ successfully launched from Orissa (May 22); Trishul Missile test fised (June 5); Second successful launch of Prithvi (Sept 27); Rajiv Government loses poll and resigns (Nov.29); Jawahar Rozgar Yojna launched (Nov.29); National front leader V.P. Singh sworn in as seventh PM, New cabinet sworn in (Dec.2), Ninth Lok Sabha constituted.
• 1990 Last of IPKF return home (March 25); Indian Airlines A-320 Airbus Crash (Feb. 14); Janata Dal splits; BJP withdraws support to the Government; Advani takes out Rath Yatra and is arrested, Mandal Report implemented announced by V.P. Singh Violence in Ayodhya due to Ram Janam Bhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute.
• 1991 Gulf War breaks out (Jan. 17); Rajiv Gandhi assassinated (May 21); X Lok Sabha constituted (June 20); P. V. Narasimha Rao becomes Prime Minister.
• 1992 India establishes full diplomatic ties with Israel (Jan. 29); Bharat Ratna and Oscar winner Satyajit Ray dies (April 23); S.D.Sharma elected President (July 25); INS Shakti-first indigeneously built submarine was launched on Feb. 7.
• 1993 Ordinance to acquire 67.33 acres in Ayodhya (Jan 7); Massive security falls in BJP rally; Wave of bombing leaves 300 dead in Bombay; Insat-2B becomes fully operational; Earthquake in Maharashtra.
• 1994 Government monopoly over civil aviation ends; Storm over GATT treaty; Plague outbreak; Sushmita Sen-Miss Universe; Aishwarya Rai-Miss World.
• 1995 Mayawati First Dalit Chief Minister of UP; BJP comes to power in Maharashtra and Gujarat, Janata Dal in Karnataka and Congress in Orissa; Indian National Congress (T) formed; President’s Rule in UP after fall of Mayawati; INSAT 2C and IRSI-C launched.
• 1996 Hawala takes toll of several Union Ministers and opposition leaders; PSLV D3 launched on March 21 with IRSP-3 ushering new era in India space programmed; Eleventh Lok Sabha Elections held on April 127-BJP emerges as the single largest party.
• 1997 On August 15, India celebrated its 50th year of Independence.
• 1998 Death of Mother Teressa; Atal Behari Vajpayee becomes Indian Prime Minister; India explodes its second nuclear device (Pokhran II).
• 1999 India Airlines plane IC-814 hijacked by terrorists and taken to Kandahar, Afghanistan, on Dec 24, 1999. Three militants released by Indian govt. for the freedom of hostages kept as passengers. In June 1999, Flt. Lt. K. Nachiketa, the captured Indian pilot released by Pakistan after eight days of captivity. ‘Operation Vijay’ launched by Indian Army to flush out Pakistani infiltrators inside LoC in the Kargil sector of J&K, India wins battle.
• 2000 A US President Bill Clinton visits India during March 2000. Three new states Chhatisgarh, Uttaranchal and Jharkhand created. India’s population crossed one billion mark.
• 2001 ‘Agra Summit’ between India and Pakistan in July 2001; Worst natural calamity of India: Gujarat Earthquake in Jan 2001; ‘Tehelka.Com’ screened video tapes which opened the murky world of arms deal and its kickbacks to Indian Army officials, ministers and politicians in March 2001; VI th census of India (since Independence) concluded in March 2001. Enron bids farewall to Indian energy sector in August 2001; GSLV launched successfully in April 2001 and PSLC-C3 launch conducted in October 2001.
• 2002 A 71-year old missile scientist, Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, is elected President of India; One of the most horrific communal roits in recent history, the Godhra Incident, happens on Feb 27, 2002 in Gujarat; National Water Policy announced in April, which aims at integrating water resources development and management for optimal and sustainable utilization.
• 2003 Formation of Strategic Forces Command (SFO) and the Nuclear Command Authority (NCA) by India; Air Marshal Teja Mohan Astana named first commander in chief of the SFC; Advanced multipurpose satellite, INSAT-3A is successfully launched into space from Kourou of French Guyana; CBI forms an Economic Intelligence Wing to tackle white-collar crime in June; India’s advanced communication satellite INSAT-3E is launched by an European rocket from the spaceport of Kourou of French Guyana in December.
• 2004 NDA government ousted by the Congress and its allies in the General Election; Congress President Ms Sonia Gandhi opts against becoming Prime Minister of India despite being in a strong position; Congress and its allies forms government at the centre under the Prime Minister ship of Dr. Manmohan Singh.