2500-1500
B.C |
:
| Indus
Valley civilization. |
|
1500-200
B.C |
:
| Aryan
civilization. |
2000-1000
B.C |
:
|
Composition of the Upanishads and the great Epics, the Mahabharata and the Ramayana. |
600-500
B.C |
:
|
Mahavir and Buddha lay down the principles of Jainism and Buddhism. |
326
B.C |
:
| Alexander,
The Great invades India |
320
B.C |
:
| Chandragupta
Maurya finds the Mauryan Dynasty. |
273
B.C |
:
| Asoka
ascends the throne of Magadha. |
261
B.C |
:
| The
Great Kalinga War that transforms Asoka. |
60
B.C |
:
| Rise
of the Satavahana Dynasty. |
1-100 A.D |
:
| Jews
and Apostle St.Thomas arrive in the Malabar Coast. |
78A.D |
:
| The
Saka era begins. |
120-144A.D |
:
| Rule
of the Kushan king, Kaniskha. |
320A.D |
:
| Chandragupta
1 finds the Gupta Dynasty |
360 A.D |
:
| Samudragupta
establishes a large Empire-the whole of northern India up to the Deccan. |
375-
413A.D |
:
| Reign
of Chandragupta 11,the golden age of Indian culture and literature. |
405-11A.D
|
:
| Fahien
visits India. |
1000
A.D |
:
| Founding
of the Chola empire by Rajaraja Chola. |
1026
A.D |
:
| Mahmud
of Ghazni ransacks the Somnath temple. |
1192
A.D |
:
| Muhammad
Ghori defeats Prithiviraj. Paves way for Muslim rule. |
1206
A.D |
:
| Qutb-ud-din
Aibak establishes Slave Dynasty inDelhi. |
1288
A.D |
:
| Marco
polo visits India. |
1290
A.D |
:
| Fall
of the Slave Dynasty; Beginning of the Khilji Dynasty. |
1483-1530
A.D |
:
| Reign
of Mughal emperor Babur. |
1498
AD |
:
| Vascodagama
lands at Calicut. |
1469-1538
A.D |
:
| Time
of Guru Nanak,the founder of Sikkhism. |
1510
A.D |
:
| Goa
captured by Portuguese. |
1526
A.D |
:
| First
battle of Panipat.Babar defeats the Lodis and establishes Mughal rule. |
1556
A.D |
:
| Accession
of Akbar. |
1600
A.D |
:
|
East India Company formed. |
1632-1653
A.D |
:
| Shah
Jahan builds the Taj Mahal. |
1664
A.D |
:
| Shivaji
becomes king in Delhi. |
1739
A.D |
:
| Nadir
Shah invades Delhi. |
1742
A.D |
:
| French
rule consolidated in Pondicherry. |
1757
A.D |
:
| Battle
of Plassey. |
1831
A.D |
:
| Ranjit
Singh mobilizes the power of Sikhs. |
1834-35
A.D |
:
|
Lord William Bentick becomes the first Governor General of India. |
1853
A.D |
:
| First
Railway between Bombay and Thana. |
1857
A.D |
:
| The
Sepoy Mutiny. |
1858
A.D |
:
| Government
of India passes from East India Company to the British Crown. |
1885
A.D |
:
| Indian
National Congress born. |
1906
A.D |
:
| Founding
of the Muslim League. |
1911
A.D |
:
| Capital
of India shifted from Calcutta to Delhi. |
1920 A.D |
:
| Non-cooperation
movement begins. |
1930
A.D |
:
| Mahatma
Gandhi leads the Dandi march in Ahmedabad. |
1931A.D |
:
|
Inauguration of New Delhi. |
1947
A.D |
:
| India
gets freedom. Nehru is India's new Prime Minister. |
1948
A.D |
:
| Mahatma
Gandhi is assassinated in Delhi. |
1950
A.D |
:
| India
becomes a Republic. |
1965
A.D |
:
| Hindi
proclaimed the National language. |
1966-1977
A.D |
:
| Indira
Gandhi is India's Prime Minister. |
1965-1971
A.D |
:
|
Indo- Pakistan clashes. |
1962
A.D |
:
| Indo-China
war. |
1966
A.D |
:
| Indira
Gandhi comes to power. |
1975
A.D |
:
| Emergency
declared by Indira Gandhi. |
1984
A.D |
:
| Indira
Gandhi assassinated by her bodyguard. Rajiv Gandhi, Indira's son takes over. |
1989
A.D |
:
| General
elections, V.P. Singh becomes the Prime Minister. |
1991
A.D |
:
| Rajiv
Gandhi assassinated during election campaign, Narasimha Rao becomes the Prime
minister. |
1992
A.D |
:
|
Babri Masjid brought down. Riots followed in the whole of North India. |
1996
A.D |
:
| National
Front comes to power. |
1999
A.D |
:
|
BJP wins the elections and are ruling the country till date. |
2000
A.D |
:
|
US
President Bill Clinton makes groundbreaking visit to India to improve ties. |
2001
A.D |
:
| Massive
earthquakes hit western state of Gujarat, leaving at least 30,000 dead. |
2002
A.D |
:
| Retired
Scientist and architect of India's missile programme APJ Abdul Kalam elected president.
|
2003
A.D |
:
| India,
Pakistan agree to resume direct air links and to allow overflights. |
2004
A.D |
:
| Congress
wrestles power from the BJP headed by Sonia Gandhi. Manmohan takes in the Prime
Minsiters Seat. Former Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao dies, aged 83. | |
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