Important dates in indian history

• Ancient

BC

2500 - 1750:    indus Valley civilization.    

563-448:          Buddha's life span

540-468:          mahaveer lifespan  

327-326:          Alexander invasion of India 

322:.                 accession of chandragupta Maurya 

305:                 defeat of seleucus at the hand of Chandragupta Maurya 

273-232:          Ashoka's reign 

261:                 conquest of Kalinga 

145-101:         reign of Elara

 58:                 beginning of Vikram era

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AD

78:                  Begining of Saka era.

78-101:          Kanishka's reign.

319-320:       Commencement of gupta era.

380:              Accession of chandragupta II.

405-411:      Visit of chinese traveller Fahien.

415:              Accession of kumargupta I.

455:               Accession of skandagupta.

606:              Harshavardhan's reign.

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Mediable 

712:         first invasion in Sindh by Arbs.

 32:          Accession of king bhoja of Kannauj.

985:         Accession of Rajaraja , the chola Ruler.

998:         accession of Sultan Mahmud ghazni. 

1001:       first invasion of India by Mahmud ghazni.

1025:       destruction of Somnath Temple by Mohammed Ghazni. 

1191:       first battle of tarain. 

1192:       second Battle of tarain.

 1206:      accession of Qutubuddin aibak to Delhi.

 1210:      death of Qutubuddin aibak.

1221:       Chengin invaded India.

 1236:      Assassin of Razia Sultan to throne of Delhi.

 1240:      death of Razia Sultan.

1296:       Accession of Alauddin Khilji.

 1316:      death of Alauddin Khilji.

1325:       Accession of Muhammad-bin-tughlaq.

 

1327:       transfer of capital from Delhi to devagiri.

 1336:      foundation of vijayanagar Empire of south.

 1351:      association of Firoz Shah Tughlaq.

 1398:      Timur's invasion of India.

 1469:      birth of Guru Nanak.

1494:       Accession of Barbur in Fraghana.

 

1497-98:  first voyage of Vasco da Gama to India. 

1526:       I battle of Panipat.

 1527:      Battle of khanwa.

 1530:      death of babur and accession of humour.

1539:       Sher shah suri defeated Humayun in Battle of Chausa and became Indians emperor.

 1555:      Humayaun recaptured throne of Delhi.

 1556:      II battle of Panipat.

1556:       Battle of talikota.

1576:       Battle of Haldighati.

1582       din-i-Ilahi foundation by Akbar.

 1600:      English East India company established.

 1605:      death of Akbar and accession of Jahangir.

 1606:      execution of Guru Arjun Dev.

1611:       Jahangir marriages Nur-Jahan.

1615:       sir Thomas roe visits Jahangir.

1627:       birth of Shivaji and death of Jahangir.

1628:       Shahjahan becomes emperor of India. 

1631:       death of Mumtazmahal.

 1634:      the English permitted to trade in India.

1659:       Accession of Aurangzeb, Shah-jahan imprisoned.

1665:       Shivaji imprisoned by Aurangzeb.

1666:       death of Shah-jahan.

 1675:      execution of Guru Teg Bahadur 

1680:       Death of shivaji.

1707:       death of Aurangzeb.

1708:       death of Guru Gobind Singh.

1739:       Nadir shah invades India.

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 Modern

 1757:      Battle of Plassey,establishment of British political rule in India at the hand of Lord Clive. 

1761:       III battle of Panipat.

1764:      Battle of Buxar. 

1765:      Clive appointed company' governor in India.

1767-69:  I algo-Mysore war.

 1780:      birth of Maharaja Ranjit Singh.

 1780 – 84: II Anglo-Mysore war.

1784:        pits India act.

 17 90 – 92: third Anglo Mysore war 

1793:        permanent settlement of Bengal.

 1799:       IV Anglo-Mysore war.

1802:        treaty of bassein.

 1809:       treaty of Amritsar.

 

1809:        practice of sati prohibited.

 1830:       Raja Ram Mohan Roy visit England. 

1833:        death of Raja Ram Mohan Roy at Bristol, England.

 1839:       death of Maharaja Ranjit Singh,suppression of thagi by colonl William Henry sleeman.

1839-44:   I Anglo-Afghan war.

 184 5-6:   I Anglo-Sikh war.

1852:        II Anglo-Burmese war. 

1853:        first Indian railway line opened between Bombay and Thane and a telegraph line in calcutta.

 1857:       I 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.

1903:        Tibet expendition.

71905       partition of Bengal by lord curzon.

 1906:       foundation of Muslim league by salimullah at Dhaka.

 1911:       king and queen visit India; Delhi becomes the capital of India.

 1914:       world war I begin.

1916:        Lucknow pact signed by Muslim league and Congress.

 1918:       world war I end.

1919:        montague-Chelmsford reforms introduced , Jallianwala Bagh massacre at Amritsar.

1920:        khalifat moment launch.

 1927: buycott of Simon commission , broadcasting started in India.

 1928:      death of Lala-Lajpat-Rai.

 1929:      resolution of Purna Swaraj passed at Lahore season of INC. 

1930:      civil disobedience movement launched , Dandi March by Mahatma Gandhi.

 1931:      Gandhi-Irwin pact.

1935:       government of India act.

 

1937:       provincial autonomy , Congress forms ministries.

 1939:      world war II begin.

 1941:      escape of Subhash Chandra Bose from India , death of Rabindranath Tagore.

 

1942:       arrival of cripps mission in India , quit India movement launched.

 1943 – 44:  Subhash Chandra Bose formed provisional government of free India and Re-organised Indian national army in Singapore. 

1945:        trial of Indian national army at red fort , Simla conference , world war 2 end.

 1946:       British cabinet mission visit India , interim government formed at centre.

 1947:       division of India , India and Pakistan form separate independent domains.