- Ancient
BC
- 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.
