Indian History Time Line

Author of this article is Laxman Burdak लक्ष्मण बुरड़क

This is a partial list of timeline of Indian history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in India and its predecessor states. You can expanding it.

10000 BC - 1000 BC

Year	Event
9000BC	Early Neolithic culture with first confirmed semi permanent settlements appeared 9,000 years ago in the Bhimbetka rock shelters in modern Madhya Pradesh, India.
7500BC	Early Neolithic culture begins in the Indian Subcontinent in Bhirrana in Haryana.
7000BC	Later Neolithic culture begins in Mehrgarh currently in Balochistan, Pakistan.
4300BC	Mehrgarh one of the most important Neolithic sites in archaeology begins on the "Kachi plain" of now Balochistan, Pakistan.
3300BC	Kot Diji phase of the Indus Valley Civilization begins. The civilization used an early form of the Indus signs, the so-called Indus script.
3102BC	Epoch of Kaliyuga era and Bharata War according to one school of astronomers. This date is also considered by many Hindus to be the day that Krishna left Earth to return to his abode.
2700BC	Date of Indus Valley Seals found at Kish
2600BC	Mature Harappan phase of the Indus Valley Civilization begins. The cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-daro become large metropolises and the civilization expands to over 2,500 cities and settlements across the whole of Pakistan, much of northern India, and parts of Afghanistan and Iran.
2600BC	Mature Harappan phase of the Indus Valley Civilization begins. The cities of Harappa, Lothal, Kalibangan, Dholavira, Rakhigarhi and Mohenjo-daro become large metropolises and the civilization expands to over 2,500 cities and settlements. The civilization began using the mature Indus script.
2500BC	Dravidian Civilization begins in South India.
2449BC	Date of heroes of Bharata War according to a second group of astronomers and chronologists
1900BC	Late Harappan Phase of the Indus Valley Civilization begins, including Cemetery H culture and other cultures.
1800BC	Iron Age in India.
1750BC	Aryans, enter India from Central Asia and the Russian steppes.
1700BC	Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture.
1500BC	Early Vedic Period (to 1000 BC)
1435BC	Aryan kings in western Asia.
1414BC	Date of Bharata War according to some Puranas
1300BC	Cemetery H culture comes to an end.
1200BC	Rigveda (to 1000 BC)

1000 BC - 0000 BC

Year	Event
1000BC	Middle and Late Vedic period (to 500 BC), Iron Age India, Iron Age kingdoms rule India— Panchala, Kuru, Kosala, Videha.
910BC	Yajnavalkya writes the Shatapatha Brahmana, in which he describes the motions of the sun and the moon.
877BC	Birth of Parsvanatha, 23rd Jain Tirthankara (traditional date)
777BC	Nirvana of Parsvanatha 23rd Jain Tirthankara
700BC	The Upanishads, a sacred text of Hinduism, are written.
600BC	Sixteen Maha Janapadas ("Great Realms" or "Great Kingdoms") emerge. Vedic End of vedic period.
599BC	Mahavira, 24th Tirthankar of Jainism is born (traditional date).
558BC	Accession of Cyrus the great, conqueror of Kapisa
563BC	Siddhārtha Gautama, Buddha-to-be, is born in Lumbini into a leading royal family in the republic of the Shakyas, which is now part of Nepal.
544BC	Traditional Epoch of the Ceylones Era of Buddha's Nirvana
538BC	Cyrus the Great, founder of the Persian Achaemenid Empire conquers northwestern parts of the Indian subcontinent.
527BC	Nirvana of Mahavira
522BC	Accession of Darius I, conqueror of the Indian satrapy of the Persian Empire.
518BC	Naval Expedition of Skylax and conquest of the Indian satrapy
486BC	Cantonese date of Gautama Buddha's Nirvana.
400BC	Siddharta Gautama 'Buddha' of the Shakya polity in S. Nepal, founds Buddhism (older date: 563–483 BC)
350BC	Panini, a resident of Gandhara, describes the grammar and morphology of Sanskrit in the text Ashtadhyayi. Panini's standardized Sanskrit is known as Classical Sanskrit.
333BC	Persian rule in the northwest ends after Darius III is defeated by Alexander the Great, who establishes the Macedonian Empire after inheriting the Persian Achaemenid Empire.
326BC	Ambhi king of Taxila surrenders to Alexander. Porus who ruled parts of the Punjab, fought Alexander at the Battle of the Hydaspes River.
325BC	Alexander leaves India
324BC	Rise of the Maurya Dynasty
321BC	Mauryan Empire is founded by Chandragupta Maurya in Magadha after he defeats the Nanda dynasty and Macedonian Seleucid Empire. Mauryan capital city is Patliputra (Modern Patna in Bihar)
313BC	Jaina date of the year of Chandragupta Maurya's accession probably as ruler of Avanti
305BC	Chandragupta Maurya defeats Seleucus Nicator of the Seleucid Empire.
304BC	Seleucus gives up his territories in the subcontinent (Afghanistan/Baluchistan) to Chandragupta in exchange for 500 elephants. Seleucus offers his daughter in marriage to Chandragupta to seal their friendship.
273BC	Ashoka the Great regarded as the greatest ancient Indian emperor, grandson of Chandragupta Maurya, ascends as emperor of the Mauryan Empire.
266BC	Ashoka conquers and unifies most of South Asia, along with Afghanistan and eastern Iran.
265BC	Kalinga War takes place between Ashoka and the kingdom of Kalinga. After conquering Kalinga, Ashoka reportedly regrets what he had done, leading him to adopt Buddhism, which then became the quasi-official state religion of the Mauryan Empire.
261BC	Conquest of Kalinga
260BC	Ashoka begins displaying religious tolerance, grants animal rights, builds hospitals for people and animals, treats his subjects as equals regardless of caste or creed, and promotes non-violence and republicanism. Ashoka inscribes the Edicts of Ashoka, written down using Brahmi script.
232BC	Ashoka dies and is succeeded by Kunala.
230BC	Simuka declares independence from Mauryan rule and establishes the Satavahana Empire.
206BC	Indian Expedition of Antiochos III, King of Syria
200BC	Kuninda Kingdom is established. Tholkappiyam describes the grammar and morphology of Tamil; it is the oldest existing Tamil grammar (dates vary between 200 BCE and 100 CE to 100 BC)
184BC	The Mauryan Empire, which shrunk considerably, collapses after its emperor Brihadrata is assassinated by his general Pusyamitra Sunga. Pusyamitra Sunga then establishes the Sunga dynasty.
187BC	Rise of the Dynasty of Pushyamitra
180BC	Establishment of the Indo-Greek kingdom.
165BC	Plato, a King of Bactria
126BC	The Chinese ambassador Chang-Kien visits the Yuch-chi in the Oxus region
80BC	Establishment of the Indo-Scythian kingdom.
65BC	The Pandyan king sends ambassadors to the Greek and Roman lands.
58BC	Beginning of Vikram Era
30BC	End of Sunga -Kanva rule in Eastern Malwa; Satavahana supremacy in Deccan
26-20BC	Indian Embassies to Augustus
02BC	A Chinese official instructed in Buddhism by a Yuch-chi King

0001 AD- 1000 AD

Year	Event
01	Parthian Stations by Isidore of Charax
10	Establishment of the Indo-Parthian kingdom.
35	Western Satraps formed.
47	Takht-i-Bahi record of Gondophernes
52	Saint Thomas the Apostle reached Muziris and baptized people known as Saint Thomas Christians.
64	The Chinese Emperor Ming-ti sends for Buddhist texts
68	Establishment of the Kushan empire by Kujula Kadphises.
77	Pliny's Natural History
78	Epoch of the Saka Era; Decline of the Parthians and consolidation of the Kushana power in the Indus Valley]]; Gautamiputra Satkarni becomes Satavahana emperor and starts Shalivahana era calendar after defeating Scythian king Maues.
89-105	Kushana King repulsed by the Chinese General Pan Chao
90	Sung jae has established kingdom.
100	Indian Embassy to the Roman Emperor Trajan.
119-124	Nahapana, His power overthrown by Gautamiputra Satkarni.
130-150	Rudradaman I
148-170	An-Shih-Kao translates a work by Kanishka's chaplain.
200	Palmyra created a Roman colony
230	The Yuch-chi King Po-tiao (Vasudeva ?) sends an Embassy to China
240	Sri-Gupta starts the Gupta Empire in Magadha, with its capital in Patliputra
248	Epoch of Traikutaka-Kalachuri Era
320	February 26. Gupta Era begins; Chandragupta I ascends the Gupta throne.
335	Samudragupta ascends the Gupta throne and expands the empire.
360	Ceylonese Embassy to Samudragupta.
380	Chandragupta II, Samudragupta's son becomes the Gupta Emperor.
388	Latest known date of the Shakas of Western India
405-411	Travels of Fa-Hien in the Gupta Empire.
415	Accession of Kumara Gupta I.
436	Simhavarman, the Pallva King of Kanchi, mentioned in the Lokavibhaga.
448	Huns in the Oxus Valley
450	Invasions by the Huna.
455	Accession of Skanda Gupta.
467	Latest known date of Skanda Gupta.
473	Kumara Gupta II
476	Birth of the astronomer Aryabhata.
477-495	Reign of Budha Gupta.
507-508	Vainya Gupta; Gopachandra, a contemporary of Vainya Gupta.
510-511	Bhanu Gupta
533	Yashodharman, conqueror of Huna King Mihirkula
543-544	Continuance of Gupta rule in the North Bengal, Rise of the Chalukya of Vatapi
554	Collapse of Gupta Empire after the death of Shashankgupta. Isanavarman Maukhari.
566-567	Accession of Kirtivarman I, Chalukya.
606	Harshavardhana crowned Monarch.
619-620	Supremacy of Shashanka in Eastern India
622	Era of Hijra
634	Reference to the fame of Kalidasa aand Bharavi in Aihole inscription
637	Arab raid against Thana
637	Badami Chalukya power at its peak. Pulakeshin II pushes north up to the Narmada and defeats the invading Harshavardhana of Kanauj
639	Foundation of Lhasa by Srong-tsan-gampo
641	Harshavardhana's Embassy to China
642	Death of Pulkesin II
642-668	Narasimhavarman I, the great Pallava
643	Harshavardhana's meeting with Hiuen-Tsang
647	Death of Harshavardhana
648	Bhaskaravarman or Kumararaja, King of Kamarupa, helped Wang-Hiuen-T'se
657	Third mission of Wang-Hiuen-T'se
661	Guhila Aparajita
667	"Five Indies" sent ambassador to China
672-673	Adityasena
674	Vikramaditya I, Chalukya
675-685	Itsing at Nalanda
700	According to the Qissa-i Sanjan, the immigrants Parsi are granted permission to stay by the local ruler Jadi Rana
711	Invasion of Sind by Muhammad Bin Qasim
712	Arab conquest of Nirun and Alor, Muhammad Bin Qasim defeats Raja Dahir
713	Capture of Multan by the Muslims
720	Shri Narasimha Potavarman's diplomatic relations with China
724-743	Khalif Hisham; Junaid , Governor of Sind.
731	Yashovarman's embassy to China.
733	Lalitaditya Muktapida of Kashmir (Karkota dynasty) receives investiture as king from the emperor of China.
736	Delhi is re-established by Bilan Deo Tomar also known as Anangpal Tomar
742	Dantidurga, a feudatory of the Chalukyas
743-789	Santarakshita and Padmasambhava invited to Tibet, Rise of Lamaism
753	Establishment of Rashtrakuta Kingdom of Manyakhet by Danti Durga by defeating Chalukyas of Badami
783	Indrayudha (Kanauj). Vatsaraja- Pratihara.
788	Birth of Adi Shankaracharya
793-815	Govinda III, Rashtrakuta
814	Nripatunga Amoghavarsha I becomes Rashtrakuta emperor. Kannada literature flourishes.
815	Nagabhata-Pratihara.
815-877	Amoghavarsha I, Rashtrakuta
829	Harjara, King of Kamarupa
836	Accession of Bhoja I, King of Kanauj.
836	Gurjara-Pratihara (to 910)
850	Lalliya Shahi
855	Accession of Avantivarman of Kashmir
871-907	Aditya I, Chola.
879	New Nepalese Era
892	Coronation of Bhima I, Eastern Chalukya.
893	Mahendrapala I, Pratihara.
907	Accession of Parantaka I, Chola.
914	Mahipala I, Pratihara. Continuance of Pratihara rule in Surashtra.
939	Yashaskara, King of Kashmir.
942	Guhila Bhatripatta II.
945	Coronation of Amma II (Vijayaditya VI) , Eastern Chalukya.
950-1003	Queen Didda of Kashmir.
954-1002	Dhanga Chandella
962	Foundation of the Kingdom of Ghazni.
973	Foundation of the later Chalukya Empire (of Kalyana).
974-995	Munja
977	Accession of Subuktigin
985	The Ismailis captured power in Sindh and Multan in 985 AD. The Jats were supporting them.
985	Accession of Rajaraja Great, Chola
986	First invasion of Subuktigin
995	Accession of Sindhuraja Navasahasanka.
997	Death of Subuktigin
998	Accession of Sultan Mahmud.
1000	Invasion of Mahmud of Ghazni

1001 AD - 1500 AD

Year	Event
1001	Great defeat of Jaipal by Sultan Mahmud.
1008	Battle near Und.
1012-1044	Rajendra Chola I.
1013	Sultan Mahmud captures Nandana.
1018	Rajyapala (Pratihara); Kanaud seized by Mahmud Ghazni.
1018-1055	Bhoja of Dhara.
1021	Mahmud Ghazni defeats Trilochana Pala and annexes Punjab
1026	Sarnath Inscription of the time of Mahipala I of Bengal, sack of Somnath (during the reign of Bhimdeva I); Fall of Nidar Bhim (Shahi).
1030	Alberuni arrives in India; death of Mahmud of Ghazni
1032	Vimala Sha
1039	Death of Gangeyadeva Kalachuri
1040	Coronation of Lakshmi-karna of the Kalachuri dynasty.
1052	Red Fort at Delhi
1058	Sumra Dynasty ends the Arab domination and establishes its own rule over Sindh.
1070-1122	Rajendra Chola, Kulottunga I.
1076-1127	Vikramaditya VI of Kalyana.
1076-1148	Anantavarman Choda Ganga.
1089-1101	Harsha of Kashmir.
1090	Rise of the Gahadavalas.
1098	Kirtivarman Chandella.
1106-1141	Vishnuvardhana Hoysala.
1113-1114	Foundation of en era by Siddharaja Jayasimha of Gujarat.
1114-1154	Govinda Chandra, the great Gahadavala King.
1119	Epoch of the Lakshmana Sena Era.
1120	Kalyani Chalukyas power at its peak. Vikramaditya VI ushers in Vikrama Chalukya era.
1127	Simhadeva of second Lohara dynasty was the King of Kashmir.
1128 - 1155	Jayasimha (1128 - 1155 AD) of second Lohara dynasty was the King of Kashmir.
1134	Life of Basaveshwara, philosopher and social reformer. (to 1196)
1143-1172	Kumarapala of Gujarat.
1153-1164	Vigraharaja IV (Visaladeva)
1157	The Kalachuris under Bijjala II capture Kalyani
1158	Ballala Sena
1167-1202	Paramardi Chandella.
1170-1194	Jayachandra
1175	Muhammad bin Sam invades India and captures Multan.
1178	Muhammad bin Sam defeated in Gujarat.
1179-1242	Bhimadeva II of Gujarat.
1185-1205	Lakshmana Sena of Bengal.
1186	Fall of the Yamini Dynasty.
1190	Mohammed Ghauri invades India.
1191	"Victory of Prithviraj Chauhan". First battle of Tarain between Mohammed Ghori and Prithviraj III. Ghauri is defeated by Prithivi Raj Chauhan III.
1192	"Victory of Mohammed Ghauri". Second battle of Tarain fought between Ghauri and Prithivi Raj Chauhan III. Prithvi Raj Chauhan III is defeated by Muhammed Ghori. Fall of Prithvi Raj III Chahamana (Chauhan).
1192-1193	Qutb-ud-din Aibak takes Delhi.
1194	Battle of Chandawar fought between Ghauri and Jaichand of Kannauj. Ghauri defeated Jayachandra Gahadavala and killed him.
1197-1247	Singhana the great, Yadava King.
1206	Khokhars kill Muhammad Ghori during a raid on his camp on the Jhelum River
1206	Qutb-ud-din Aibak establishes Ghulam Dynasty later to be known as Delhi Sultanate.
1210	Qutb-ud-din Aibak died while playing polo. Accession of Aram Shah.
1210-1211	Accession of Iltutmish.
1221	Genghis Khan invades Punjab.
1231	Tejahpala.
1231-1232	Foundation of the Qutb Minar.
1236	Death of Iltutmish. Accession and deposition of Firuz. Accession of Raziya Sultan.
1237	Sri Madhwaharya born in Pajaka near Udupi, Karnataka
1240	Murder of Razia Sultan by Turkish nobles.
1241	Capture of Lahore by Mongols.
1244-1262	Visaladeva, King of Gujarat.
1246	Accession of Nasir-ud-din Mahmud.
1251-1270	Jatavarman Sundara Pandya I.
1260-1291	Rudramma, the great Kakatyia Queen.
1266	Death of Nasir-ud-din Mahmud. Accession of Ghiyas-din Balban.
1267	The Mahanubhava philosophy established by Chakradhar Swami.
1275	Birth of Saint Dyaneshwara.
1287	Death of Balban. Accession of Muiz ud din Qaiqabad.Mongol Invasion repelled.
1288	Marco Polo at Kayal.
1290	Murder of Muiz ud din Qaiqabad. Accession of Jalal-ud-din Khalji.
1292	Ala-ud-din Khalji captures Bhilsa. Mongol Invasion.
1294	Devagiri pillaged by Ala-ud-din Khalji.
1296	Accession of Ala-ud-din Khalji.
1297	Conquest of Gujarat (from Karnadeva II).
1301	Capture of Ranthambhor by Ala-ud-din Khalji.
1302-1303	Capture of Chitor. Mongol Invasion.
1305	Conquest of Malwa, Ujjain, Mandu, Dhar and Chanderi by Ala-ud-din Khalji
1310	Ala-ud-din Khalji's army under Malik Kafur occupies Devagiri ending the Seuna Yadava Kingdom.
1316	Death of Ala-ud-din Khalji.
1323	Ulugh Khan defeats Prataparudra ending the Kakatiya dynasty
1325	Accession of Muhammad bin Tughluq.
1327	Transfer of capital from Delhi to Daultabad.
1328	The Mongols invade India.
1333-1334	Arrival of Ibn Batutah.
1336	Vijayanagara Empire established by Harihara I and his brother Bukka Raya I
1337-1338	Expedition to Nagarkot.
1336	Shah Mir, King of Kashmir.
1342	Ibn Batutah leaves Delhi on his mission to China.
1343	Veera Ballala III was killed at the Battle of Madurai.
1347	Governor Hasan Gangu revolts against Muhammad bin Tughluq founding the Bahmani Sultanate
1351	Accession of Muhammad bin Tughluq. Samma Dynasty assumes rule over Sindh.
1353	Firuz's first expedition to Bengal.
1359	Firuz's second expedition to Bengal.
1360	Firuz's expedition to Orissa.
1361	Firuz's capture of Nagarkot or Kangra.
1363	Firuz's first expedition to Sindh.
1370	Bukka, the Vijayanagara ruler and his son Kumara Kamapna capture the entire Tamil speaking parts.
1374	Bukka sends an embassy to the emperor of China.
1388	Death of Firuz, son of Rajab. Accession of Ghiyas-ud-din Tughluq II.
1392	Dilawar Khan, Governor of Malwa.
1398	Invasion of Timur, plunders Lahore
1401	Dilawar Khan establishes the Malwa Sultanate in present-day northern India
1407	Zafar Khan: governor of Gujarat, declares himself as Sultan Muzaffar Shah founding the Gujarat Sultanate/Muzaffarid dynasty
1414	Khizr Khan, deputized by Timur to be the governor of Multan takes over Delhi founding the Sayyid dynasty
1424	Deva Raya II succeeded his father Veera Vijaya Bukka Raya as monarch of the Vijayanagara Empire
1430-1469	Rana Kumbha
1443	Abdur Razzaq visits India
1446	Mallikarjuna Raya succeeds his father Deva Raya II
1451	Bahlul Khan Lodhi ascends the throne of the Delhi sultanate starting the Lodhi dynasty
1458-1511	Mahmud Begarha.
1459	Foundation of Jodhpur.
1469	Birth of Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism.
1472	Birth of Farid (Sher Khan).
1483	Birth of Babur in Andijan, Fergana Valley in Central Asia.
1485	Saluva Narasimha Deva Raya drives out Praudha Raya ending the Sangama Dynasty
1486	Advent of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, founder of Gaudiya Vaishnavism and leader of the world's first civil disobedience movement, in Navadwip, West Bengal
1489	Accession of Sikandar Lodi.
1490	Ahmadnagar declares independence, followed by Bijapur and Berar in the same year thus breaking up the Bahmani Sultanate.
1494	Accession of Babur in Farghana.
1498	Vasco de Gama's first voyage from Europe to India and back (to 1499)

1501 AD - 1800 AD

Year	Event
1503	Kingdom of Kochi is taken over by the Portuguese creating the first European settlement in India.
1504	Babur occupies Kabul.
1508	The Christian-Islamic power struggle in Europe and the Middle East. Spills over into the Indian Ocean as Battle of Chaul during the Portuguese-Mamluk War
1509	Battle of Diu marks the beginning of the dominance of the Europeans in the Asian naval theater. Albuquerque, Portuguese Governor of India.
1509-1527	Rana Sanga
1510	Portuguese capture Goa, India (to 1961)
1511	Babur captures Samarkand again.
1513	Death of Albuquerque.
1517	Death of Sikandar Lodi.
1522	Portuguese land on the Coromandel Coast
1526	21 April. Sultan Ibrahim Lodi, of the Delhi Sultanate, angers local nobles, who respond by inviting Babur, the Mughal ruler of Kabul, to invade Delhi and Agra. The local population, plus the possession of artillery, assists Babur in killing the Sultan (whose soldiers desert him) at the First Battle of Panipat.
1527	17 March. Babur bribes Mewar general Silhadi promising Silhadi a kingdom, if Silhadi betrays Mewar King Rana Sanga in Battle of Khanwa, thus leading to the annexation of Mewar.
1529	Battle of Gogra
1530	Babur dies, and is succeeded by his son Humayun. Babur completes his Baburnama, reflecting on society, politics, economics, history, geography, nature, flora and fauna, which to this day is a standard textbook in 25 countries.
1533	Bahadur of Gujarat captures Chitor.
1534	Humayun marches to Malwa.
1535	Defeat of Bahadur Shah of Gujarat and his fight to Mandu.
1537	Death of Bahadur Shah of Gujarat.
1535	Sherkhan Defeats of Mahmud Shah of Bengal; Humayun enters Gaur; Death of Guru Nanak.
1539	Battle of Chausa fought between Humayun and Sher Shah Suri in which Humayun defeated. Guru Angad Dev becomes second guru of Sikhs.
1540	Battle of Kannauj fought between Humayun and Sher Shah Suri and Humayun was completely defeated. Humayun lost the Mughal empire to Afghans (Suri Dynasty), and passed 12 years in exile. Birth of Maharana Pratap Singh of Mewar ( son of Maharana Udai Singh II )
1542	Birth of Akbar.
1544	Humayun arrives in Persia.
1545	22 May. Death of Sher Shah Suri and succeeded by Islam Shah Suri.
1552	Guru Amar Das becomes third Guru of Sikhs.
1554	22 November. Death of Islam Shah Suri. Accession of Muhammad Adil Shah. Sikandar Sur in the Punjab.
1555	Humayun regained the throne of Delhi from the hands of weak successors of Sher Shah.
1556	Humayun converts from Sunni Islam to Shia Islam, to gain the alliance of the Shah of Persia. Humayun dies, and is succeeded by his son Akbar. Hindu king Hemu establishes 'Hindu Raj' in North India and bestowed with title of "Samrat Hem Chandra Vikramaditya"; Second Battle of Panipat fought between Hemu and Akbar's forces in which Hemu is killed.
1558	Death of Ibrahim Sur. End of Sur dynasty.
1560	Fall of Bairam Khan.
1561	Mughul Invasion of Malwa.
1562	Akbar marries a princess of Amber.
1564	Abolition of Zizya. Death of Rani Durgavati and annexation of the Gond Kingdom.
1565	26 January. Battle of Talikota results in the rout of Vijayanagara empire.
1568	Kararani's conquest of Orissa. Fall of Chitor.
1569	Capture of Ranthambhor and Kalinjar. Birth of Salim.
1571	Foundation of Fatehpur Sikri by Akbar.
1572	Akbar annexes Gujarat, also shifts the Mughal capital to Fatehpur Sikri where a new township and citadel containing buildings of a unique all-India character—inspired by the architecture of Bengal, Gujarat, Malwa, Kashmir as well as the Timurid world—is born.
1573	Surat surrenders to Akbar.
1574	Death of Guru Amardas. Guru Ram Das becomes fourth Guru of Sikhs. Akbar annexes Bengal.
1575	Battle of Tukaroi.
1576	Subjugetion of Bengal. Death of Daud near Rajmahal. The Battle of Gugunda or Haldighati.
1577	Akbar's troops invade Khandesh.
1580	Accession of Ibrahim Adil Shah II in Bijapur. First Jesuit mission at Agra.
1581	Akbar's march against Muhammad Hakim and reconciliation with him. Death of Guru Ramdas. Guru Arjan Dev becomes fifth Guru of Sikhs.
1582	Divine faith promulgated.
1585	Fitch at Agra.
1586	Akbar annexes Kashmir.
1589	Death of Todar Mal and Bhagwan Das.
1591	Mughul conquest of Sindh.
1592	Annexation of Orissa.
1595	Siege of Ahmadnagar. Acquisition of Kandahar. Annexation of Baluchistan.
1597	Death of Rana Pratap.
1600	East India company is formed in England. Gets exclusive trading rights with India. Ahmadnagar stormed.
1601	Capture of Asirgarh.
1602	Death of Abul Fazl.
1605	Akbar dies, and is succeeded by his son Jehangir.
1606	Kandahar invested by the Persians. Execution of the fifth Sikh Guru Arjan. Guru Hargobind becomes sixth guru of Sikhs.
1607	Kandahar relieved by the Mughuls. Sher Afghan, first husband of Nur Jahan, killed.
1609	Hawkins arrives at Agra. The Dutch open a factory at Pulicat.
1611	Jahangir marries Nur Jahan. Hawkins leaves Agra. The English establish a factory at Masulipatan.
1612	British India (to 1947) East India Company (to 1757). First English factory at Surat. Khurram marries Mumtaz Mahal. Mughuls annex Kutch Hajo.
1613	Jahangir's firman to the English Company.
1615	Submission of Mewar to the Mughuls. Arrival of Thomas Roe in India.
1616	Thomas Roe received by Jahangir. The Dutch establish a factory at Surat.
1618	Thomas Roe, after obtaining firmans for English, leaves the Imperial Court.
1619	Thomas Roe leaves India.
1620	Capture of the Kangra fort.
1622	Death of Khusrav, Shah Abbas of Persia besiges and takes Kandahar. Malik Ambar takes Bidar.
1626	Death of Malik Ambar. Rebellion of Mahabat Khan.
1627	Death of Jahangir. Birth of Shivaji (or 1630 according to some).
1628	Shah Jahan proclaimed Emperor. Jehangir announces "Chain of Justice" outside his palace that anyone can ring the bell and get a personal hearing with the emperor. Jehangir dies, and is succeeded by his son Shah Jahan.
1629	Rebellion of Khan Jahan Lodi.
1630	Birth of Chatrapati Shivaji.
1631	Death of Mumtaz Mahal. Defeat and death of Khan Jahan Lodi.
1632	Mughul invasion of Bijapur. Sack of Hugli. Grant of the Golden firman to the English Company by The Sultan of Golkunda.
1633	End of Ahmadnagar Dynasty.
1634	Firman permitting English trade in Bengal.
1636	Treaties with Bijapur and Golkunda. Shahji enters the services of Bijapur. Aurangzeb appointed Viceroy of the Deccan.
1638	Peace between Mughuls and Ahoms. Kandahar recovered by the Mughuls.
1639	Foundation of Fort St. George at Madras.
1644	8 March. Guru Har Rai becomes seventh guru of Sikhs; Shivaji takes oath of Independence at Raireshwar.
1646	Shahji captures Torna.
1649	Persians recover Kandahar.
1651	English factory started at Hugli. Firman granted to the English Company by Suja.
1653	Aurangzeb reappointed Governor of Deccan. The Dutch start a factory at Chinsura.
1656	The Mughuls attack Hyderabad and Golkunda.Annexation of Javli by Shivaji.
1657	Shivaji raids Ahmednagar and Jamnagar]] but is pardoned.Invasion of Bijapur by Aurangzeb. He captures Bidar and Kalyani. Illness of Shah Jahan. The war of succession begins.
1658	Shah Jahan completes Taj Mahal, Jama Masjid, and Red Fort. Imperial treasuries drained by architectural and military over expenditures. Shah Jahan dies, and is succeeded by his son Aurangzeb.
1659	Battle of Khajwah and Deorali. Shivaji's ill-equipped and small Maratha army defeat mighty Adilshahi troops at the Battle of Pratapgarh in a major upset in Indian history. Shivaji personally kills Adilshahi commander Afzal Khan (general).
1660	Jumla appointed Governor of Bengal. Shuja chased from Bengal to Arakan. Mir
1661	7 October:Guru Har Krishan becomes eight guru of Sikhs. Cession of Bombay to English. Execution of Murad. Mughul capture of Cooch Bihar.
1662	Peace with Ahoms. Death of Sulaiman Shukho.
1663	Death of Mir Jumla.
1664	Shivaji sacks Surat. Colbert, the French Minister, founds an Indian Company. Shivaji assumes royal title.|-
1665	20 March. Guru Tegh Bahadur becomes ninth Guru of Sikhs.
1666	Death of Shah Jahan. Shivaji's visit to Agra and escape.
1667	The Yusufzais rebel.
1668	New religious ordinances. Cession of Bombay to East India Company. First French factory started at Surat.
1669	Jat rebellion under Gokla.
1670	Second sack of Surat.
1671	Rise of Chhatrasal Bundela.
1672	Satnami out break. Revolt of the Afridis.
1674	Forces led by Shivaji defeat Aurangzeb's troops, and establishes Maratha Empire. Shivaji assumes title of Chhatrapati.
1675	Guru Tegh Bahadur, the ninth Guru of Sikhs is executed in Delhi by the order of Aurangzeb for his support for the Kashmiri Hindus to practice their religion.Guru Gobind Singh becomes tenth Guru of Sikhs.
1677	Shivaji's conquests in the Carnatic.
1678	Marwar occupied by the Mughuls. Death of Jaswant Singh.
1679	Reimposition of the Zizya. Mughul attack on Marwar.
1680	Shivaji dies of fever at Raigad. Sambhaji becomes 2nd Chhatrapati of the Maratha Empire. Rebellion of prince Akbar.
1681	Aurangzeb invades the Deccan. Loss of Kamarupa by the Mughuls.
1686	English war with the Mughuls. Fall of Bijapur.
1687	Fall of Golkunda.
1689	March :Chatrapati Sambhaji dies. Raja Ram succeeds but retires to Jinji.
1690	Peace between the Mughuls and English. Calcutta founded.
1691	Defeat of the Jats. Aurangzeb at the Zenith of his power.
1696	Danish India (to 1869)
1698	The English obtain zamindari of Sutanati, Calcutta, and Govindpura.
1699	Guru Gobind Singh, the 10th Guru of Sikhs creates Khalsa, the saint-soldier at Anandpur Sahib, Punjab. First Maratha raid of Malwa.
1700	2 March:Rajaram Chhatrapati dies, regency of his widow Tara Bai.
1703	Maraths enter Berar.
1705	Mughal army arrested for the act.
1706	Marathas raid Gujarat and sack Baroda.
1707	Death of Aurangzeb the mughal emperor. Battle of Jajau. accession of Bahadur Shah.
1708	Shahu, King of the Marathas. Death of Guru Govind Singh. Guru Granth Sahib becomes Guru of Sikhs.
1712	Death of Bahadur Shah. Accession of Jahandar Shah.
1713	Jahandar Shah murdered. Farrukhsiyar becomes emperor.
1714	Balaji Vishwanath Peshwa. Husain Ali appointed Viceroy of Deccan. treaty of Marathas with Husain Ali.
1716	Execution of Banda, the Sikh leader. The Surman embassy.
1717	Farrukhsiyar's firman to the English Company. Re-imposition of Zizya.
1719	Husain Ali returns with Marathas. Farrukhsiyar put to death. Death of Rafi-ud-Darajat. Accession of Muhammad Shah.
1720	Accession of Baji Rao Peshwa. Fall of Sayyid brothers.
1721	March - October: Attingal Outbreak takes place; 13–14 November. Madras cyclone occurs
1724	Sa-adat's Khan appointed Governor of Oudh. Nizam virtually independent in Deccan. Qumar-ud-din becomes wzir.
1725-1739	Shuja-ud-din, Governor of Bengal.
1735	Baji Rao recognized by the Imperial Govt as ruler of Malwa.
1739	Nadir Shah takes Delhi.
1740	Alivardi Khan becomes Governor of Bengal. Accession of Baji Rao Peshwa. Marathas invade Arcot. Dost Ali killed.
1742	Maratha invasion of Bengal. Dupleix Governor of Pondichery.
1744-1748	First Anglo-French War.
1745	Rise of Rohillas.
1746	La Bourdonnais takes Madras.
1747	Invasion of Ahmad Shah Abdali.
1748	Death of Nizam-ul-mulk. Death of Muhammad Shah of Delhi and accession of Ahmad Shah.
1749	Death of Shahu. The Maratha Peshwa (prime minister) usurps the Maratha kingdom, starting a new dynastic rule based in Pune.
1750	Defeat of death of Nasir Jang.
1750-1754	War of the Deccan and Carnatic succession.
1751	Clive's defence of Arcot. Death of Muzaffar jang and accession of Salabat Jang. Treaty of Alivardi with the Marathas.
1754	Recall of Dupleix. Godeheu's treaty with the English. Accession of Alamgir II.
1756	Death of Alivardi Khan. Accession of Siraj-ud-daulah.
1756-1763	Seven Years' War.
1757	Battle of Plassey; Company rule in India (to 1858). Siraj-ud-daulah captures Calcutta. Sack of Delhi and Mathura by Ahmad Shah Abbali. The English capture Chandernagore. Mir Jafar made Nawab of Bengal.
1758	Lally in India. The Marathas in the Punjab. Capture of Masulipatam by Forde.
1759	French India (to 1954). Forde defeats the Dutch at Bedara. 'Ali Gauhar invades Bihar. Murder of 'Alamgir II by Ghazi-ud-din.
1760	Marathas comprehensively defeat the Nizam, Maratha Empire reaches its zenith. Battle of Wandiwash. Battle of Udgir. Mir Qasim, Nawab of Bengal. Vansittart, Company's Governor in Bengal.
1761	The Marathas are routed in the Third Battle of Panipat on 14 January 1761, by the Afghans led by Ahmad Shah Durrani, an ethnic Pashtun, also known as Ahmad Shah Abdali. The battle is considered one of the largest battles fought in the 18th century. Fall of Pondicherry. Shah Alam II becomes Emperor. Shuja-ud-daulah becomes wazir. Accession of Madhava Rao Peshwa, Rise of Hyder 'Ali.
1763	Expulsion of Mir Kasim.
1764	Battle of Buxar (British victory against allied Mughal, Bengal and Oudh forces)
1765	Princely states (to 1947). Death of Mir Jafar. Grant of the Diwani of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa to the British. Treaty of Allahabad. Clive, Company's Governor in Bengal.
1766	Grant of the Northern Sarkars to the English.
1767	First Anglo-Mysore War begins, in which Haidar Ali of Mysore defeats the combined armies of the East India Company, the Marathas and the Nizam of Hyderabad. Departure of Clive.
1767-1769	The First Mysore War.
1770	The Great Bengal Famine.
1771	Marathas re-captures Delhi and parts of North India.
1772	14 August:Ram Mohan Roy Born (to 1833). Warren Hastings' appointment as Governor. Death of Miidhava Rao Peshwa.
1773	Narayanrao Peshwa is murdered by his uncle Raghunathrao's wife in front of Raghunathrao. Regulating Act of 1773; Warren Hastings appointed as first Governor-General of India
1774	Chief Justice of the Maratha Empire, Ram Shastri passes death sentence against the ruling Peshwa Raghunathrao for murdering his nephew. The Rohilla (Ruhela) War. Warren Hastings becomes Governor-General. Establishment of Supreme Court, Calcutta.
1775	First Anglo-Maratha War.Trial and execution of Nanda Kumar.
1776	The Treaty of Purandhar.
1779	Maratha sardar Mahadji Shinde routs the East India Company army at the Battle of Wadgaon War ends with the restoration of status quo as per Treaty of Salbai.
1780	Second Anglo-Mysore War begins. Popham's capture of Gwalior.
1781	Deposition of Chait Singh. Act passed to amend the Regulating Act.
1782	Affair of the Begarns of Oudh. The Treaty of Salbai, Death of Hyder 'Ali.
1783	Death of Coote. Fox's India Bills.
1784	Second Anglo-Mysore War ends with the Treaty of Mangalore.Pitt's India Act.
1785	Resignation of Warren Hastings.
1786	District collectors in Bengal were made responsible for settling the revenue and collecting it. Lord Cornwallis becomes Governor-General.
1789	Third Anglo-Mysore War begins.
1790	The Marathas under Holkar and General de Boigne defeat the Rajputs of Jaipur and Mughals at the Battle of Patan, where 3000+ Rajput cavalry is killed and the entire Mughal unit vanquished. The defeat crushes Rajput hope of independence from external influence.
1792	Ranjit Singh succeeds his father as leader of a Sikh Misl. Third Anglo-Mysore War ends. Treaty of Seringapatam.
1793	The Permanent Settlement of Bengal. Renewal of the Company's Chatter.
1794	Death of Mahadaji Sindhia.
1795	13 August:Death of Ahilyabai Holkar. The Battle of Kharda.
1796	Ching-Thang Khomba moves Manipur's capital to Kangla
1797	Zaman Shah at Lahore. Death of Asaf-ud-daulah of Oudh.
1798	Fourth Anglo-Mysore War begins. Wazir Ali deposed and succeeded by Sa 'adat 'All. Lord Mornington (Wellesley) becomes Governor-General. Subsidiary Treaty with the Nizam.
1799	Fourth Anglo-Mysore War ends with the death of Tipu Sultan, the victory of the East India Company, and the restoration of their ally, the Wodeyar dynasty of Mysore. Polygar War. Partition of Mysore. Ranjit Singh's appointment to the Governorship of Lahore. Malcolm's mission to Persia. William Carey opens Baptist Mission at Serampore.
1800	Death of Nana Fadnavis.Establishment of the College of Fort William.

1801 AD - 2000 AD

Year	Event
1801	Maharaja Ranjit Singh establishes Khalsa rule of Punjab from Lahore. Khalsa army liberates Kashmiri Pundits and invades Afghanistan through Khyber Pass. Annexation of the Carnatic.
1802	Treaty of Bassein.
1803	Second Anglo-Maratha War begins.
1805	Siege of Bharatpur fails. Recall of Wellesley. Second Anglo-Maratha War ends.
1806	Vellore Mutiny.
1808	Mission of Malcolm to Persia and of Elphinstone to Kabul.
1809	East India Company signs the first Treaty of Amritsar with Ranjit Singh
1811	28 October: Death of Yashwantrao Holkar.
1813	Renewal of the Company's Charter.
1814	"Atmiya Sabha" Established Later on known as "Prarthana Samaj" By Raja Ram Mohan Roy. The Anglo-Gurkha War begins.
1816	The Anglo-Gurkha War ends.
1817	Third Anglo-Maratha War begins; Establishment of Hindu College (Presidency College, now Presidency University, Kolkata).
1817-1818	The Pindari War.
1818	Third Anglo-Maratha War ends with the defeat of Bajirao II and the end of the Maratha Empire leaving the East India Company with control of almost the whole of India.
1819	Elphinstone, Governor of Bombay.
1820	September. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar is born (to 1891). Munro, Governor of Madras. The Samachar Darpan started.
1823	Anglo–Burmese Wars (to 1826)
1824	12 February. Dayananda Saraswati is born (to 1883).The First Burmese War.
1826	British rule in Burma (to 1947). Fall of Bharatpur.
1827	Death of Sir Thomas Munro. Malcolm, Governor of Bombay.
1828	Lord William Bentinck becomes Governor-General.
1829	Prohibition of Sati.
1829-1837	Suppression of Thuggee.
1830	Rammohan Roy visits England.
1831	Raja of Mysore deposed and its administration taken over by the Company. Burmes' journey up the Indus. Meeting of Maharaja Ranjit Singh (Punjab) and the Governor-General at Rupar.
1832	Annexation of Jaintia.
1833	Renewal of the Company's Charter. Abolition of the Company's trading rights. Legislative power centralized.
1834	Annexation of Coorg. Macaulay Law Member. Formation of the Agra Province.
1835	Education Resolution. Metcalfe and abolition of Press restrictions.
1836	Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa is born (to 1886)
1838	Tripartite Treaty between Shah Shuja, Ranjit Singh and the English.
1839	Death of Ranjit Singh. New treaty forced on the Amirs of Sind. First Anglo-Afghan War.
1843	Conquest of Sind. Gwalior War. Suppression of slavery.
1845	First Anglo-Sikh Wars (to 1849); 4 November. Vasudev Balwant Phadke is born (to 1883)
1848	Lord Dalhousie becomes Governor-General.
1849	Opening of a Hindu girls' school in Calcutta by Drinkwater Bethune.
1852	The Second Anglo-Burmese War.
1853	16 April:Railway opened from Bombay to Thana. Started Post Service. Telegraph line from Calcutta to Agra. Annexation of Nagpur. Cession of Berar. Renewal of the Company's charter:
1854	Sir Charles Wood's Education Despatch.
1855	30 June: Santhal rebellion
1856	25 July:Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act, 1856; 23 July: Bal Gangadhar Tilak is born (to 1920); 20 August: Narayana Guru is born (to 1928).Annexation of Oudh. University Act.
1857	10 May: Indian Rebellion of 1857; Established first three University of Mumbai, University of Madras and University of Calcutta in India.
1858	British Raj (to 1947). upeen Victoria's Proclamation. 7 November: Bipin Chandra Pal is born (to 1932).
1859	18 April: Death of Tatya Tope. Indigo disputes in Bengal.
1861	Indian Councils Act. The Indian High Courts Act. Introduction of the Penal Code.
1862	Amalgamation of the Supreme and Sadar courts into High Courts.
1863	12 January: Swami Vivekanand is born (to 1902). Death of Dost Muhammad. Ambala Campaign.
1864	Bhutan War.
1865	The Orissa Famine. Opening of telegraphic communication with Europe.28 January: Lala Lajpat Rai is born (to 1928).
1867	"Prarthana Samaj" Established Earlier known as "Atmiya Sabha".
1868	Punjab Tenancy Act. Railway opened from Ambala to Delhi. Sher 'Ali, Amir of Afghanistan, receives an annual grant of six lacs of rupees.
1869	Mahatma Gandhi is born (to 1948); Thakkar Bapa is Born (to 1951). Ambala Conference with Sher 'Ali. Yakub's rebellion in Afghanistan.
1870	Mayo's Provincial Settlement.
1872	Seistan Boundary Report.
1873	Russians reduce [[Khiva[[. The Simla Conference.
1874	The Bihar famine. Disraeli becomes Prime Minister in England.
1875	"Arya Samaj" Established; Aligarh Muslim University; Deccan Riots. Gaikwar of Baroda's case. Visit of the Prince of Wales.
1876	The Royal Titles Act.
1877	January. Delhi Durbar First time. The Queen of England proclaimed Empress of India.
1878	Outbreak of the Second Anglo-Afghan War. Vernacular Press Act.
1880	'Abdur Rahman recognized as Amir of Afghanistan. Famine Commission.
1881	Factory Act. Rendition of Mysore.
1882	Hunter Commission.
1883	The Ilbert Bill.
1885	28 December: Indian National Congress Established. Bengal Tenancy Act. Bengal Local Self-Government Act. Third Anglo-Burmese War.
1886	Annexation of Upper Burma. Delimitation of Afghan northern boundary.
1889	3 Decembe: Khudiram Bose is born (to 1908). Abdication of Maharaja of Kashmir. Second visit of Prince of Wales.
1891	14 April: B. R. Ambedkar is born (to 1956). Factory Act. Age of Consent Act. Manipur Rebellion.
1892	Indian Councils Act.
1893	Durand's mission to Kabul.
1895	The Chitral Expedition.
1897	23 January: Subhas Chandra Bose is born (to 1945). Frontier risings. Plague at Bombay. Famine Commission.
1899	Lord Curzon,becomes Governor-General.
1900	Famine Commission.
1902	Anushilan Samiti, organized revolutionary association formed.
1903	Delhi Durbar Second Time.
1904	British Expedition to Tibet; Universities Act. Co-operative Societies Act.
1905	Partition of Bengal.Lord Minto becomes Governor-General. Morley Secretary of State for India.
1906	Jugantar formed. 30 December: Muslim League formed in Dacca. Congress declaration regarding Swaraj.
1907	The Anglo-Russian Convention.
1908	The Newspapers Act.
1909	Morley-Minto Reforms. Appointment of S. P. Sinha to the Governor-General. Council.
1910	Lord Crewe Secretary of State for India.
1911	Delhi Durbar Third Time. Partition of Bengal modified. Census of India.
1912	Delhi conspiracy case. Removal of the Imperial capital to Delhi.
1913	Gadar Party formed. Rabindranath Tagore won Nobel Prize in Literature. . Educational Resolution of the Government of India.
1914	Hindu–German Conspiracy.
1914-1918	The First World War.
1915	Ghadar conspiracy; Provisional Government of India formed in Kabul. Mahatma Gandhi returned to India. Defence of India Act.
1916	Lucknow Pact. Sadler Commission. The Lucknow Pact of the Indian National Congress and the All-India Muslim League. The Home Rule League founded. Foundation of the Women's University at Poona.
1917	Champaran and Kheda Satyagraha. Mr. Montagu's declaration in the House of Commons. His visit to India.
1917-1918	Indians made eligible for the King's Commission. The Indian National Liberal Federation. Report of the Industrial Commission.
1919	Jallianwala Bagh massacre; Montagu–Chelmsford Reforms; Rowlatt Act. Punjab Disturbances. Royal Proclamation.
1920	Non-cooperation movement Khilafat Movement. Lord Sinha, Governor of Bihar and Orissa. Mahatma Gandhi leads the Congress.
1921	Chamber of Princes. Moplah Rebellion. The Prince of Wales visits India. Census of India.
1922	Resignation of Mr. Montagu.
1923	Swarajists in Indian Councils. Certification of Salt tax. Question of Indianizing the command of certain regiments -the eight-unit plan.
1924	Hindustan Socialist Republican Association formed.
1925	Kakori conspiracy. All-India Depressed Class Association. Reforms Enquiry Committee Report. Death of C. R. Das. Formation of Inter-University Board.
1926	Reprrt of the Skeen Committee. Lord Reading's letter to the Nizam, Royal Commission on Agriculture. Factories Act.
1927	November: Appointment of the Simon Commission. Indian Navy Act. Capetown Agreement.
1928	Bardoli Satyagraha.Deposition of Amanullah, King of Mghinistan. All-parties Conference. The Nehru Report. Report of the Royal Commission on Agriculture.
1928-1933	Nadir Shah, King of Afghiinistan.
1929	Central Assembly Bombed by Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt. Purna Swaraj resolution.Lord Irwin's Announcement of 31st October. Trade Union split. Establishment of the Imperial Council of Agricultural Research. Lahore Congress. AppointInent of the Royal Commission on Indian Labour.
1930	Salt Satyagraha; First civil disobedience movement. Report of the Statutory Commission. Rebellion in Burma. Round Table Conference (First Session).
1931	March: Gandhi–Irwin Pact; 23 March:Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev Martyred; September–December: Round Table Conferences (India) (Second Session). Census of India. Publication of the Royal Labour Commission's Report.
1932	24 September: Poona Pact; 4 August: Communal Award; November–December: Round Table Conferences (India) (Third Session). Suppression of the Congress. The Indian Military Academy, Dehra Dun.
1933	Publication of the White Paper.
1934	Civil Disobedience Movement called off. The Indian Factories Act, 1934. The Bihar Earthquake. Joint Committee on Indian Constitutional Reform.
1935	August Government of India Act 1935.
1936	Death of King-Emperor George V (21st January). Accession and abdication of Edward VIII. Accession of George VI.
1937	1st April: Inauguration of Provincial Autonomy. Congress Ministries in the majority of Provinces.
1939	Second World War begins (3rd September). All India Forward Bloc Established by Subhas Chandra Bose.Resignation of Congress Ministries and the beginning of political deadlock in India.
1940	Lahore Resolution; 8 August August offer 1940.
1941	Japan enters the war (7th December). Pearl Harbour Incident.
1942	Quit India Movement; Late March:Cripps' mission. August: Indian National Army Established by Subhas Chandra Bose. Fall of Singapore (15th February). Evacuation of Rangoon (7th March). Cripps Mission (22nd March-12th April). Evacuation of Burma (29th April). August Revolution and arrest of Indian Leaders.
1943	Arzi Hukumat-e-Azad Hind, the Provisional Government of Free India formed by Netaji.Lord Wavell Governor-General. Lord Mountbatten Supreme Commander of South-East Asia.
1944	Subhas Chandra Bose calls Mahatma Gandhi as the Father of the Nation.Gandhi-Jinnah talks opened in Bombay on Sri Rajagopiilachari's proposals for solution of constitutional deadlock (9th September). Talks break down on Pakistan issue (27th September).
1945	Lord Wavell's broadcast announcing British Government's determination to go ahead with the task of fitting India for self-government (19th September). First trial of Indian National Army men opened (5th November).
1946	Mutiny in Royal Indian Navy (18th February). March. Cabinet Mission ; 16 August Direct Action Day/Great Calcutta Killings.Announcement of special mission of Cabinet Ministers to India (19th February.) Cabinet Mission's plan announced (16th May). British Cabinet's plan for Interim Government announced (16th June). Muslim League decides to participate in the Interim Government; Congress announces acceptance of the long-term part of 16th May plan, but refuses invitation to participate in Interim Government (25th June). Muslim League withdraws its acceptance and decides on a policy of direct action (29th July). This leads to outbreak of mob violence in Calcutta (16th August). Interim Government formed (2nd September}. Muslim League members sworn in (26th October). Constituent Assembly's first meeting (9th December).
1947	Lord Mountbatten's appointment as Viceroy of India in succession to LOrd Wavell (20th February). Partition of India and Pakistan becomes an independent state on 14 August 1947. Freedom from British Raj. Hundreds of thousands die in widespread communal bloodshed after partition. (to 1948). British Government's historic announcement of transfer of power to "responsible Indian hands" not later than June, 1948. Announcement of Lord Mountbatten's plan for Partition of India (3rdJune). Indian Independence Act (15th August).
1948	30 January: Mahatma Gandhi assassinated by a right wing Hindu nationalist Nathuram Godse. War with Pakistan over disputed territory of Kashmir. Telangana and other princely states integrated in Indian union; 1950 26 January. India became Republic. Sri Chakravarti Rajagopalachari appointed Governor-General (21st June). Death of Qaid-i-Azam Jinnah (11 th September). Troops of Government of India enter Hyderabad State (September).
1949	New Constitution of India adopted and signed (26th November).
1950	New Constitution comes into force (26th January).
1951	Congress Party wins first general elections under leadership of Jawaharlal Nehru. (to 1952). Inauguration of First Five-Year Plan.
1952	First General Election. Accession of Queen Elizabeth II. Chandernagore incorporated with India.
1953	New State of Andhra inaugurated. Chandigarh inaugurated as capital of the Punjab.
1954	Pondicherry, Karaikal, Mahe, Yanon incorporated with India.
1955	Hindu Marriage Act (18th May).
1956	Nationalization of insurance companies (19th January). Pakistan proclaimed an Islamic Republic (23rd March). Hindu Succession Act (17th June). Reorganization of States (November). Inauguration of Second Five-Year Plan. Celebration of 2500th anniversary of death of Gautama Buddha.
1957	Second General Election. Introduction of the decimal system of coinage (1st April).
1958	Introduction of the metric system of weights (1st October).
1959	The Dalai Lama enters Indian territory for political asylum (31st March). The President takes over the administration of Kerala (31st January). Sino-Indian border disputes. Indo-Portuguese dispute. Arrival of Dwight D. Eisenhower, President of the U.S.A., in New Delhi (9th December).
1960	Meeting of the Afro-Asian Conference at New Delhi (19th April). Visits of President Voroshilov and Premier Khrushchev of the U.S.S.R.; President Nasser of the U.A.R., Crown Prince Akihito and Princess Michiko of Japan.
1961	Arrival of Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh at New Delhi (21st January). Celebrations of the birth centenary of the poet Rabindranath Tagore (8th May.)
1962	war over disputed territory of Kashmir with China October). India won Diu, Daman and Goa from Portuguese India. Dr. S. Radhakrishnan and Dr. Zakir Hussain sworn in all President and Vice-President of India.
1963	Celebrations of the birth centenary of Swami Vivekanaada (17th January.)
1964	Death of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru (27th May). Massacre of the minorities in East Pakistan creates strong excitement in India (January-February).
1965	Second war with Pakistan over Kashmir.
1966	Death of Lal Bahadur Shastri (11th January). Tashkent Declaration (10th January). Nehru's daughter Indira Gandhi becomes prime minister.
1969	President Dr. Zakir Hussain passes away; V. V. Giri sworn in as Acting President (3rd May). V. V. Giri elected President of India (20th August); V. V. Giri sworn in as President of India (21st August). G.S. Pathak elected as Vice-President of India (30th August), sworn in as Vice-President of India (31st August).
1970	Prime Minister Indira Gandhi inaugurates Meghalaya, a new autonomous Hill State in Assam (2nd April). A Bill for setting up of 'North-Eastern Council', to co-ordinate the development and security of Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, and Tripura was passed (11th May). Prime Minister Indira Gandhi addressed the Silver Jubilee Session of the United Nations (23rd October). Centre recognized Statehood for Meghalaya (10th November. Statehood conferred on Himachal Pradesh (17th December).
1971	Twenty-year treaty of friendship signed with Soviet Union. Third World Sanskrit Conference in Allahabad (6th February). Arrest of Sheikh Mujibur Rehman (26th March). Indo-Soviet Treaty of Peace, Friendship and Co-operation (18th August). Pakistan declares war against India (3rd December). Syed Qasim sworn in as the Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir following the death of Sadiq (12th December). End of Indo-Pakistan War (15th-16th December).
1972	Arrival of Sheikh Mujibur Rehman in New Delhi after being released by the Pakistan Government (19th January). Mizoram inaugurated as a Union Territory (2lstJanuary). Arrival of Sheikh Mujibur Rehman in Calcutta (16th February), and his talks with India's Prime Minister Indira Gandhi (8th February). Indira Gandhi visits Dhaka and a joint statement is issued by India and Bangladesh; India and Bangladesh sign a 25 years treaty of friendship, CO-operation and peace (17th-19th March). India and Pakistan sign an Agreement at Simla, 2nd-3rd July committing both "to abjure the use of force in resolving differences".
1973-1974	India and the U.S.S.R. sign two Protocols, one on the expansion of the Bhilai Steel Plant and the other on scientific and technological co-operation (17th February). World meet on Libraries in New Delhi (19th February). Visits of Prime Ministers of Hungary. East-Germany Czechoslovakia, and German Democratic Reepublic, and of President of Sudan. India's Trade Agreements with these countries. Treaty between India and Portugal; recognition of Bangladesh by Pakistan (February). Release of a Joint Declaration by India and Bangladesh; the Delhi Agreement among India, Bangladesh and Pakistan. agreement between Delhi, Pindi and Dacca (9th April): India carried out' an underground nuclear experiment (18th May). Fakhruddin Ali Ahmad sworn in as the President of India (24th August). B.D.Jatti elected as Vice-President (27th August). Joint Communique by India and Bangladesh; Indo-Pakistan Trade Agreement (7th December).
1974	India explodes first nuclear device in underground test.
1975	Indira Gandhi declares state of emergency. Nearly 1,000 political opponents imprisoned and programme of compulsory birth control introduced. (to 1977). First World Hindi Convention inaugurated at Nagpur (10th January). Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, former President of India passed away in Madras (17th April). • 'Aryabhata', the first Indian satellite, launched from the Soviet Union (19th April). National Women's Day celebrated. The President declares a state of emergency in the country (25th June). An Ordinance amending the Maintenance of Internal Security Act issued (29th June). Announcement of a package of economic measures-the 20-Point Economic Programme (Ist July). The Constitution (Thirty-eighth) Amendment Act (1st July). The Constitution (Thirty-ninth) Amendment Act (1st August).
1976	The Constitution (Fortieth) Amendment Act (25th March).
1977	Indira Gandhi's Congress Party loses general elections. Janata Party comes to power.Communist party of India comes into power in West Bengal.
1979	Janata Party Splits.Chaudhary Charan Singh becomes Prime Minister.
1980	Indira Gandhi returns to power heading Congress party splinter group, Congress (Indira).
1983	N. T. Rama Rao NTR's 9 month old Telugu Desam Comes in to Power in AP marks a new Challenger post Loknayak Jayprakash Narayan against Indira
1984	Troops storm Golden Temple - Sikhs' most holy shrine - to flush out Sikh militants pressing for self-rule, called Operation Blue Star. "Anti-Sikh Riots 1984". Indira Gandhi assassinated by Sikh bodyguards, following which her son, Rajiv, takes over. Many Sikhs were killed due to the assassination of Indira Gandhi, and the government did not do anything. see 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
1987	India deploys troops for peacekeeping operation in Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict.
1989	Falling public support leads to Congress defeat in general election.
1989	National Front (India) Headed by N. T. Rama Rao and led by Janata party formed and stormed into power with outside support from BJP and CPI.
1990	Muslim separatist groups begin campaign of violence in Kashmir.
1991	Rajiv Gandhi assassinated by suicide bomber sympathetic to Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers. Economic reform programme begun by Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao.
1992	Hindu extremists demolish mosque in Ayodhya, triggering widespread Hindu-Muslim violence. Over 200 people die in Cuttack in Odisha, after drinking illegally brewed liquor in the 1992 Odisha liquor deaths incident.
1995	July. West Bengal Chief Minister Jyoti Basu made the first call from Kolkata to inaugurate the cellular services in India
1996	Congress suffers worst ever electoral defeat as Hindu nationalist BJP emerges as largest single party.
1996	August The Amarnath Yatra tragedy in which at least 194 pilgrims are reported to have frozen to death in northern Kashmir after being stranded by violent rain and snow storms.
1998	BJP forms coalition government under Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. India carries out nuclear tests, leading to widespread international condemnation.
1999	February. Vajpayee makes historic bus trip to Pakistan to meet Premier Nawaz Sharif and to sign bilateral Lahore peace declaration. May Tension in Kashmir leads to brief war with Pakistan-backed forces in the icy heights around Kargil in Indian-held Kashmir. October. Cyclone devastates eastern state of Odisha, leaving at least 10,000 dead.
2000	March. US President Bill Clinton makes a groundbreaking visit to improve ties. May India marks the birth of its billionth citizen.

See also

• List of Events in Jat History

References

R.C. Majumdar, H,C. Raychaudhari & Kalikinkar Datta (1978): An Advanced History of India, macmillan India Ltd. ISBN 033390298 X. pp.1067-1093

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