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Existence of
Bramha
Vishnu
Shiva
3300–1300 BCE; mature period (2600–1900 BCE)
Harappan Civilisation
Major Events in Indian History : 2000-1000 BC
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1900 1800 1700 1600 1500 1400 1300 1200 1100 1000
1800 BCE
Origin
Hypothesized time
of Vedic Period
period of disputed
Sanskrit
Indo-Aryan migration
Rigveda 1500-1100
Harappan Civilisation
Major Events in Indian History : 1000-900 BC
1000-991 990-981 980-971 970-961 960-951 950-941 940-931 930-921 920-911 910-901
End of Iron Age
Vedic Period
Major Events in Indian History : 900-800 BC
900-891 890-881 880-871 870-861 860-851 850-841 840-831 830-821 820-811 810-801
Mahabharatha
Major Events in Indian History : 800-700 BC
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700-691 690-681 680-671 670-661 660-651 650-641 640-631 630-621 620-611 610-601
700 BCE
The Upanishads, a
sacred text of
Hinduism, are
written.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_texts
Vedic Period
Major Events in Indian History : 600-500 BC
600-591 590-581 580-571 570-561 560-551 550-541 540-531 530-521 520-511 510-500
600 BCE
Sixteen Maha
Janapadas
("Great Realms" 599
or "Great Mahavira, 24th
Kingdoms") Tirthankar of
emerge. Jainism is born
500-491 490-481 480-471 470-461 460-451 450-441 440-431 430-421 420-411 410-400
400-391 390-381 380-371 370-361 360-351 350-341 340-331 330-321 320-311 310-300
345 BCE–321 333 321 305 BCE 304 BCE
BCE Persian rule in the Mauryan Empire is Chandragupta Seleucus gives
Nanda Dynasty northwest ends founded by Maurya
up his
after Darius III is Chandragupta territories in
Dhananda-King defeats
defeated by Maurya in Magadha the
Pataliputra Seleucus subcontinent
Alexander the Great, after he defeats the Nicator of the
Capital (Afghanistan/
who establishes the Nanda dynasty and
Macedonian Empire Seleucid Baluchistan)
Macedonian Empire
after inheriting the to
Seleucid Empire. Chandragupta
Persian Achaemenid
Mauryan capital city in exchange
Empire.
is Pataliputra for 500
326 (Modern Patna in elephants.
Ambhi king of Bihar) Seleucus
Takshila surrenders offers his
to Alexander daughter in
marriage to
Chandragupta
Ambhi- Greek King,
to seal their
Taxila was his capital friendship.
Chandragupta Maurya
326
Porus who ruled
parts of the Punjab,
fought Alexander at
the Battle of the
Hydaspes River.
Major Events in Indian History : 300-200 BC
300-291 290-281 280-271 270-261 260-251 250-241 240-231 230-221 220-211 210-201
273 BCE 232 BCE 230 BCE
Ashoka the Great regarded as Ashoka dies and is succeeded by Kunala Simuka declares independence from
the greatest ancient Indian Mauryan rule and establishes the
emperor, grandson of Satavahana Empire.
Chandragupta Maurya,
ascends as emperor of the
Mauryan Empire.
Chandragupta Maurya
Bindusara
Ashoka
Maurya Empire
Pataliputra is the
capital
100-090 090-080 080-070 070-060 060-050 050-040 040-030 030-020 020-010 010-000
80 BCE
Establishment of the Indo-Scythian kingdom.
57 BCE
Beginning of
Vikram Era-
Nepali Hindu
Calendar
65 BCE
The Pandyan king sends ambassadors to the Greek and Roman lands.
6th Century BCE to
16th Century CE
180 BCE
Establishment of the Indo-Greek kingdom.
Major Events in Indian History : 000AD-100 AD
Starting of
Shalivana era
The Western Satraps, Western Kshatrapas, or 78AD or CE 1st
Kshaharatas (35–405) were Indo-Scythian shalivana Shaka
78
(Saka) rulers of the western and central part of year (Shaka
Satavahana
India (Saurashtra and Malwa: modern Gujarat, Calendar )
Empire
Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh
states).
000-010 011-020 021-030 031-040 041-050 051-060 061-070 071-080 081-090 091-100
010
Establishment
of the Indo-
Parthian
kingdom
The Indo-Parthian Kingdom was ruled by the Gondopharid dynasty and
68
other rulers who were a group of ancient kings from Central Asia that
Kushan Empire
ruled parts of present-day Afghanistan, Pakistan and northwestern India,
during or slightly before the 1st century AD
65 BCE
The Pandyan king sends ambassadors to the Greek and Roman lands.
Major Events in Indian History : 100AD-200AD
100-110 111-120 121-130 131-140 141-150 151-160 161-170 171-180 181-190 191-200
Kushan Empire
65 BCE
The Pandyan king sends ambassadors to the Greek and Roman lands.
Major Events in Indian History : 200AD-300 AD
240
Sri-Gupta starts the Gupta Empire in Magadha, with its capital in Pataliputra
200-210 211-220 221-230 231-240 241-250 251-260 261-270 271-280 281-290 291-300
250–600
Kalabhra Dynasty
Kushan Empire
Pallavas
275 CE–897 CE
65 BCE
The Pandyan king sends ambassadors to the Greek and Roman lands.
Major Events in Indian History : 300AD-400 AD
Gangas (350–1000)
320 CE–550 CE
Gupta Empire
300-310 311-320 321-330 331-340 341-350 351-360 361-370 371-380 381-390 391-400
345-525
Kadambas of Banavasi
Mahabalipura Pallavas
275 CE–897 CE
Hunas were
a Turkic-
Mongolian
grouping from 450
Central Asia Invasions by the Huna.
320 CE–550 CE
Gupta Empire
400-410 411-420 421-430 431-440 441-450 451-460 461-470 471-480 481-490 491-500
345-525
Kadambas of Banavasi
Pallavas
275 CE–897 CE
320 CE–550 CE
Gupta Empire
500-510 511-520 521-530 531-540 541-550 551-560 561-570 571-580 581-590 591-600
Cave Temple
543-566 Badami
345-525 Pulakeshin I
Kadambas of Banavasi
Badami Chalukya (545-753)
Pallavas
275 CE–897 CE
606–648
Harsha Vardhan, Capital Kannauj
600-610 611-620 621-630 631-640 641-650 651-660 661-670 671-680 681-690 691-700
Badami Chalukya (545-753)
Pallavas
275 CE–897 CE
712 736
788
First Muslim, Anangpal Tomar was the first Birth of Adi
Muhammad Bin Qasim ruler to make ancient Delhi
defeats Raja Dahir his capital. Shankaracharya
700-710 711-720 721-730 731-740 741-750 751-760 761-770 771-780 781-790 791-800
The Tomar family rule at Delhi passed to his son, Ausan Singh (Tejpal) and then his grandson Kosal Dev Singh (Mahipal) before the dynasty
collapsed when challenged by Prithviraj Chauhan (1149-1192).
Danti Durga
Badami Chalukya (545-753) Rastrakuta
735-756 Rastrakuta 735-982 (Jainism)
According to the Qissa-i Sanjan, Parsis
migrated from Greater Iran to Sindh and
Gujarat between the 8th and 10th
century CE to avoid the persecution
following the Arab conquest of Persia
Pallavas
275 CE–897 CE
800-810 811-820 821-830 831-840 841-850 851-860 861-870 871-780 881-890 891-900
814-878
Nripatunga Amoghavarsha I
becomes Rashtrakuta emperor. Kailsahnath Temple, Ellora, Maharastra, Rastrakuta
Kannada literature flourishes
Rastrakuta
Rastrakuta 735-982
Pallavas
275 CE–897 CE
Gangas (350–1000)
Tailapa II
973-997
985
Rajaraja Chola
ascends to the
throne of Chola
empire. He expands
the empire to Sri
Lanka and to the
north to include Tanjavur –Chola
Kalinga kingdom Architecture
1017-1137
Ramanuajacharya
1000 1025
Invasion of Last invasion of Mahmud Ghazni, Sumra Dynasty (Rajputs) ends the Arab domination and establishes its own rule
Mahmud of
Ghazni
sacked and destroyed temple of
Somnath
over Sindh. (1024-1351)
Bronze Nataraja
Chola 1014 – 1044
Architecture Rajendra Chola
Cholas 300s BCE–1279 CE
Major Events in Indian History : 1100-1200
Ghori is defeated by Prithivi Raj
Chauhan III
1191
First battle of
1156 CE–1181 CE Tarain between
Kalachuri dynasty of Kalyani (Basava Kalyana) Mohammed
1076-1126 Bijjala (1130-1160), Basveswara (1105-1167)-Social Ghori and
Vikramaditya VI Reformer, Bhakti Movement Prithviraj III
Kalyani Chalukya
Manyakheta, Basava Kalyana Western Chalukya or Kalyani Chalukay (973-1183)
1100- 1111- 1121- 1131- 1141- 1151- 1161- 1171- 1181- 1191-
1100 1120 1130 1140 1150 1160 1170 1180 1190 1200
The Tomar family rule at Delhi passed to his son, Ausan Singh (Tejpal) and then his grandson Kosal Dev Singh (Mahipal) before the dynasty collapsed when challenged by 1192
Prithviraj Chauhan (1149-1192). "Victory of Mohammed
Ghori". Second battle of
Tarain fought between
Hoysala Kingdom : (1026-1343) Veera Ballal II (1173-1220) Famous Hoysala King
Ghori and Prithivi Raj
Chauhan III. Prithvi Raj
1150 AD 1175
Chennakeshava, Belur, 1117 AD Chauhan III is defeated by
Hoysaleswara Temple Mohammed Ghori
Mhammed Ghori
invades India
Haryana/UP
Sumra Dynasty (Rajputs) ends the Arab domination and establishes its own rule over Sindh. (1024-1351) 1194
Battle of Chandawar
fought between Ghauri
and Jaichand of Kannauj.
Ghauri defeated
Jayachandra and killed
him.
1206 – 1227 1229 – 1241 1246-48 Möngke Khan Kublai Khan 1294 – 1307
Genghis Khan Güyük Khan 1251 – 1259 1260– 1294 Temur Khan
Ögedei Khan,
born Temüjin, was the founder and Great Khan (Emperor)
of the Mongol Empire, which became the largest
contiguous empire in history after his death 1347 – 1358 Keshava Temple
Ala-ud-Din Bahman Shah
1221 Somnathpura
(Zafar Khan) Founded
Genghis Khan Bahmani Sultanate. Present
1268 CE
invades Punjab Gulbarga Hoysala
1200- 1211- 1221- 1231- 1241- 1251- 1261- 1271- 1281- 1291-
1210 1220 1230 1240 1250 1260 1270 1280 1290 1300
Hoysala Kingdom (1026-1343)
Hoysala Architecture can be found in Halebidu, Belue, Somnathpura, in Hassan District, Karnataka
1238 1266-1287 1287-1290 1290-1296
Sri Madhwacharya Ghiyas ud din Balban Muiz ud din Qaiqabad Jalal ud din
1246-1266 1286-1290
born in Pajaka Firuz Khilji
Nasir ud din Mahmud Shamsuddin Kayumars
near Udupi, Khilji Dynasty
Karnataka 1242-1246
1206-1210 Ala ud din Masud
Qutb-ud-din Aibak 1236-1240 1240-1242
establishes slave Razia Sultan Muiz ud din Bahram
Dynasty later to be
known as 1210-1236 1236
Delhi Sultanate Iltutmish-Delhi Sultanate Rukn ud din Firuz
1206
Gakhars kill
Muhammad Ghori
during a raid on his
camp on the Jhelum
River
Pandyan Cholas 300s BCE–1279 CE
Major Events in Indian History : 1300-1400
1307 – 1311
Kulug Khan
1398
Timur plunders
Lahore
1300- 1311- 1321- 1331- 1341- 1351- 1361- 1371- 1381- 1391-
1310 1320 1330 1340 1350 1360 1370 1380 1390 1400
Hoysala Kingdom (1026-1343) Kingdom of Mysore
1399–1950
Vijayanagara
Empire established
by Harihara I and 1336-1356 1336-1377 1377-1404
Madurai Meenakshi
his brother Bukka Harihara I Bukka Raya Harihara Raya II
Pandyan Architecture
Raya I
1320- Sangama Dynasty 1394-1413
1325 Nasir-ud-
Ghiyath Din
1320 Mahmud
al-Din
Khusro Shah
Tughluq,
Khan Tughluq
Ghiyasud
1316-1320 din 1389-1390 1390-1394
1296–1316
Qutb-ud-din Tughlaq, 1324-1351 1351-1388 1388-1389 Sultan Abu Muhammad
Ala-ud-din Khilji
Mubarak Shah or Ghazi Muhammad bin Tughluq Firuz Shah Tughlaq Tughluq Khan Bakr Shah Shah
Khilji Malik
Major Events in Indian History : 1400-1500
1498-99
Vasco de Gama's
first voyage from
Europe to India
and back
1400- 1411- 1421- 1431- 1441- 1451- 1461- 1471- 1481- 1491-
1410 1420 1430 1440 1450 1460 1470 1480 1490 1500
1490–1510
1422-1424 Yusuf Adil Shah
Veera Vijaya (1490-1686)
Bukka Raya
1422
1405–1406 1406–1422 Ramachandra 1424–1446 1446–1465 1465–1485 1485 1485-1505
Bukka Raya II Deva Raya I Raya Deva Raya II Mallikarjuna Raya Virupaksha Raya Prauda Raya Saluva Dynasty
1404–1405
Virupaksha Raya
1377-1404
Harihara Raya II
1451-1489
Bahlul Khan Lodhi
1414-1421 ascends the throne
1394-1413 Sayyid Khizr Khan of the Delhi 1489-1517
Nasir-ud-Din Mahmud Shah ibn Malik Sulaiman 1445-1451 sultanate starting Sikander Lodhi
Tughluq Sayyid Dynasty Mubarak Shah Alam Shah the Lodhi dynasty Sultan of Delhi
Major Events in Indian History : 1500-1550
Guru Nanak S Guru Angad Dev
Birth of Sikhism Sikhs t
a
sikhs
becomes second guru of
1499 Sikhs.-1539
r
t Zahir-ud-Din Mohammed (Babur)
o
f Timur or Timurlane
M Chengis Khan
(Turco Mongal
1517-1526 u
Conqueror)
(Mother Not a
g Side) Mughal-An
Sultan Ibrahim Lodi, of the Delhi h (Father Side)
Sultanate, angers local nobles, who a
Afghan
respond by inviting Babur, the Mughal l
ruler of Kabul, to invade Delhi and Agra. E
m
The local population, plus the possession p
1489-1517 of artillery, assists Babur in killing the i
Sikander Lodhi Sultan (whose soldiers desert him) at the r Babur Sher Shah Suri Islam Shah Suri
Humayun 1530-1540
Sultan of Delhi Battle of Panipat e 1526 – 1530 1540 – 1545 1545 – 1554
1500- 1506- 1511- 1516- 1521- 1526- 1531- 1536- 1541- 1546-
1505 1510 1515 1520 1525 1530 1535 1540 1545 1550
First Battle of Battle of Chausa Sher Shah Suri overran over
Panipat fought between Humayun and established Suri
1503 1510-1961 1526 Humayun and Sher Dynasty (Afghan)
Kingdom of Kochi Portuguese India Ibrahim Lodi & Babur Shah Suri in which
is taken over by
Khanwa War: 1527 Humayun defeated.
the Portuguese
Khanwa (near Agra) 1539
creating the first
Babur and Rana Battle of Kannauj
European
Sanga (Rajput) fought between
settlement in
India. Humayun and Sher
Shah Suri and
Humayun was
completely defeated
1540
Babri Masjid
Bhakti Movment
("Babur's
Ramanuja,Nimbarka,Madhvacharya, Vallabhachrya, Ramananda, Namadeva,
Mosque") in
Chaitanya, Mirabai, Tulasidas, Surdas, Shankardevi, Narasi, Kabir, Jnandeva;
Ayodhya was
Namadeva, Eknatha, Tukaram and Ramdas
constructed
1509-1529 1491-1570
Krishnadeva Raya Tuluva Dynasty (south) Vjayanagara Empire
Guru Amar Das third Guru of
Major Events in Indian History : 1550-1600
Guru Ram Das becomes Guru Arjan Dev becomes
Sikhs-1552. sikhs
fourth Guru of Sikhs-1574 fifth Guru of Sikhs-1581
1550- 1556- 1561- 1566- 1571- 1576- 1581- 1586- 1591- 1596-
1555 1560 1565 1570 1575 1580 1585 1590 1595 1600
Humayun The Battle of
converts from Talikota (26
Sunni Islam to Shia January 1565) was
Islam, to gain the a watershed battle
alliance of the fought between
Shah of Persia. the Vijayanagara
Humayun dies, Empire and the
and is succeeded Deccan sultanates.
by his son Akbar.
1542-1646
Aravidu Dynasty (south) Vijay Nagara Empire
Major Events in Indian History : 1600-1650
Guru Hargobind becomes Guru Har Rai becomes seventh
sixth guru of Sikhs-1606 Sikhs guru of Sikhs-1644
Taj Mahal at Agra, built in 1632–1654 as a tomb for his beloved wife
Mumtaz Mahal, Jama Masjid, Red Fort
Fatehpur Sikri, Shahryar (Mughal prince)
Jahangir : 1605 – 1627 Mughal Empire 1627 – 1628 Shah Jahan, Mogul Emperor
Mirza Shahabuddin Baig Muhammad Khan Shah Jahan 1628-1658
Jahangir original name is Mirza Nur-ud-din Beig Mohammad Khan Salim, He was famous for his relationship with
Court Artesan Anarkali Born Prince Khurram, he was the son of Emperor Jahangir and his Hindu Rajput wife, Taj Bibi Bilqis Makani .
1600- 1606- 1611- 1616- 1621- 1626- 1631- 1636- 1641- 1646-
1605 1610 1615 1620 1625 1630 1635 1640 1645 1650
February -
1627
Birth of
B Chatrapati
R Shivaji 1627–1657
I Maharaj. Mohammed Adil Shah
T 1542-1646 Aravidu Dynasty (south) Vijayanagar Empire
I
S
H
E
R
A
Charles I
1625-1649
Elizabeth I James I
1558-1603 1603-1625 British India-1612-East India Company
Major Events in Indian History : 1650-1700
Guru Har Krishan becomes eightguru Guru Tegh Bahadur ninth Guru Guru Tegh Bahadur, the ninth Guru of Sikhs is executed in Delhi by the order of Aurangzeb for his support for the 1699
of Sikhs-1661 of Sikhs-1665 sikh
Kashmiri Hindus to practice their religion. Guru Gobind Singh becomes tenth Guru of Sikhs-1675 Guru Gobind Singh,
the 10th Guru of
Sikhs creates
Khalsa, the saint-
soldier at
Anandpur Sahib,
Punjab.
Aurangzeb
invades the
Aurangzeb Deccan
Abu'l Muzaffar Muhi-ud-Din Muhammad Aurangzeb Alamgir (son of Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal)
31 July 1658 – 3 March 1707
1650- 1656- 1661- 1666- 1671- 1676- 1681- 1686- 1691- 1696-
1655 1660 1665 1670 1675 1680 1685 1690 1695 1700
1659 1627– Mohamm
Battle of
Pratapgarh Shaista Khan –
1657 ed Adil
Shivaji escaped
Shivaji Representative of
from Agra
Shah
Forces led by Shivaji
personally kills Aurangzeb
1660 1666 defeat Aurangzeb's
Adilshahi
troops, and establishes
commander Sambhaji 1680-1689
Maratha Empire.-1674-80 Rajaram brother of Sambhaji
Afzal Khan 1689– 1700
1627–1657 1657–1672
Mohammed Adil Shah Ali Adil Shah II (deccan Sultanate-Bijapur) Marathas
Adilshahi, was a
Shia Muslim
dynasty, founded
by Yusuf Adil Shah,
that ruled the
Sultanate of
Charles-II 1696
Bijapur
1660-1685 Danish India (to 1869)
James II & VII William III
British India-East India Company 1685-1688 1689-1702
Major Events in Indian History : 1700-1750
Guru Granth Sahib becomes Guru of Sikhs
1708 Sikhs
Bahadur Shah I
(1707-1712) Shah Jahan II
1700- 1706- 1711- 1716- 1721- 1726- 1731- 1736- 1741- 1746-
1705 1710 1715 1720 1725 1730 1735 1740 1745 1750
Alamgir II
2 June 1754 –
29 November
1759 Mahmud Shah
Shah Jahan III Bahadur
Ahmad Shah (Puppet)
10 December
Bahadur
1759 – 10 Shah Alam II
26 April 1748 – 2
October 1760 10 December 1759– 19 November 1806
June 1754
1750- 1756- 1761- 1766- 1771- 1776- 1781- 1786- 1791- 1796-
1755 1760 1765 1770 1775 1780 1785 1790 1795 1800
1761
Balaji Baji Rao 3rd War of Panipat Madhav Rao 1 Narayana Madhav Rao II Baji Rao II
1740-1761 Marathas lost the war 1761-1772 Rao/Raghunath 1774-1796 1792-1802/18
Rao
Rajaram II 1772-1773/1774 Shahu II
15 December 1749 - 11 December 1777 11 December 1777 - 3 May 1808
Marathas
French in India
1759-1954
1800- 1806- 1811- 1816- 1821- 1826- 1831- 1836- 1841- 1846-
1805 1810 1815 1820 1825 1830 1835 1840 1845 1850
Baji Rao II
1792-1802/18
1803-1805 1817-1818
2nd Anglo Maratha War 3nd Anglo Maratha War
Marathas
Sir Charles
Lord William Bentick Metcaffe Lord Auckland Lord Dalhousie
1828-1835 1835-1836 1836-1842 1848-1856
Lord Wellesley
1798-1805
Treaty of Bassesein Lord Minto I
1807-1813 Treaty of Lahore
31 December 1802 Treaty of Yandabo
9 March 1846
George III George IV 24 February 1826
William IV Queen Victoria
1820-1830
1760-1820 British India 1830 – 1837 1837-1901
Major Events in Indian History : 1850-1900
Sikhs
E
n 1865
d
o Lala Lajpat Rai
1899
f born
Keshav Baliram
M
1856 u Hedgewar
Bal Gangadhar g Established RSS
1863 Allan Octavian Hume
Tilak is born h
Swami Vivekanand Dadabhai Naoroji
a
l iborn Dinshaw Wacha
E 1889
m 1875 1885
Bahadur Shah II (Bahadue p 1861 1869 Arya Samaja Indian National Jawaharlal 1891 1897
Shah Zafar 28 September i Rabindranath Mahatma Dayananda Congress Nehru B R Ambedkar Subash Chandra
r
1837 – 14 September 1857 )
e
Tagore born. Gandhi born Saraswathi Established Born Born Boase Born
1850- 1856- 1861- 1866- 1871- 1876- 1881- 1886- 1891- 1896-
1855 1860 1865 1870 1875 1880 1885 1890 1895 1900
Nana Sahib 1851-1857
1857 1875 Queen Victoria
1853 Established first three University of Mumbai, University of Aligarh Muslim Empress of India
Started Indian Postal Service Madras and University of Calcutta in India University 1876 – 1901
1853
First Railway established between Bombay and Thane
Lord Canning Lord Lawrence Lord Mayo Lord Lytton Lord Rippon Lord Dufferin Lord Landsdowne Lord Curzon
1856-1862 1864-1869 1869-1872 1876-1880 1880-1884 1884-1888 1888-1894 1899-1905
Lord Dalhousie 1857
1848-1856 Indian War of Rebellion
British India
Major Events in Indian History : 1900-1909
11 September -
Mahatma Gandhi
coins the term
Satyagraha to
characterize the
Queen Victoria Edward VII Non-Violence
Empress of Emperor of Partition of movement in
India India Bengal. South Africa.
1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909
30 December - The
All-India Muslim
League, a political
organization that
represented the
interests of Indian
Viceroy of India - Gilbert John Muslims, is
George Curzon, Elliot-Murray- formed.
1st Marquess Kynynmound, 4th
Curzon of Kedleston Earl of Minto
British India
Major Events in Indian History : 1910-1919
Dada Saheb
The Tata Palke
family starts
the first steel
mill in Bihar.
1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
27 December - The Jana Allied victory
Gana Mana, which would Construction of End of the German,
become free India's New Delhi was Russian, Ottoman,
National Anthem, is sung and Austro-
started
for the first time, at the Hungarian empires
Indian National Congress Formation of new
annual convention at World War –I countries in Europe
Calcutta. begins and the Middle East
Rowlett Act
Transfer of German
Rabindranath Allied Powers Vs Frederic John colonies and regions
Charles Tagore (1861– Central Powers Napier Thesiger, of the former
Hardinge, 1st 1941), Bengali 1st Viscount Ottoman Empire to
Baron Hardinge poet, got the other powers
Chelmsford,
of Penshurst, Establishment of the
Nobel Prize in
12 December - The League of Nations.
Literature for his
capital of India is book of lyrics
shifted to New Delhi called Gitanjali
from Calcutta translated into
Cancellation of
English by himself. 28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918
Partition of
Bengal
World War-I
British India
Major Events in Indian History : 1920-1929
Emperor of India –
Emperor of India –
George V
George V
1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929
23 December –
Visva-Bharati Chauri Chaura incident
University is
4 December - The 3 February - The first ever
Non-cooperation Gateway of India in May – India wins 6 January – Mother
inaugurated electric train of India completes
movement Bombay, built to its journey from Victoria Hockey Gold Teresa arrives
commemorate the Terminus to Kurla on the Central Medal at the Kolkata to work
Line Amsterdam amongst India's
visit of King George V poorest and
and Queen Mary in Olympics – Games
Simon diseased people
December 1911, is Commission
of the IXth
11 September – opened by the Olympiad
Subramanya Viceroy, the Earl of The Simon
Bharathi, poet, Reading. commission is formed
Khilafat Movement independence to consider further
fighter and steps toward self-rule
of India. No Indian
reformer
member is included.
(born 1882).
British India
Major Events in Indian History : 1930-1939
Edward VIII
10 February –
New Delhi
becomes the
capital of India.
Emperor of India – Emperor of India – Emperor of India –
George V George VI George VI
Emperor of India –
George V
1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
Round Table 2 August -
Conferences Government of India
(India) Third Bill, 1935, became
law; it provided for
development of a
Gandhi–Irwin Pact popular constitution
8 June - All India World War II breaks out
Radio was founded. in 1939 and political dead
lock in India.
Salt March
Bhagat Singh, Rajguru
and Sukhdev
Martyred
1936 Berlin
Round Table
Conferences (India) Olympics
Second
British India
Major Events in Indian History : 1940-1949
George VI
Emperor of India
(before August 15) Mahatma Gandhi
Emperor of India – George VI assassinated by
George VI King of India (After August 15) Nathuram Godse.
Quit India movement
26 November - New
Louis Mountbatten constitution is
Viceroy of India (21 C. Rajagopala Chari adopted by the
Viceroy of India - Victor Viceroy of India - The
Viscount Wavell
February-August 15) Becomes Governor Indian Constituent
Hope, 2nd Marquess of Wavell Plan Simla Governor General of Union General of India
Linlithgow Cripps Mission (from 1 October) Conference. Assembly.
of India (August 16) (June 21)
1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
Arzi Hukumat-e- First India-Pakistan
Azad Hind, the war
Provisional Indian Independence from British Kashmir war
August 15
Government of
Lahore Resolution Free India
formed by 15 November -
Netaji. Nathuram Godse
Subhas Chandra Establishment
Indian National Jawaharlal Nehru Became
and Narayan Apte
• UN Charter signed executed for
Army Bose calls Prime Minister of India
26 June 1945 assassinating
Established by Mahatma Gandhi • Charter entered into Mahatma Gandhi.
Subhas Chandra as the Father of force On 29 August 1947, the
August Offer the Nation 24 October 1945 Constituent Assembly set up a
Bose Partition of India Drafting Committee under the
Pakistan Chairmanship of Dr. B.R.
Partition of India
Independence Ambedkar to prepare a draft
First India-Pakistan from British Constitution for India.
war August 14
World War –II, Winston Churchill PM of Briton Clement Atlee –PM of Briton
Freedom Fighters of India: http://www.mapsofindia.com/history/freedom-fighters-of-india.html
British India Independent India
Major Events in Indian History : 1950-1959
26 January – The
Constitution comes
into force making
India a republic
Elizabeth II
Queen of England
1 November – The
States Reorganisation
Act of India reformed India passes a bill
President of India – 17 March – Tenzin
Dadra and Nagar the boundaries and making Kashmir under
Gyatso, the 14th Dalai
Rajendra Prasad took Andra State was its control as part of
Haveli Annexation names of Indian Lama, flees Tibet and
office on 26 January formed the Union
states. travels to India
1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
Lok Sabha Elections Lok Sabha Elections
Jawaharlal Nehru
is the prime September –
minister Doordarshan-India's
State Bank of India
Formed (Imperial Bank of national state-
India) owned broadcaster
established
25 January – Election
Commission is
established
15 December – Sardar
Vallabhbhai Patel,
political and social leader
-Died
1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
Lok Sabha Elections
9 June 1964
11 January 1966 Mrs. Leelavathi
Shankapal born
1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
19 December - Indira
Gandhi is arrested and
jailed for a week for
breach of privilege and
Indira Gandhi contempt of
Indira Gandhi-PM Simla Agreement declares state of parliament.
Became Prime
24 January 1966 – Third war with India explodes first emergency after Minister in Becomes
24 March 1977 Pakistan over nuclear device in being found guilty of March Janata prime
creation of underground test. electoral malpractice Party minister in
Bangladesh, formerly
July 1979
East Pakistan.
Janata
Party Splits
Pakistani President:
C V Raman Died
Yahya Khan
Communist party
Prime Minister: of India comes
Nurul Amin into power in
West Bengal.
Operations
Subrahmanyan Blue Star
Chandrasekhar Nobel
Anti Sikh Riots
Prize for Physics
E-mail was
Air India, Boeing introduced in R. Venkataraman
Neelam Sanjiv Reddy Gyani Zail Singh
25 July 1982 – 25 First World Cup win Indira Gandhi 747, Kanishka India 25 July 1987 – 25 Congress Lost
President of India for India in Cricket Assassinated Tragedy July 1992 1989 elections
July 1987
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
National Policy
on Education
Announced M.G.
INSAT-1A Launched Rajkapoor Died 2 December 1989 –
Ramachandran
by ISRO 10 November 1990
Prime Minsters Rajiv Gandhi-PM Died
Janatha Dal
of India till 14th 31 October 1984 – Lost vote of
January December-1984 confidence
2 December 1989 Jagjivan Ram
Died
Lok Sabha Elections
Bofors Scandal
Colour TV Was
Introduced
Indira Gandhi-PM Smith Patil Died
14 January 1980 – December-Union
31 October 1984 Carbide Disaster- India
Bhopal Rakesh Sharma
2000 people died Soyuz T-11
deploys-IPKF
Lok Sabha Elections Shot into Space in Sri-Lanka
Kargil War
Amartya Sen wins Operations Vijay-
Nobel Prize for June 1999
Economics Nawaz Sharief was
July: West Bengal PM of Pakistan,
Chief Minister Jyoti General Mushraf-
R. Venkataraman Rajiv Gandhi Basu made the first Pakistan Army
25 July 1987 – 25 assassinated by Shankar Dayal call from Kolkata to General
PSLV: 20 September 1993 25 July 1997 May 1998, nuclear
July 1992 suicide bomber Sharma -Presdient inaugurate the 26 July 2012,
PSLV-CA: 23 April 2007 K R Narayanan tests in Pokhran
May 21, 1991, 25 July 1992 cellular services in designated as
PSLV-XL: 22 October 2008 Presdient desert in Rajasthan
Sriperumbudur India 'Kargil Vijay Diwas
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Lok Sabha
Elections
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Atal Bihari
Vajpayee-PM May: Manmohan May-
2001- February: Mumbai Floods, 9.4% GDP growth October:
19 March 1998 Singh became More than 1000 Manmohan
Septmber Ayodya Train rate-highest ever Chandrayan-I
to 22 May 2004 Prime minister people died Singh re-
9/11 Violence (hindu- elected as
happened , muslim PM
Twin Towers violence-more
Lok Sabha Elections
in America than 1000
were people died) Lok Sabha Elections
destroyed by
March 2000, Bill Al-Qaida
Clinton, the Terrorist IT and ITES Revolution in India: Economic Growth Period
President of the Group (Osama
United States, paid bin Laden)
a state visit to
India.
1954-1995
The National Democratic
Alliance (NDA) is a centre-right
political alliance led by the
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).