HISTORY OF INDIA 90thBCE - 2020

                   90th BCE- TO 2020

90th century BCE:-  

Year	Date	Event
9,000 BCE
		Early Neolithic culture with first confirmed semi permanent settlements appeared 11000 years ago in the Bhimbetka rock shelters in modern Madhya Pradesh, India. Some of the Stone Age rock paintings found among the Bhimbetka rock shelters are approximately 30,000 years old. The ancient history of the region includes some of South Asia's oldest settlements   and some of its major civilisations.

                   

40th century BCE

Year	Date	Event
4000   BCE		Phase of the Indus Valley Civilization begins. The civilization used an early form of the Indus signs, the so-called Indus script. Over the course of next 1000–1500 years, inhabitants of the Civilization developed new techniques in handicraft (carnelian products, seal carving) and metallurgy (copper, bronze, lead, and tin) had elaborate urban planning, baked brick houses, efficient drainage systems, water supply systems, and clusters of large non-residential buildings.  The civilization depended significantly on trade, was the first civilization to use wheeled transport in form of bullock carts, and also used boats.

27th century BCE

Year	Date	Event
2600 BCE		region of around one million square miles, which was larger than the land area of its contemporaries Egypt and Mesopotamia combined, and also had superior urban planning and sewage systems. The civilization began using the mature Indus script for its writing system.
2600 BCE		End of the Early Dynastic II Period and the   beginning of the Early Dynastic IIIa Period in Mesopotamia.
2900 BCE – 2334 BCE		Mesopotamian wars of the Early Dynastic period.

18th century BCE

Year	Date	Event
1800 BCE		Adichanallur urn-burial site in Tirunelveli district in Tamil Nadu. In 2004, a number of skeletons dating from around 3,800 years ago.

15th century BCE

Year	Date	Event
1500 BCE		Early Vedic Period (to 1000 BCE)

13th century BCE

Year	Date	Event
1300 BCE		Cemetery H culture comes to an end

12th century BCE

Year	Date	Event
1200 BCE		Rigveda (to 1000 BCE)

10th century BCE

Year	Date	Event
1000 BCE		Middle and Late Vedic period (to 500 BCE)
		Iron Age India
1000 – 300 BCE		Kanchi district, gold mine of Megalithic sites in Tamil Nadu, South India
		Iron Age kingdoms rule India— Kuru, Panchala, Kosala, Videha.

  

9th century

Year	Date	Event
877 BCE		Birth of Parsvanatha, 23rd Jain Tirthankara (traditional date)

7th century BCE

Year	Date	Event
700 BCE		The Upanishads, a sacred text of Hinduism, are written.

6th century BCE

Year	Date	Event
600 BCE		Sixteen Maha Janapadas ("Great Realms" or "Great Kingdoms") emerge.
		Vedic period ends.
		The capital of the Early Pandyan Kingdom was initially Korkai, all around 600 BCE, and was later   moved to Koodal (now Madurai) during the reign of Nedunjeliyan I.
599 BCE		Mahavira, 24th Tirthankar of Jainism is born (traditional date).
563 BCE		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.
543 BCE		The Vanga-based Prince Vijaya (c. 543 BCE) married a daughter of the Pandyan king of Madurai, to whom he was sending rich presents every year. Sinhala chronicle Mahawamsa mentions this event
538 BCE		Cyrus the Great, founder of the Persian Achaemenid Empire reached up to northwestern parts of the Indian subcontinent, today's Afghanistan, which later proved to be his nemesis and caused his death.
527 BCE		Nirvana of Mahavira

5th century BCE

Year	Date	Event
483 BCE		Proposed Mahaparinirvana date of Gautama Buddha at Kushinagar.

4th century BCE

Year	Date	Event
400 BCE		Siddharta Gautama 'Buddha' of the Shakya polity   in S. Nepal, founds Buddhism (older date: 563–483 BCE)
350 BCE		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.
333 BCE		Persian rule in the northwest ends after Darius 3 is defeated by Alexander the Great, who establishes the Macedonian Empire after inheriting the Persian Achaemenid Empire.
326 BCE		Ambhi king of Takshila surrenders to Alexander.
		Porus who ruled parts of the Punjab, fought Alexander at the Battle of the Hydaspes River.
321 BCE		Mauryan Empire is founded by Chandragupta Maurya in Magadha after he defeats the Nanda dynasty and Macedonian Seleucid Empire. Mauryan capital city is Pataliputra (Modern Patna in Bihar)
305 BCE		Chandragupta Maurya defeats Seleucus Nicator of the Seleucid Empire.
304 BCE		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.

3rd century BCE

Year	Date	Event
273 BCE		Ashoka the Great regarded as the greatest ancient Indian emperor, grandson of Chandragupta Maurya, ascends as emperor of the Mauryan Empire.
266 BCE		Ashoka conquers and unifies most of South Asia, along with most of Afghanistan and Balochistan.
265 BCE		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.
261 BCE		Conquest of Kalinga
260 BCE		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.
232 BCE		Ashoka dies and is succeeded by Kunala.
230 BCE		Simuka declares independence from Mauryan rule and establishes the Satavahana Empire.

2nd century BCE

Year	Date	hideEvent
200 BCE		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)
184 BCE		The Mauryan Empire, declines

1st century BCE

Year	Date	Event
65 BCE		The Pandyan king sends ambassadors to the Greek and Roman lands.
58 BCE		Beginning of Vikram Era

1st century 

Year	Date	Event
35		Western Satraps formed.
68		Establishment of the Kushan empire by Kujula Kadphises.
78		Gautamiputra Satkarni becomes Satavahana emperor and starts Shalivahana era calendar after defeating Scythian king Maues.
100 or after		Sugar was first produced from sugarcane plants in northern India sometime after the first century.

3rd century

Year	Date	Event
240		Sri-Gupta starts the Gupta Empire in Magadha, with its capital in Pataliputra

4th century

Year	Date	Event
320		Chandragupta I ascends the Gupta throne.
335		Samudragupta ascends the Gupta throne and expands the empire.
345		Kadamba Kingdom established by Mayurasharma, Banavasi as its capital and they were the first kingdom to use Kannada in administration.
375		Vakataka Empire in the Deccan
380		Chandragupta II, Samudragupta's son becomes   the Gupta Emperor.

5th century

Year	Date	Event
413		Kumaragupta I, Adopted the title of Mahendraditya
455		Skandagupta , Faced Hunas effectively.
467		Invasions by the Huna. Pallavas became a major power during the reign of Mahendravarman I (571 – 630 CE)

6th century

Year	Date	Event
554		Collapse of Gupta Empire after the death of Vishnugupta.

7th century

Year	Date	Event
606		Harshavardhana crowned Monarch.
637		Badami Chalukya power at its peak. Pulakeshin II pushes north up to the Narmada and defeats the invading Harshavardhana of Kanauj

8th century

Year	Date	Event
700		According to the Qissa-i Sanjan, the immigrants Parsi are granted permission to stay by the local ruler Jadi Rana
711		First Muslim, Muhammad Bin Qasim defeats Raja Dahir, king of Sindh Region in modern-day Pakistan
736		Delhi is re-established by Bilan Deo Tomar also known as Anangpal Tomar
753		Establishment of Rashtrakuta Kingdom of Manyakhet by Danti Durga by defeating Chalukyas of Badami
788		Birth of Adi Shankaracharya

9th century

Year	Date	Event
814		Nripatunga Amoghavarsha I becomes Rashtrakuta emperor. Kannada literature flourishes.
836		Gurjara-Pratihara (to 910)

10th century

Year	Date	Event
985		Rajaraja Chola ascends to the throne of Chola empire. He expands the empire to Sri Lanka and to the north to include Kalinga kingdom
1000		Invasion of Mahmud of Ghazni

11th century 

Year	Date	Event
1014		Rajendra Chola I became the king of Chola empire after his father Rajaraja Chola. During his reign, he extended the influences of the already vast Chola empire up to the banks of the river Ganges in the north and across the ocean. Rajendra's territories extended coastal Burma, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Maldives, conquered the kings of Srivijaya (Sumatra, Java and Malay Peninsula in South East Asia) and Pegu islands with his fleet of ships. He defeated Mahipala, the Pala king of Bengal and Bihar, and to commemorate his victory he built a new capital called Gangaikonda Cholapuram. The Cholas became one of the most powerful dynasties in Asia during his reign. The Tamil Chola armies exacted tribute from Thailand and the Khmer kingdom of Cambodia. Rajendra Chola I was the first Indian king to take his armies overseas and make conquests of these territories, even though there is epigraphical evidence of Pallava presence in these very areas.
1017	26 Apr	Sri Ramanujacharya is born at Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu.
1021		Mahmud Ghazni defeats Tarnochalpal and annexes Punjab
1025	30 Apr	Last invasion of Mahmud Ghazni, sacked and destroyed temple of Somnath
1030	30 Apr	Alberuni arrives in India; death of Mahmud of Ghazni
1058		Sumra Dynasty ends the Arab domination and establishes its own rule over Sindh.

12th century

Year	Date	Event
1120		Kalyani Chalukyas power at its peak. Vikramaditya VI ushers in Vikrama Chalukya era.
1134		Life of Basaveshwara, philosopher and social reformer. (to 1196)
1157		The Kalachuris of Kalyani under Bijjala II capture Kalyani
1175		Muhammad of Ghor invades India.
1191		"Victory of Prithviraj Chauhan". First Battle of Tarain between Mohammed Ghori and Prithviraj III. Ghori is defeated by Prithivi Raj Chauhan III.
1192		"Victory of Muhammed Ghori". Second Battle of Tarain fought between Ghori and Prithivi Raj Chauhan III. Prithvi Raj Chauhan III is defeated by Mohammed Ghori.
1194		Battle of Chandawar fought between Muhammad of Ghor and Jaichand of Kannauj. Ghori defeated Jayachandra and killed him.

13th century

Year	Date	Event
1206	15 Mar	Khukhrain kill Muhammad Ghori during a raid on his camp on the Jhelum River
1206	12 Jun	Qutb-ud-din Aibak establishes slave Dynasty later to be known as Delhi Sultanate
1210		Qutb-ud-din Aibak died while playing polo.
1210		Shams ud-Din Iltutmish was the third ruler of the Delhi Sultanate, belonging to the Mamluk dynasty (Slave Dynasty). He introduced IQTA (Tax, revenue) system. Died in 1236
1221		Genghis Khan invades Punjab during rule of Iltutmish
1236	10 Nov	Rule of Razia Sultana – Daughter of Iltutmish.
1238	Oct	Sri Madhwacharya born in Pajaka near Udupi, Karnataka
1240	14 Oct	Murder of Razia Sultan by Turkish nobles.(Chalisa)
1246–66		Rule of Nasiruddin Mahmud with support of Balban (Wazir and powerful member of Chalisa). Chalisa- a council of 40 members
1266–1286		Rule of Balban; Chalisa wiped out.
1267		The Mahanubhava philosophy established by Chakradhar Swami.
1275		Birth of saint Dnyaneshwar.
1290		Murder of Muiz ud din Qaiqabad by Jalaluddin Firuz Khalji, an army commander.
1290-96		Jalal-ud-din Khilji. Founder of Khiliji Dynasty

14th century 

Year	Date	Event
1309		Alauddin Khalji sends Malik Kafur to South. Malik Kafur Lays siege on the Kakatiya Capital Warangal and Extracts Tribute. The diamond Kohinoor was among the loot collected.
1310		Ala-ud-din Khilji's army under Malik Kafur occupies Devagiri ending the Seuna Yadava Kingdom
1311		Malik Kafur attacks the Hoyasalas. In the aftermath of the destruction Hoyasalas abandon the old capital Halebidu. He later attacks Madurai. The attacks on Warangal, Halebidu and Madurai is accompanied by wide scale killing, destruction of temples and repatriation of wealth back to Delhi.
1323		Ulugh Khan defeats Prataparudra II ending the Kakatiya dynasty
1336		Vijayanagara Empire established by Harihara I and his brother Bukka Raya I
1340		Birth of great mathematician Madhava of Sangamagrama.
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		Samma Dynasty assumes rule over Sindh
1370		Bukka, the Vijayanagara ruler and his son Kumara Kamapna capture the entire Tamil speaking parts.
1398		Timur plunders Lahore
1398		Shri Guru Ravidas Ji was born in 1398 in Varanasi. He was an Indian mystic poet-sant of the Bhakti movement during the 15th to 16th century CE. Venerated as a guru in the region of Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh, the devotional songs of Ravidas have had a   lasting impact upon the bhakti movement. Born

15th century

Year	Date	Event
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
1443		Abdur Razzaq visits India
1446		Mallikarjuna Raya succeeds his father Deva Raya II
1449	26Sep	Sankardev, founder of Ekasarana Dharma was born in Nagaon, Assam.
1451	19Apr	Bahlul Khan Lodhi ascends the throne of the Delhi sultanate starting the Lodhi dynasty
1469	15Apr	Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism is born
1483	14Feb	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
1490		Ahmadnagar declares independence, followed by Bijapur and Berar in the same year thus breaking up the Bahmani Sultanate.
1494	9Jun	Babur becomes the King
1498	20May	Vasco de Gama's first voyage from Europe to India and back (to 1499)

  

16th century

Year	Date	Event
1503		Kingdom of Cochin is taken over by the Portuguese creating the first European settlement in India.
1508	3Feb	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	3Feb	Battle of Diu marks the beginning of the dominance of the Europeans in the Asian naval theater.
1510	20May	Portuguese India (to 1961)
1522		Portuguese land on the Coromandel Coast
1526	21Apr	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 Battle of Panipat.
1527	17Mar	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.
1530	28Mar- 27Jan	Babur[9] 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. Babur dies, and is succeeded by his son Humayun.
1539		Battle of Chausa fought between Humayun and Sher Shah Suri in which Humayun defeated.
		Guru Angad Dev becomes second guru of Sikhs.
1540	18Sep	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.
	9May	Birth of Maharana Pratap Singh of Mewar ( son of Maharana Udai Singh II )
		Death of Shri Guru Ravidas Ji
1545	22May	Death of Sher Shah Suri and succeeded by Islam Shah Suri.
1552	26 Mar	Guru Amar Das becomes third Guru of Sikhs.
1554	22Nov	Death of Islam Shah Suri.
1555	22May	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.
	5 Nov	Hindu king Hemu establishes 'Hindu Raj' in North India and bestowed with title of "Vikramaditya"; Second Battle of   Panipat fought between Hemu and Akbar's forces in which Hemu is killed.
1565	26 Jan	Battle of Talikota results in the rout of Vijayanagara empire.
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.
1574	1Sep	Guru Ram Das becomes fourth Guru of Sikhs.
		Akbar annexes Bengal.
1581	Sep	Guru Arjan Dev becomes fifth Guru of Sikhs.
1586	6Oct	Akbar annexes Kashmir.
1600	31Dec	East India company is formed in England. Gets exclusive trading rights with India.

17th century

Year	Date	Event
1605	27Oct	Akbar dies, and is succeeded by his son Jahangir.
1606	25May	Guru Hargobind becomes sixth guru of Sikhs.
1612	30Nov	British India (to 1947)
	24Aug	East India Company (to 1857 – Indian Rebellion of 1857, Meerut)
1627	19Feb	Birth of Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
1628		Jahangir announces "Chain of Justice" outside his palace that anyone can ring the bell and get a personal hearing with the emperor. Jahangir dies, and is succeeded by his son Shah Jahan.
1644	8Mar	Guru Har Rai becomes seventh guru of Sikhs
		Shivaji takes oath of Independence at Raireshwar.
1658		Shah Jahan completes Taj Mahal, Jama Masjid, and Red Fort. Imperial treasuries drained by architectural and military overexpenditures. Shah Jahan put under house arrest, and is succeeded by his son Aurangzeb.
1659	19 Feb	Shivaji's ill-equipped and small Maratha army defeat numerically much larger Adilshahi troops at the Battle of Pratapgarh marking the first victory of the Maratha Empire. Shivaji personally kills Adilshahi commander Afzal Khan (general).
1661	6Oct	Guru Har Krishan becomes eight guru of Sikhs.
1665	20 Mar	Guru Tegh Bahadur becomes ninth Guru of Sikhs.
1665	11 Jun	Treaty of Purandar (1665) (or पुरंदर चा तह) was signed on 11 June 1665, between the Rajput ruler Jai Singh I
1674		Forces led by Shivaji defeat Aurangzeb's troops, and establishes Maratha Empire.
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.
1680	3Apr	Shivaji dies of fever at Raigad.
	20 Jul	Sambhaji becomes 2nd Chhatrapati of the Maratha Empire
1681		Aurangzeb invades the Deccan
1689	11Mar	Chatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj dies.
1696	20Nov	Danish India (to 1869)
1699	3Oct	Guru Gobind Singh, the 10th Guru of Sikhs creates Khalsa, the saint-soldier at Anandpur Sahib, Punjab.
1700	3Mar	Rajaram Chhatrapati dies

18th century

Year	Date	Event
1705		Mughal army arrested for the act.
1707	3Mar	Death of Aurangzeb the mughal monarch.
1708	7Oct	Guru Granth Sahib becomes Guru of Sikhs.
1721	Mar – Oct	Attingal Outbreak takes place
	13–14 Nov	Madras cyclone occurs
1720		Bajirao I appointed by Shahu Maharaj as Peshwa(prime minister) who later will expand the Maratha empire .
1756		Black Hole of Calcutta infamous incident where soldiers of East India Company were held hostage in tortuous conditions, later served as a precedent for the Battle of Plassey
1757	23Jun	Battle of Plassey
		Company rule in India (to 1858)
1758		Third carnatic war
1759		French India (to 1954)
1760		Marathas comprehensively defeat the Nizam. Maratha Empire reaches its zenith.
1760		Battle at Wandewash, British troops beat French
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.
1764	22Oct	Battle of Buxar (British victory against allied Mughal, Bengal and Oudh forces)
1765	12Aug	Princely states (to 15 August 1947)
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.
1771		Marathas re-captures Delhi and parts of North India.
1772	22May	Ram Mohan Roy Born (to 1833)
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 Bengal
1774		Chief Justice of the Maratha Empire, Ram Shastri passes death sentence against the ruling Peshwa Raghunathrao for murdering his nephew.
1775		First Anglo-Maratha War
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.
1784		Second Anglo-Mysore War ends with the Treaty of Mangalore.
1786		District collectors in Bengal were made responsible for settling the revenue and collecting it.
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		Third Anglo-Mysore War ends. [1793] [Birth of Rani Rashmoni, one of the pioneers of the renaissance in Bengal]
1795	13Aug	Death of Ahilyabai Holkar
1796		Ching-Thang Khomba moves Manipur's capital to Kangla
1798		Fourth Anglo-Mysore War begins.
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
1800	13Mar	Death of Nana Fadnavis

19th century

Year	Date	Event
1801	12 Apr	Maharaja Ranjit Singh establishes Khalsa rule of Punjab from Lahore. Khalsa army liberates Kashmiri Pundits and invades Afghanistan through the Khyber Pass.
1803		The Second Anglo-Maratha War begins.
1805	17Dec	The Second Anglo-Maratha War ends
1806	10Jul	Vellore Mutiny
1809	25Apr	The East India Company signs the first Treaty of Amritsar with Ranjit Singh.
1811	28Oct	The death of Yashwantrao Holkar
1814	15 Jan	"Atmiya Sabha" is established by Raja Ram Mohan Roy.
1817	3Jun- 20Jan	The Third Anglo-Maratha War begins. Establishment of Hindu College (Presidency College, now Presidency   University, Kolkata)
1818	31 Dec	The 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.
1820	31 Dec	Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar is born (to 1891).
1823	5Mar	Anglo–Burmese Wars (to 1826)
1824	12Feb	Dayananda Saraswati is born (to 1883)
1826	4Jan	British rule in Burma (to 1947)
1827	11Apr	Jyotirao Phule is born (to 1890)
1828	19 Nov	Rani of Jhansi Laxmi bai was born (to 1858)
1829		Kol uprising
1836	18 Feb	Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa is born (to 1886)
1839		First Anglo-Afghan War
1845	13Jan	First Anglo-Sikh Wars (to 1849)
	4Nov	Vasudev Balwant Phadke is born (to 1883)
1853	1Apr	The Post Service started.
1853	16Apr	The first railway is established between Bombay and Thane.
1855	30Jun	Santhal rebellion
1856	25Jul	Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act, 1856
	23Jul	Bal Gangadhar Tilak is born (to 1920)
	20Aug	Narayana Guru is born (to 1928)
1857	10 May	British victory in Indian Rebellion of 1857. Last Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar was deposed by British East India Company and India transferred to British Crown.
	18Jul -24 Jan	India's first three universities, the University of Mumbai, the University of Madras and the University of Calcutta, are established.
1858	18Jun 1858	Rani of Jhansi, Rani Lakshmibai died
	1Nov	British Raj (to 1947)
	7Nov	Bipin Chandra Pal is born (to 1932)
1859	18Apr	Death of Tatya Tope
1861	7May	Rabindranath Tagore is born.
1862		The high courts of Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay are established.
1863	12Jan	Swami Vivekanand is born (to 1902)
1865	28Jan	Lala Lajpat Rai is born (to 1928)
1867	31Mar	"Prarthana Samaj" established earlier known as "Atmiya Sabha", "Tahzeeb-ul-Akhlaq" was started
1869	2Oct	Mahatma Gandhi is born (to 30 January 1948) Thakkar Bapa is born (to 1951)
1873	24Sep	Jyotirao Phule establishes the "Satyashodhak Samaj" society.
1875	10Apr	"Arya Samaj" is established.
		Aligarh Muslim University
		Deccan Riots
1876	25Dec	Muhammad Ali Jinnah was born (1876–1948)
1877	1Jan	The first Delhi Durbar
1883	30Sep	Maharishi Dayanand saraswati die
1885	28Dec	The Indian National Congress is established
1889	14Nov	Jawaharlal Nehru is born (to 1964).
1889	3Dec	Khudiram Bose is born (to 1908).
1891	14Apr	B. R. Ambedkar is born (to 1956).
1891	31Mar	Anglo-Manipur War.
1895	11 May	jiddu krishnamurti is born (to 17 February 1986).
1897	23 Jan	Subhas Chandra Bose is born (to 1945); the first fingerprint bureau of India is established in Calcutta.
1897	11Jun	Ramprasad Bismil was born
1899		"Mitra Mela" is established by V.D. Savarkar.plague commission

chapekar brother {assassination of w.c.Rand}

20th century

Year	Date	Event
1902		Anushilan Samiti, revolutionary association formed.
1903	11 Dec	British Expedition to Tibet
	1 Jan	Delhi Durbar Second Time.
1904	5 Nov	University Act
1905	16 Oct	Partition of Bengal
1906		Jugantar formed.
	30 Dec	Muslim League formed in Dacca.
1907		Surat Split
1908		Alipore bomb case
1909		Morley-Minto Reforms
1911		Cancellation of Partition of Bengal
		Delhi Durbar Third Time
1911	12 Dec	The British government moves the capital from Calcutta to Delhi.
1912		Delhi conspiracy case
1913		Gadar Party formed.
		Rabindranath Tagore won Nobel Prize in Literature
1914		Hindu–German Conspiracy
1915		Ghadar conspiracy
		Provisional Government of India formed in Kabul.
		Mahatma Gandhi returns to India.
1916		Lucknow Pact
1917		Champaran Satyagraha
1918		Kheda Satyagraha
1919		Jallianwala Bagh massacre
		Montagu–Chelmsford Reforms
		Rowlatt Act is passed
1920		Non-cooperation movement Khilafat Movement
1922	5 Feb	Chauri Chaura incident
1924		The Hindustan Socialist Republican Association is formed.
1925	9 Aug	Kakori conspiracy
1927	20 Mar	Mahad Satyagraha
	Nov	Simon Commission
1928		Bardoli Satyagraha
1929		Central Assembly bombed by Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt.
		Purna Swaraj resolution.
1930		Salt Satyagraha, the civil disobedience movement, begins with the Dandi march.
		The first Round Table Conferences (India)
1931	Mar	Gandhi–Irwin Pact
	23 Mar	Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev martyred
	Sep–Dec	The second Round Table Conferences (India)
1932	24 Sep	Poona Pact
	16 Aug	Communal Award
	Nov–Dec	The third Round Table Conferences (India)
1935	Aug	Government of India Act 1935
1937		1937 Indian provincial elections
1939		The All India Forward Bloc established by Subhas Chandra Bose
1940	23 Mar	Lahore Resolution
	8 Aug	August offer 1940
1942	late Mar	Cripps' mission
	Aug	1.  Quit India movement 2.  The Indian National Army is established 3.   by Subhas Chandra Bose.
1943		Arzi Hukumat-e-Azad Hind, the Provisional Government of Free India is formed by Netaji.
1944		Subhas Chandra Bose calls Mahatma Gandhi the Father of the Nation .
1945	18 Aug	Subhas Chandra Bose death in plane crash at Taiwan.
		Wavell Plan, Simla Conference
1946	Feb	Royal Indian Navy Mutiny
	Mar	Cabinet Mission
	16 Aug	Direct Action Day/Great Calcutta Killings
1947	July	Indian Independence Act 1947 by British Raj
		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, continuing to 1948.
1948	30Jan	Mahatma Gandhi is assassinated by Nathuram Godse.
		War with Pakistan over disputed territory of Kashmir.
		Telangana and other princely states are integrated into Indian union.
1950	26Jan	India became a republic.
1951		Congress Party wins first general elections under leadership of Jawaharlal Nehru (to 1952).
1955		Nationalisation of the Indian insurance sector. Establishment of LIC.
1956	14 Oct	B. R. Ambedkar converted to Buddhism along with 600,000 followers.
	6Dec	B. R. Ambedkar died.
1962		War over disputed territory of Kashmir[25] with China.
		India seizes Diu, Daman and Goa from Portuguese India.
1964	27 May	Death of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
1965	6–23 Sept	Second war with Pakistan over Kashmir.
1966	11Jan	Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri's mysterious death in Tashkant.
1966		Nehru's daughter Indira Gandhi becomes prime minister.
1971		Third war with Pakistan over creation of Bangladesh, formerly East Pakistan.
		Twenty-year treaty of friendship signed with Soviet Union.
1974		India Smiling Buddha first nuclear device in underground test.
1975		Indira Gandhi declares a state of emergency after being found guilty of electoral malpractice.
		Nearly 1,000 political opponents imprisoned and programme of compulsory birth control introduced. (to 1977)
1977		Indira Gandhi's Congress Party loses general elections. Janata Party comes to power. The Communist party of India comes into power in West Bengal.
1979		The Janata Party splits. Chaudhary Charan Singh becomes Prime Minister.
1980		Indira Gandhi returns to power heading the Congress party splinter group, Congress (Indira).
1983		N. T. Rama Rao NTR's nine-month-old Telugu Desam assumes power in AP becoming a challenger post Loknayak Jayprakash Narayan against Indira Gandhi.
1983		India won World Cup for the first time, in one day international Cricket led by Kapil Dev.
1984		Troops storm Golden Temple, the Sikhs' most holy shrine, after Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale seeks refuge inside. There are a movement to flush out Sikh separatism and calls for secularism, called Operation Blue Star. "Anti-Sikh Riots 1984".
		Indira Gandhi is assassinated by her Sikh bodyguards; her son, Rajiv, takes over.
		Many Sikhs were killed due to the assassination of Indira Gandhi. see 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
1987		India deploys troops for peacekeeping operation in Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict.
1988		SEBI was established by The Government of India on 12 April 1988 and given statutory powers in 1992 with SEBI Act 1992 being passed by the Indian Parliament.
1989		Falling public support leads to a Congress defeat in general election.
1989		The National Front (India), headed by V. P. Singh and led by Janata Dal, is formed and storms into power with outside support from BJP and CPI.
1990		Muslim separatist groups begin campaign of violence in Kashmir.
1991		Rajiv Gandhi is assassinated by a suicide bomber sympathetic to Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers.
		An economic reform programme is begun by Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao.
1992		Babri Mosque in Ayodhya is demolished, 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 its worst electoral defeat ever as BJP emerges as the largest single party.
1996	Aug	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 and Pakistan carry out nuclear tests, leading to widespread international condemnation.
1999	Feb	Vajpayee makes a historic bus trip to Pakistan to meet Premier Nawaz Sharif and to sign bilateral Lahore peace declaration.
	May	Tension in Kashmir leads to a brief war with Pakistan-backed forces in the icy heights around Kargil in Indian-administered Kashmir.
	Oct	The Cyclone devastates eastern state of Odisha, leaving at least 10,000 dead.
2000	Mar	US President Bill Clinton makes a groundbreaking   visit to improve ties.
	May	India marks the birth of its billionth citizen.
	Nov	The states of Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh & Uttranchal (Uttrakhand) were created on 15 November 2000.

21th Century;-

Year	Date	Event |
2001	26 Jan	The 7.7 Mw  Gujarat earthquake shakes Western India with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), leaving 13,805–20,023 dead and about 166,800 injured.
	Jul	Vajpayee meets Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf in the first summit between the two neighbours in more than two years. The meeting ends without a breakthrough or even a joint statement because of differences over Kashmir.
	Jul	Vajpayee's BJP party declines his offer to resign over a number of political scandals and the apparent failure of his talks with Pakistani President Musharraf.
	Sep	US lifts sanctions which it imposed against India and Pakistan after they staged nuclear tests in 1998. The move is seen as a reward for their support for the US-led anti-terror campaign.
	Oct	India and Pakistan fire at each other's military posts in the heaviest firing along the dividing line of control in Kashmir for almost a year.

	oct	Pakistani forces shelled the village of Arnia about three km (two miles) from the border in the early hours of Monday 6 June, killing five and wounding at least two dozen civilians
	Dec	Suicide squad attacks parliament in New Delhi, killing several police. The five gunmen die in the assault.
	Dec	India imposes sanctions against Pakistan, to force it to take action against two Kashmir militant groups blamed for the suicide attack on parliament. Pakistan retaliates with similar sanctions, and bans the groups in January.
	Dec	India, Pakistan mass troops on common border amid mounting fears of a looming war.
2002		War of words between Indian and Pakistani leaders intensifies. Actual war seems imminent.
	Jan	India successfully test-fires a nuclear-capable ballistic missile – the Agni – off its eastern coast.
	Feb	Inter-religious bloodshed breaks out after 59 Hindu pilgrims returning from Ayodhya are killed in a train fire in Godhra, Gujarat. More than 1,000 people, die in subsequent riots. (Police and officials blamed the fire on a Muslim mob; a 2005 government investigation said it was an accident, though later court and SIT report held Muslim mob responsible.)
	May	Pakistan test-fires three medium-range surface-to-surface Ghauri missiles, which are capable of carrying nuclear warheads.
	Jun	UK, US urge their citizens to leave India and Pakistan, while maintaining diplomatic offensive to avert war.
	July	Retired scientist and architect of India's missile programme A.P.J. Abdul Kalam is elected president.
2003	Aug	At least 50 people are killed in two simultaneous bomb blasts in Bombay.
	Nov	India matches Pakistan's declaration of a Kashmir ceasefire.
	Dec	India, Pakistan agree to resume direct air links and to allow overflights.
2004	Jan	Groundbreaking meeting is held between government and moderate Kashmir separatists.
	May	Surprise victory for Congress Party in general elections. Manmohan Singh is sworn in as prime minister.
	Sep	India, along with Brazil, Germany and Japan, launches an application for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council.
	Nov	India begins to withdraw some of its troops from Kashmir.
	Dec	Thousands are killed when tsunami, caused by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake off the Indonesian coast, devastate coastal communities in the south and in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
2005	Jul	More than 1,000 people are killed in floods and landslides caused by monsoon rains in Mumbai (Bombay) and Maharashtra region.
	8 Oct	The 7.6 Mw  Kashmir earthquake strikes with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), leaving 86,000–87,351 people dead, 69,000–75,266 injured, and 2.8 million homeless.
2006	Feb	India's largest-ever rural jobs scheme is launched, aimed at lifting around 60 million families out of poverty.
	Mar	US and India sign a nuclear agreement during a visit by US President George W. Bush. The US gives India access to civilian nuclear technology while India agrees to greater scrutiny for its nuclear programme.
2007	Fe	India and Pakistan sign an agreement aimed at reducing the risk of accidental nuclear war.
	18 Feb	68 passengers, most of them Pakistanis, are killed by bomb blasts and a blaze on a train travelling from New Delhi to the Pakistani city of Lahore.
	Mar	Maoist rebels in Chhattisgarh state kill more than 50 policemen in a dawn attack.
	Apr	India's first commercial space rocket is launched, carrying an Italian satellite.
	May	Government announces its strongest economic growth figures for 20 years – 9.4% in the year to March.
	May	At least nine people are killed in a bomb explosion at the main mosque in Hyderabad. Several others are killed in subsequent rioting.
	July	India says the number of its people with HIV or AIDS is about half of earlier official tallies. Health ministry figures put the total at between 2 million and 3.1 million cases, compared with previous estimates of more than 5 million.
	July	Pratibha Patil becomes first woman to be elected president of India.
2008	July	Series of explosions kills 49 in Ahmedabad, in Gujarat state. The little-known terrorist group Indian Mujahideen claims responsibility.
	Oct	Following approval by the US Congress, President George W. Bush signs into law a nuclear deal with India, which ends a three-decade ban on US nuclear trade with Delhi.
	Oct	India successfully launches its first mission to the moon, the unmanned lunar probe Chandrayaan-1.
	Nov	The 2008 Mumbai attacks (often called the   26/11 attacks) kill 174 people, including 9 of the 10 terrorists from Lashkar-e-Taiba, an Islamic terrorist organisation based in Pakistan. India decides not to attack Pakistan in retaliation.
	Dec	India announces "pause" in peace process with Pakistan. Indian cricket team cancels planned tour of Pakistan.
2009	Feb	India and Russia sign deals worth $700 million, according to which Moscow will supply Uranium to Delhi.
	May	Resounding general election victory gives governing Congress-led alliance of PM Manmohan Singh an enhanced position in parliament, only 11 seats short of an absolute majority.
	Jul	Delhi court decriminalizes gay sex
2010	Feb	16 people are killed in a bomb explosion at German Bakery in the city of Pune, Maharashtra.
2011	Apr	India wins cricket world cup after 28 years under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
	May	After 34 years of Left Front Government, Trinamool Congress and Congress alliance come to power in West Bengal.
2012	Jul	Pranab Mukherjee, the former Finance Minister is elected as the 13th president of India.
2013	12 Feb	Indian helicopter bribery scandal comes to light.
	21 Feb	Terror attacks in Hyderabad in Dilsukhnagar area.
	5 Nov	Mars Orbiter Mission, is successfully launched into Mars orbit by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).[28][29][30]
2014	16 May	Narendra Modi elected as prime minister of India, Congress was routed in the general elections.
	2Jun	Telangana, The state of Telangana was officially formed on 2 June 2014.
2016	2-5Jan	Terror Attacks on Pathankot Air Base.
	27 Jun	India becomes a member of Missile Technology Control Regime.
	27 Sep	India launches its first space laboratory Astrosat in its biggest project since its Mars orbiter mission in 2014.
	23 Sep	India signs a billion-dollar defence deal with France to buy 36 Rafale fighter jets.
	8 nov	In a surprise announcement, the government withdraws high denomination notes from circulation causing chaotic scenes at banks across the country as customers try to exchange old notes.
2017	30 jun	The Goods and Services Tax (GST) launched, the biggest tax reform in history of India.
2019
	14 Feb	A convoy of vehicles carrying Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel on the Jammu Srinagar National Highway was attacked by a vehicle-borne suicide bomber in the Pulwama district, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
	26 Feb	The 2019 Balakot airstrike was conducted by India, when Indian warplanes crossed the de facto border in the disputed region of Kashmir, and dropped bombs in the vicinity of the town of Balakot in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan.
	27 Feb	The 2019 Balakot strike from Indian side was given a reply named "Swift Retort".After a dog fight between Pakistani and Indian Fighter Pilots. Indian Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman was captured by the Pakistani side. However acting to the pressure of various global leaders and bound by the Vienna Convention . Pakistan was Forced to release the Indian Pilot with all due respect.
	5Aug	The state of Jammu and Kashmir was divided into two separate union territories known as Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh by Scrapping Article 370 of Indian constitution.
	11Dec	The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 was passed by the Parliament of India on 11 December 2019. It amended the Citizenship Act of 1955 by providing a path to Indian citizenship for members of Hindu, Sikh, Buddhiist, Jain, Parsi, and Christian religious minorities, who had fled persecution from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan before December 2014.
2020	30Jan	The first ever Covid-19 case of the country was reported in Kerala's Thrissur district.