| 2500-1500
B.C | : | Indus
Valley civilization. |
|
| 1500-200
B.C | : | Aryan
civilization. |
| 2000-1000
B.C | : |
Composition of the Upanishads and the great Epics, the Mahabharata and the Ramayana. |
| 600-500
B.C | : |
Mahavir and Buddha lay down the principles of Jainism and Buddhism. |
| 326
B.C | : | Alexander,
The Great invades India |
| 320
B.C | : | Chandragupta
Maurya finds the Mauryan Dynasty. |
| 273
B.C |
: | Asoka
ascends the throne of Magadha. |
| 261
B.C | : | The
Great Kalinga War that transforms Asoka. |
| 60
B.C | : | Rise
of the Satavahana Dynasty. |
|
1-100 A.D | : | Jews
and Apostle St.Thomas arrive in the Malabar Coast. |
|
78A.D | : | The
Saka era begins. |
|
120-144A.D | : | Rule
of the Kushan king, Kaniskha. |
|
320A.D | : | Chandragupta
1 finds the Gupta Dynasty |
|
360 A.D | : | Samudragupta
establishes a large Empire-the whole of northern India up to the Deccan. |
| 375-
413A.D | : | Reign
of Chandragupta 11,the golden age of Indian culture and literature. |
| 405-11A.D
| : | Fahien
visits India. |
| 1000
A.D | : | Founding
of the Chola empire by Rajaraja Chola. |
| 1026
A.D | : | Mahmud
of Ghazni ransacks the Somnath temple. |
| 1192
A.D | : | Muhammad
Ghori defeats Prithiviraj. Paves way for Muslim rule. |
| 1206
A.D | : | Qutb-ud-din
Aibak establishes Slave Dynasty inDelhi. |
| 1288
A.D | : | Marco
polo visits India. |
| 1290
A.D | : | Fall
of the Slave Dynasty; Beginning of the Khilji Dynasty. |
| 1483-1530
A.D | : | Reign
of Mughal emperor Babur. |
| 1498
AD | : | Vascodagama
lands at Calicut. |
| 1469-1538
A.D | : | Time
of Guru Nanak,the founder of Sikkhism. |
| 1510
A.D | : | Goa
captured by Portuguese. |
| 1526
A.D | : | First
battle of Panipat.Babar defeats the Lodis and establishes Mughal rule. |
| 1556
A.D | : | Accession
of Akbar. |
| 1600
A.D | : |
East India Company formed. |
| 1632-1653
A.D | : | Shah
Jahan builds the Taj Mahal. |
| 1664
A.D | : | Shivaji
becomes king in Delhi. |
| 1739
A.D | : | Nadir
Shah invades Delhi. |
| 1742
A.D | : | French
rule consolidated in Pondicherry. |
| 1757
A.D | : | Battle
of Plassey. |
| 1831
A.D | : | Ranjit
Singh mobilizes the power of Sikhs. |
| 1834-35
A.D | : |
Lord William Bentick becomes the first Governor General of India. |
| 1853
A.D | : | First
Railway between Bombay and Thana. |
| 1857
A.D | : | The
Sepoy Mutiny. |
| 1858
A.D | : | Government
of India passes from East India Company to the British Crown. |
| 1885
A.D | : | Indian
National Congress born. |
| 1906
A.D | : | Founding
of the Muslim League. |
| 1911
A.D | : | Capital
of India shifted from Calcutta to Delhi. |
|
1920 A.D |
: | Non-cooperation
movement begins. |
| 1930
A.D | : | Mahatma
Gandhi leads the Dandi march in Ahmedabad. |
| 1931A.D |
: |
Inauguration of New Delhi. |
| 1947
A.D | : | India
gets freedom. Nehru is India's new Prime Minister. |
| 1948
A.D | : | Mahatma
Gandhi is assassinated in Delhi. |
| 1950
A.D | : | India
becomes a Republic. |
| 1965
A.D | : | Hindi
proclaimed the National language. |
| 1966-1977
A.D | : | Indira
Gandhi is India's Prime Minister. |
| 1965-1971
A.D | : |
Indo- Pakistan clashes. |
| 1962
A.D | : | Indo-China
war. |
| 1966
A.D | : | Indira
Gandhi comes to power. |
| 1975
A.D | : | Emergency
declared by Indira Gandhi. |
| 1984
A.D | : | Indira
Gandhi assassinated by her bodyguard. Rajiv Gandhi, Indira's son takes over. |
| 1989
A.D | : | General
elections, V.P. Singh becomes the Prime Minister. |
| 1991
A.D | : | Rajiv
Gandhi assassinated during election campaign, Narasimha Rao becomes the Prime
minister. |
| 1992
A.D | : |
Babri Masjid brought down. Riots followed in the whole of North India. |
| 1996
A.D | : | National
Front comes to power. |
| 1999
A.D | : |
BJP wins the elections and are ruling the country till date. |
| 2000
A.D |
: |
US
President Bill Clinton makes groundbreaking visit to India to improve ties. |
| 2001
A.D | : | Massive
earthquakes hit western state of Gujarat, leaving at least 30,000 dead. |
| 2002
A.D | : | Retired
Scientist and architect of India's missile programme APJ Abdul Kalam elected president.
|
| 2003
A.D | : | India,
Pakistan agree to resume direct air links and to allow overflights. |
| 2004
A.D | : | Congress
wrestles power from the BJP headed by Sonia Gandhi. Manmohan takes in the Prime
Minsiters Seat. Former Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao dies, aged 83. |
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