Important Year's in Indian History

Important year in Indian History::
BC
2500-1800--Indus valley civilization.
563--Birth of Gautam Buddha; Nirvana in 483 B.C.
327-26--Alexander's invasion of India and the opening of land route between India and Europe.
269-232--Battle of Kalinga.
57--Beginning of Vikrama era.
30--Satvahana dynasty in Deooan. Pandyan empire in for south.
326--Alexander defeated Poras in the Battle of Hydaspas.
261--Ashoka defeated Kalinga in the Kalinga War.
AD
78 --Beginning of Saka era
120--Accession of Kanishka
320-- Commencement of Gupta era. the golden age of Hindu India
380-- Accession of Vikramaditya
405-411-- Visit of Chinese traveller Fa-hien
415-- Accession of Kumara Gupta I
455-- Accession of Skando Gupta
606-647-- Harshavardhan’s reign
MEDIEVAL
712-- First invasion in Sind by Arabs
836-- Accession of King Bhoja of Kannauj
985-- Accession of Rajaraja,the Chola ruler
998-- Accession of Sultan Mahmud
1001-- First invasion of India by Mahmud Chazni who defeated jaipal, ruler of Punjab
1025-- Destruction of Somnath Temple by Mahmud Ghzni
1191-- First Battle of Tarain
1192-- Second Battle of Tarain
1206-- Accession of Qutab-ud-din Aibak to the throne of Delhi
1210-- Death of Qutub-ud-din Aibak
1221-- Changes Khan invaded India (Mongol invasion)
1236-- Accession of Razia Sultan to the throne of Delhi
1240-- Razia Sultan dies
1296-- Accession of Ala–ud-din Khilji
1316-- Ala-ud-din Khilji dies
1325 --Accession of Muhammad-bin Tughlaq
1327-- Shifting of Capital from Delhi to Daulatabad to Deccan by the Tughlaqs
1336 --Foundation of Vijayanagar empire in the South
1351-- Accession of Feroze Shah
1398 --Invasion of India by Timur Lang
1469-- Birth of Gurunanak
1494-- Accession of Babar in Farghana
1497-98-- First voyage of Vasco da Gama to India( discovery of sea route to India via the Cape of Good Hope
1526-- First Battle of Panipat, Babar defeated Ibrahim Lodhi; Foundation of Mughal rule by Babar
1527-- Battle of Khanya’Babar defeated Rana Sanga
1530-- Death of Babar and accession of Humayun
1539-- Sher Shah Suri defeated Humayan and became India’s emperor
1540-- Battle of Kannauj
1555 --Humayan recaptured the throne of Delhi
1556-- Second Battle of Panipat
1565-- Battle of Talikota
1576-- Battle of Haldighati; Rana Pratap defeated by Akbar
1582-- Din-e-Illahi founded by Akbar
1597-- Death of Rana Pratap
1600-- East India Company established
1605-- Death of Akbar and accession of Jehangir
1606-- Execution of Guru Arjun Dev
1611-- Jehangir marries Nur jahan.
1616 --Sir Thomas Roe visits Jehangir
1627-- Birth of Shivaji and death of Jehangir
1628-- Shahjahan becomes emperor of India
1631-- Death of Mumtaj Mahal
1634-- The British permitted to trade in india in Bengal
1659-- Accession of Aurangzeb, Shahjahan imprisoned
1665---- Shivaji imprisoned by Aurangzeb
1666-- Death of Shahjahan
1675-- Execution of Teg Bahadur,the ninth Guru of Sikhs
1680-- Death of Shivaji
1707-- Death of Aurangzeb
1708-- Death of Guru Gobind Singh
1739-- Nadir Shah invades India
MODERN
1757-- Battle of Plassey, establishment of Britishn political rule in India at the hands of Lord Clive.
1761-- Third Battle of Panipat;Shah Alam II becomes India’s emperor
1764-- Battle of Buxar
1765-- Clive appointed Company’s Governor in India
1767-69 --First Mysore war
1770 --The great Bangal Famine
1780-- Birth of Maharaja Ranjit Singh
1780-84-- Second Mysore War
1784-- Pitt’s Omdoa Act
1790-92 --Third Mysore War
1793-- The Permanent Settlement of Bengal
1799-- Fourth Mysore War- Death of Tipu Sultan
1802 --Treaty of Bassein
1809-- Treaty of Amritsar
1829-- Practice of Sati Prohibited
1830 --Raja-Ram Mohun Roy, founder of Brahmo Samaj,visits England.
1833-- Death of Raja Ram Mohun Roy.
1839-- Death of Maharaj Ranjit Singh
1839-42-- First Afghan War
1845-46-- First Anglo-Sikh War
1852 --Second Anglo-Burmese War
1853 --First Railway line opened between Bombay and Thane and First Telegraph line started in India between Calcutta and Arga
1857-- The sepoy Mutiny or First War of Independence
1861-- Birth of Rabindranath Tagore
1869-- Birth of Mahatma Gandhi
1885-- Foundation of Indian National Congress
1889-- Birth of Jawaharlal Nehru
1897-- Birth of Subhash Chandra Bose
1904 --Tibet Expedition
1905-- First partition of Bengal under Lord Curzon
1906 --Foundation of Muslim League
1911-- Delhi Darbar;King and Queen visit India;Delhi becomes the capital of India
1916-- World War 1 begins
1916-- Lucknow Pact signed by Muslim League and Congress
1918-- World War 1 ends
1919-- Montague-Chelmsfor Reforms introduced,Jallianwala Bagh massacreat Amritsar
1920-- Khilafar Movement launched
1927-- Boycott of Simon Commission,broadcasting started in India
1928-- Death of lal Lajpat Rai ( Sher-e-Punjab)
1929-- Lord Orwaom’s Pact, resolution of complete independence passed at Lahore Congress
1930-- Civil Disobedience Movement launched;Dandi March by Mahatma Gandhi(April 6, 1970 )
1931 --Gandhi-Irwin Pact
1935-- Government of India Act enacted
1937-- Provincial Autonomy,Congress forms ministers
1939-- World War II begins (September i )
1941-- Death of Rabindranath Tagore, escape of Subhash Chandra Bose from India
1942-- Arrival of Cripps Mission in India, ‘Quit India’ movement launched (Aug.8)
1943-44-- Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose forms provincial Azad Hindu Hukumat and Indian National Army, Bengal famine
1945-- Trial of Indian National Army at Red Fort;Shimla Conference World War II ends
1946-- British Cabinet Mission visits India; Interim Government formed at the Centre,
1947-- Division of India; India and Pakistan form separate independent dominions
1948 --Mahatma Gandhi assassinated (Jan.30); integration of princely states.
1949-- Cease-fire in Kashmir,indian Constitution signed and adopted(Nov.26)
1950--India becomes a Sovereign Democratic Republic (Jan.26)and Constitution of India comes into force
1951-- First Five-year Plan.First Asian Games held in Delhi
1952-- First General Elections of the Lok Sabha
1953-- Conquest of Mt.Everest by Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary
1956-- Second Five-Year Plan launched
1957-- Second General Elkections;decimal coinage introduced,
Liberation of Goa.
1962-- Third General Elections in India; Chinese attack on India (Dec 20 )
1963 --Nagaland becomes the 16th indian State
1964-- Death of Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
1965 --Pakistan attacks India
1966-- Tashkent Pact;Death of Lal Bahadur Shastri; Mrs. Indira Gandhi elected Prime Minister of India.
1967-- Fourth General Elections;Dr Zakir Hussain elected the third president of India
1969 --V.V.Giri elected President of India, Nationalisation of the leading banks by Presidential ordinance.
1970 --Meghalaya designated as autonomous state.
1971 --Himachal Pradesh becomes a State;Indo-Pak War, Bangladesh is born
1972-- Shimla agreement;Death of C.Rajagopalachari
1973-- Mysore State renamed Karnataka
1974 --India explodes a nuclear device; Fakhuruddin Ali Ahmed elected as fifth President Sikkim becomes on associate State of India
1975-- India launches ‘Aryabhata’; Sikkim becomes 22nd State of the Indian Union; State of Emergency is declared
1976-- India and China establish diplomatic relations
1977-- Sixth General Elections; Janata Party gets majority in Lok Sabha; Neelam Sanjiva Reddy elected sixth President of India
1979-- Morarji Desai resigns as Prime Minister,Charan Singh becomes Prime Minister;Charan Singh resigns ( Aug 20 ) Sixth Lok Sabha dissolved
1980 --Seventh General Elections;Congress I comes to power;Mrs Indira Gandhi sworn in as Prime Minister; Sanjay Gandhi dies in an air crash, India Launches SLV-3 into space carrying Rohini Satellite
1982-- Longest bridge in Asia opened ( March 2 ); Acharya J.B. Kripalani dies ( March 19) INSAT.1A launched; Giani Zail Singh elected President of India (July 15) Over 500 persons killed in Gujarat Cyclone ( Nov.5); Acharua Vinobha dies (Nov 15) IX Asian Games inaugurated (Nov 19)
1983 --CHOGM held in New Delhi
1984 --Operation Blue Star in Punjab; Rakesh Sharma goes into space; Mrs. Indira Gandhi assassinated; Rajiv Gandhi becomes PM
1985-- Rajiv-Longowal accord signed; Sant H.S. Longowal killed elections in Punjab; Assam accord; VII Five-Year Plan launched 1986 Mizoram accord.
1987-- R.Venkataraman elected President; Shankar Dayal Sharma elected Vice-President of India, Bofors gun and Fairfax controversies
1989-- Ram Shilanyas Puja at Ayodhyat; India’s first IRBM ‘ Agni’ successfully launched from Orissa (May 22); Trishul Missile test fised (June 5); Second successful launch of Prithvi (Sept 27); Rajiv Government loses poll and resigns (Nov.29); Jawahar Rozgar Yojna launched (Nov.29);National front leader V.P. Singh sworn in as seventh PM, New cabinet sworn in (Dec.2), Ninth Lok Sabha constituted
1990-- Last of IPKF return home (March 25); Indian Airlines A-320 Airbus Crash (Feb. 14); Janata Dal splits; BJP withdraws support to the Government;Advani takes out Rath Yatra and is arrested, Mandal Report implemented announced by V.P. Singh Violence in Ayodhya due to Ram Janam Bhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute
1991-- Gulf War breaks out (Jan. 17); Rajiv Gandhi assassinated (May 21); X Lok Sabha constituted (June 20); P. V. Narasimha Rao becomes Prime Minister
1992 --India establishes full diplomatic ties with Israel (Jan. 29); Bharat Ratna and Oscar winner Satyajit Ray dies (April 23); S.D.Sharma elected President (July 25); INS Shakti-first indigeneously built submarine was launched on Feb. 7
1993 --Ordinance to acquire 67.33 acres in Ayodhya (Jan 7); Massive security falls in BJP rally; Wave of bombing leaves 300 dead in Bombay; Insat-2B becomes fully operational; Earthquake in Maharashtra
1994 --Government monopoly over civil aviation ends; Storm over GATT treaty;Plague outbreak; Sushmita Sen-Miss Universe; Aishwarya Rai-Miss World
1995-- Mayawati First Dalit Chief Minister of UP; BJP comes to power in Maharashtra and Gujarat, Janata Dal in Karnataka and Congress in Orissa; Indian National Congress (T) formed; President’s Rule in UP after fall of Mayawati; INSAT 2C and IRSI-C launched
1996-- Hawala takes toll of several Union Ministers ans opposition leaders; PSLV D3 launched on March 21 with IRSP-3 ushering new era in India space programme; Eleventh Lok Sabha Elections held on April 127-BJP emerges as the single largest party
1997-- On August 15, India celebrated its 50th year of Independence
1998-- Death of Mother Teressa; Atal Behari Vajpayee becomes Indian Prime Minister; India explodes its second nuclear device (Pokhran II)
1999-- India Airlines plane IC-814 hijacked by terrorists and taken to Kandahar, Afghanistan, on Dec 24, 1999.-- Three militants released by Indian govt.for the freedom of hostages kept as passengers. In June 1999,-- Flt. Lt. K. Nachiketa, the captured Indian pilot, released by Pakistan after eight days of captivity. ‘Operation Vijay’ launched by Indian Army to flush out Pakistani infiltrators inside LoC in the Kargil sector of J&K, India wins battle.
2000--Â US President Bill Clinton visits India during March 2000. Three new states Chhatisgarh, Uttaranchal and Jharkhand created.India’s population crossed one billion mark.
2001 --‘Agra Summit’ between India and Pakistan in July 2001; Worst natural calamity of India: Gujarat Earthquake in Jan 2001; ‘Tehelka.Com’ screened video tapes which opened the murky world of arms deal and its kickbacks to Indian Army officials, ministers and politicians in March 2001; VI th census of India (since Independence) concluded in March 2001. Enron bids farewall to Indian energy sector in August 2001; GSLV
launched successfully in April 2001 and PSLC-C3 launch conducted in October 2001.
2002-- Â 71-year old missile scientist, Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, is elected President of India; One of the most harrific communal roits in recent history, the Godhra Incident, happens on Feb 27, 2002 in Gujarat;National Water Policy announced in April, which aims at integrating water resources develpment and management for optimal and sustainable utilisation.
2003 --Â Formation of Strategic Forces Command (SFO) and the Nuclear Command Authority (NCA) by India; Air Marshal Teja Mohan Asthana named first commander in chief of the SFC; Advanced multi purpose satellite, INSAT-3A is successfully launched into space from Kourou of French Guyana; CBI forms an Economic Intelligence Wing to tackle white-collar crime in June; India’s adnaced communication satellite INSAT-3E is launched by an European rocket from the spaceport of Kourou of French Guyana in December
2004-- NDA government ousted by the Congress and its allies in the General Election; Congress President Ms Sonia Gandhi opts against becoming Prime Minister of India despite being in a strong position; Congress and its allies forms government at the centre under the Prime Ministership of Dr. Manmohan Singh.
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