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This is a timeline of Indian history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in India and its
predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of India. See also the list of GovernorsGeneral of India, list of Prime Ministers of India and Years in India.
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Millennia 500th BCE 9th BCE 5th BCE 4th BCE 3rd BCE 2nd BCE 1st BCE 1st 2nd 3rd
5000th 90th 75th 70th 45th 43rd 40th 37th 35th 34th 33rd 32nd 31st 30th 29th
BC 28th 27th 26th 25th 24th 23rd 22nd 21st 20th 19th 18th 17th 16th 15th 14th 13th
12th 11th 10th 9th 8th 7th 6th 5th 5th 4th 3rd 2nd 1st
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AD
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th
19th 20th 21st
Date
2,000,000
- 100,000
BC
Languages
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A skull fragment found in Hathnora in the Narmada Valley in central India indicate that India might
have been inhabited in the Middle Pleistocene era around 250,000 years ago. Anek R. Sankhyan
describes it as "debated and conveniently interpreted as evolved Homo erectus or archaic.[1]
Tools crafted by proto-humans that have been dated back two million years have been discovered
in the northwestern part of the subcontinent.[2][3] The earliest archaeological site in the
subcontinent is the palaeolithic hominid site in the Soan River valley.[4] Soanian sites are found in
the Sivalik region across what are now India, Pakistan, and Nepal.[5][6][7]
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Some of the Bhimbetka shelters were inhabited by Homo erectus more than 100,000 years
ago.[8][9]
Madrasian Culture is a prehistoric (aka Paleolithic) culture of South India.[10] It flourished in the
Lower Paleolithic, the earliest subdivision of the Stone Age, about 2.5 million years ago. It is called
the Madrasian culture because artifact tools thought to be related to this culture were first found at
sites in Attirampakkam (Attrambakkam=13 13' 50", 79 53' 20"), which is located near Chennai
(formerly known as Madras),Tamil Nadu.[11] Thereafter, tools related to this culture have been
found at various other locations in this region. Bifacial handaxes and cleavers are typical
assemblages recovered of this culture.[12] Flake tools, microliths and other chopping tools have
also been found. Most of these tools were composed of the metamorphic rock quartzite.[11] The
stone tool artifacts in this assemblage have been identified as a part of the second inter-pluvial
period in India.[13]
Evidence for presence of Hominins with Acheulean technology 150,000-100,000 BCE in Tamil
Nadu.[14]
Paleolithic industries in South India Tamil Nadu 30,000 BCE[15]
90th century BC
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Early Neolithic culture with first confirmed semi permanent settlements appeared 9,000 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.[16]
The ancient history of the region includes some of South Asia's oldest settlements[17] and some of its
major civilisations.[18][19]
60th century BC
Year
Date
6000
BC
Event
Stone Age carvings of Edakkal Caves in Kerala.
35th century BC
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3300
BC
Phase of the Indus Valley Civilization begins. The civilization used an early form of the Indus signs, the
so-called Indus script.
3139
BC
27th century BC
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2600
BC
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 large parts of
Afghanistan,[20] covering a 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
BC
End of the Early Dynastic II Period and the beginning of the Early Dynastic IIIa Period in Mesopotamia.
2700
BC
2900
BC
2334
BC
26th century BC
Year
Date
Event
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
2600
BC
25th century BC
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2500
BC
Event
Dravidian Civilization begins in South India.
18th century BC
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Date
Event
1800
BC
Adichanallur urn-burial site in Tirunelveli district in Tamil Nadu. In 2004, a number of skeletons dating
from around 3,800 years ago.
1800
BC
Indo-Aryan migration
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1500
BC
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Early Vedic Period (to 1000 BC)
13th century BC
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1300
BC
Event
Cemetery H culture comes to an end
12th century BC
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1200
BC
Event
Rigveda (to 1000 BC)
11th century BC
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10th century BC
1000 BC
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9th century BC
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877
BC
Event
Birth of Parsvanatha, 23rd Jain Tirthankara (traditional date)
|}
7th century BC
Year
Date
700
BC
Event
The Upanishads, a sacred text of Hinduism, are written.
6th century BC
Year
600
BC
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Date
Event
Sixteen Maha Janapadas ("Great Realms" or "Great Kingdoms") emerge.
Vedic End of vedic period.
The capital of the Early Pandyan Kingdom was initially Korkai, allyaround 600 BCE,[22] and was later
moved to Koodal (now Madurai) during the reign of Nedunjeliyan I.[23]
599
BC
563
BC
Siddhrtha 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.
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543
BC
The odisha based Prince Vijaya (c. 543 BCE) married a daughter of the Pandyan king of ThenMadurai,
to whom he was sending rich presents every year. Sinhalese chronicle Mahawamsa mentions this
event[24][25]
538
BC
Cyrus the Great, founder of the Persian Achaemenid Empire conquers northwestern parts of the Indian
subcontinent.
527
BC
Nirvana of Mahavira
5th century BC
Year
Date
483
BC
Event
Proposed Mahaparinirvana date of Gautama Buddha at Kushinagar.
4th century BC
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Date
Event
400
BC
Siddharta Gautama 'Buddha' of the Shakya polity in S. Nepal, founds Buddhism (older date: 563483
BC)
350
BC
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
BC
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.
326
BC
321
BC
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
BC
304
BC
Porus who ruled parts of the Punjab, fought Alexander at the Battle of the Hydaspes River.
3rd century BC
Year
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Date
Event
273
BC
Ashoka the Great regarded as the greatest ancient Indian emperor, grandson of Chandragupta
Maurya, ascends as emperor of the Mauryan Empire.
266
BC
Ashoka conquers and unifies most of South Asia, along with most of Afghanistan and Balochistan.[26]
265
BC
Kalinga War takes place between Ashoka and the kingdom of Kalinga.
261
BC
260
BC
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.
Conquest of Kalinga
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
BC
230
BC
Simuka declares independence from Mauryan rule and establishes the Satavahana Empire.
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200
BC
184
BC
The Mauryan Empire, which shrunk considerably, collapses after its emperor Brihadrata is assassinated
by his general Pushyamitra Shunga. Pushyamitra Shunga then establishes the Shunga dynasty.
180
BC
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)
1st century BC
Year
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Date
Event
80
BC
65
BC
The Pandyan king sends ambassadors to the Greek and Roman lands.
57
BC
1st century
Year
[edit]
Date
Event
10
35
68
78
Gautamiputra Satkarni becomes Satavahana emperor and starts Shalivahana era calendar after
defeating Scythian king Maues.
90
3rd century
Year
Date
240
Event
Sri-Gupta starts the Gupta Empire in Magadha, with its capital in Pataliputra
4th century
Year
[edit]
[edit]
Date
Event
320
335
380
5th century
Year
Date
450
Event
Collapse of Gupta Empire after the death of skandagupta.
7th century
606
[edit]
Date
554
Year
Event
Invasions by the Huna.
6th century
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Date
Event
Harshavardhana crowned Monarch.
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Badami Chalukya power at its peak. Pulakeshin II pushes north up to the Narmada and defeats the
invading Harshavardhana of Kanauj
637
8th century
Year
[edit]
Date
Event
700
According to the Qissa-i Sanjan, the immigrants Parsi are granted permission to stay by the local ruler
Jadi Rana
712
736
753
788
9th century
Year
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Date
Event
814
836
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
10th century
Year
Date
1000
Event
Invasion of Mahmud of Ghazni
11th century
Year
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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. Rajendras 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.
1021
1025
1030
1058
Sumra Dynasty ends the Arab domination and establishes its own rule over Sindh.
12th century
Year
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Date
Event
1120
Kalyani Chalukyas power at its peak. Vikramaditya VI ushers in Vikrama Chalukya era.
1134
1157
1175
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 Mhammed Ghori.
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Battle of Chandawar fought between Ghauri and Jaichand of Kannauj. Ghauri defeated Jayachandra
and killed him.
1194
13th century
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Date
Event
1206 15 March
Gakhars kill Muhammad Ghori during a raid on his camp on the Jhelum River
1206 12 June
1210
1221
1237
1240
14
October
1267
1275
1290
14th century
Year
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Date
Event
1310
Ala-ud-din Khilji's army under Malik Kafur occupies Devagiri ending the Seuna Yadava Kingdom
1323
1336
1343
1347
Governor Hasan Gangu revolts against Muhammad bin Tughluq founding the Bahmani Sultanate
1351
1370
Bukka, the Vijayanagara ruler and his son Kumara Kamapna capture the entire Tamil speaking parts.
1398
15th century
Year
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Date
Event
1401
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
1446
1451 19 April
Bahlul Khan Lodhi ascends the throne of the Delhi sultanate starting the Lodhi dynasty
1469 15 April
1483
14
February
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 09 June
1498 20 May
Vasco de Gama's first voyage from Europe to India and back (to 1499)
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Year
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Event
1503
Kingdom of Kochi is taken over by the Portuguese creating the first European settlement in India.
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
3
February
Battle of Diu marks the beginning of the dominance of the Europeans in the Asian naval theater.
1510
1522
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 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.
1530
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 )
1545 22 May
1552 26 March
1554
22
November
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 "Vikramaditya";
Second Battle of Panipat fought between Hemu and Akbar's forces in which Hemu is killed.
1565
26
January
1572
1574 1
Guru Ram Das becomes fourth Guru of Sikhs.
September
Akbar annexes Bengal.
1581
1
Guru Arjan Dev becomes fifth Guru of Sikhs.
September
1586
1600
17th century
Year
Date
1605
27
October
1606 25 May
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Event
Akbar dies, and is succeeded by his son Jahangir.
Guru Hargobind becomes sixth guru of Sikhs.
1612 30
British India (to 1947)
November
East India Company (to 1757)
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1628
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.
1627 February
1644 8 March
1658
Shah Jahan completes Taj Mahal, Jama Masjid, and Red Fort. Imperial treasuries drained by
architectural and military overexpenditures. Shah Jahan dies, and is succeeded by his son Aurangzeb.
1659
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).
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
3 April
20 July
1681
1689 11 March
1696
20
Danish India (to 1869)
November
1699
Guru Gobind Singh, the 10th Guru of Sikhs creates Khalsa, the saint-soldier at Anandpur Sahib,
Punjab.
1700 3 March
18th century
Year
[edit]
Date
Event
1705
1707 3 March
1721
March October
1314
Madras cyclone occurs
November
1749
The Maratha Peshwa (prime minister) usurps the Maratha kingdom, starting a new dynastic rule based
in Pune.
1757 23 June
Battle of Plassey
Company rule in India (to 1858)
1759
1760
Marathas comprehensively defeat the Nizam, Maratha Empire reaches its zenith.
1760
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
22
October
Battle of Buxar (British victory against allied Mughal, Bengal and Oudh forces)
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
1772 22 May
1773
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Chief Justice of the Maratha Empire, Ram Shastri passes death sentence against the ruling Peshwa
Raghunathrao for murdering his nephew.
1775
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
1784
1786
District collectors in Bengal were made responsible for settling the revenue and collecting it.
1789
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
1798
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 13 March
19th century
Year
Date
Event
1801
Maharaja Ranjit Singh establishes Khalsa rule of Punjab from Lahore. Khalsa army liberates
Kashmiri Pundits and invades Afghanistan through Khyber Pass.
1803
1805
1806
Vellore Mutiny
1809
East India Company signs the first Treaty of Amritsar with Ranjit Singh
1811 28 October
1814
"Atmiya Sabha" Established Later on known as "Prarthana Samaj" By Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Third Anglo-Maratha War begins
1817
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
1820 September
1823
1824 12 February
1826
1836
1839
1845
1853
1853 16 April
1855 30 June
Santhal rebellion
1856 25 July
23 July
20 August
1857 10 May
1858 1 November
7 November
1859 18 April
1861 7 May
1863 12 January
1865 28 January
The high
courts of
Calcutta,
Madras, and
Bombay are
established.[28]
1867
1869 2 October
1875
1877 1 January
1885 28 December
1889 3 December
1891 14 April
1897 23 January
Subhas Chandra Bose is born (to 1945)1st finger print bureau of India est in kolkata.
1899
20th century
Year
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Date
Event
1902
1903
1905 16 October
Partition of Bengal
1906
Jugantar formed.
30
December
1908
1909
Morley-Minto Reforms
1911
1911 12
December
1912
1913
1914
HinduGerman Conspiracy
1915
Ghadar conspiracy
Provisional Government of India formed in Kabul.
Mahatma Gandhi returns to India.
1916
Lucknow Pact
1917
1919
1920
1922 5 February
1924
1925 9 August
Kakori conspiracy
1927 November
Simon Commission
1928
Bardoli Satyagraha
1929
1930
Salt Satyagraha, the civil disobedience movement, begins with the Dandi march
Round Table Conferences (India) First
1931 March
23 March
GandhiIrwin Pact
Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev Martyred
September
Round Table Conferences (India) Second
December
1932 24
September
Poona Pact
16 August
Communal Award
November
December
1935 August
1937
1939
1940 23 March
Lahore Resolution
8 August
1942
Cripps' mission
August
1943
Arzi Hukumat-e-Azad Hind, the Provisional Government of Free India formed by Netaji.
1944
Subhas Chandra Bose calls Mahatma Gandhi as the Father of the Nation.
1945
1946 February
March
Cabinet Mission
16 August
1947 July
1948 30 January
1950 26 January
1951
Congress Party wins first general elections under leadership of Jawaharlal Nehru. (to 1952)
1955
1962
1964 27 May
1965
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September
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1966
1971
Third war with Pakistan over creation of Bangladesh, formerly East Pakistan.
Twenty-year treaty of friendship signed with Soviet Union.
1974
1975
Indira Gandhi declares 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.Communist
party of India comes into power in West Bengal.
1979
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 (after Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale amasses
weapons inside this Holy Shrine)- to flush out Sikh terrorist 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. 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
1989
National Front (India) Headed by V. P. Singh and led by Janata Dal formed and stormed into power
with outside support from BJP and CPI.
1990
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
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
2000 March
May
21st century
Year
Date
2001
January
Massive earthquakes hit the western state of Gujarat, leaving at least 30,000 dead.
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July
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.
July
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.
September
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.
October
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.[31]
October
Pakistani forces shelled the village of Arnia about three km (two miles) from the border in the early
hours of Monday June 6, killing five and wounding at least two dozen civilians.[31]
December
Suicide squad attacks parliament in New Delhi, killing several police. The five gunmen die in the
assault.
India imposes sanctions against Pakistan, to force it to take action against two Kashmir militant groups
December blamed for the suicide attack on parliament. Pakistan retaliates with similar sanctions, and bans the
groups in January.
December 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.
January
India successfully test-fires a nuclear-capable ballistic missile - the Agni - off its eastern coast.
February
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.)
May
Pakistan test-fires three medium-range surface-to-surface Ghauri missiles, which are capable of
carrying nuclear warheads.
June
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 August
November
December India, Pakistan agree to resume direct air links and to allow overflights.
2004 January
2005
2006
May
Surprise victory for Congress Party in general elections. Manmohan Singh is sworn in as prime minister.
September
India, along with Brazil, Germany and Japan, launches an application for a permanent seat on the UN
Security Council.
November
December
Thousands are killed when tsunami tidal waves, caused by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake off the
Indonesian coast, devastate coastal communities in the south and in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
July
More than 1,000 people are killed in floods and landslides caused by monsoon rains in Mumbai
(Bombay) and Maharashtra region.
8 October
An earthquake, with its epicentre in Pakistani-administered Kashmir, kills more than 1,000 people in
Indian-administered Kashmir.
February
India's largest-ever rural jobs scheme is launched, aimed at lifting around 60 million families out of
poverty.
March
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 February
India and Pakistan sign an agreement aimed at reducing the risk of accidental nuclear war.
18
February
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.
March
Maoist rebels in Chhattisgarh state kill more than 50 policemen in a dawn attack.
April
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.
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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
July
Series of explosions kills 49 in Ahmedabad, in Gujarat state. The little-known group Indian Mujahideen
claims responsibility.
October
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.
October
India successfully launches its first mission to the moon, the unmanned lunar probe Chandrayaan-1.
November
Nearly 200 people are killed and hundreds injured in a series of coordinated attacks by gunmen on the
main tourist and business area of India's financial capital Mumbai. India blames militants from Pakistan
for the attacks and demands that Islamabad take strong action against those responsible.
December
India announces "pause" in peace process with Pakistan. Indian cricket team cancels planned tour of
Pakistan.
2009 February
India and Russia sign deals worth $700 million, according to which Moscow will supply uranium to Delhi.
April
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.
July
2010 February
2011
16 people are killed in a bomb explosion at German Bakery in the city of Pune, Maharashtra.
May
Surviving gunman of 2008 Mumbai attacks is convicted of murder, possession of explosives and waging
war
May
After 34 years of Left Front Government, Trinamool Congress and Congress alliance come to power in
West Bengal
2012 July
Pranab Mukherjee, the former Finance Minister is elected as the 13th president of India.
November
2013 12
February
Ajmal Kasab the lone surviving gunman of 2008 Mumbai attacks is hanged on 21 November 2012 at
7:30 in at Yerwada Jail.
Indian helicopter bribery scandal comes to light.
21
February
5
November
Mars Orbiter Mission, is successfully launched into Mars orbit by the Indian Space Research
Organisation (ISRO).[32][33][34]
2014 16 May
Narendra Modi elected as prime minister of India, Congress was routed in the general elections.
2015 14 Feb
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