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Tuesday, November 21, 2006
DATES AND EVENTS IN INDIA
DATES AND EVENTS IN INDIA
(From the earliest times to the present day)
Please Note: This article will be updated as and when information is collected from
Various sources:
DATE
B.C. EVENTS
3000 to 1500 - Indus valley civilization
Mohenjodaro and Harappa civilizations
1900 - Aryans invaded Northern India; Rigveda
623/567/563 - Birth of Gautama, the Buddha; Founder of Buddhism
599 - Birth of Mhaveera – founder of Jainism
544/543/487 - Death of Gautama, the Buddha(Buddha’s Nirvana)
527 - Mahavira’s Nirvana
327 or 326 - Alexander crossed India and invaded India
322-185 - Maurya Dynasty; Visit of Megasthanese
305 - Invasion by Selucus Nikator.
274 or 273-232 - Accession of Ashoka, The Great.
261 - Conquest of Kalinga
58 - Beginning of Vikrami Era (Indian Calender)
26 to 20 - Indian Ambassies to Augustus
A.D. EVENTS
78 - Beginning of Saka Era
120 - Accession of Kanishka (as maintained by some historions)
405 - Fahien, Chines Piligrimage visited India during the reign
Of Chandragupta Vikramaditya.
629 to 645 - Hiuen-tsang, Chines Piligrimage visited India during the
Regin of Harshavardhana.
647 - Death of Harshavardhana.
712 - Arab invasion of Sind (by Mohd-bin-Quasim)
820 - Death of SHANKARACHARYA.
1000-1026 - Attacks on India by Sultan Mahumud Ghazni.
1001 - Attack on Jaipal, the King of Punjab by Mahumud Ghazni
1018 - Attack on Kanouji by Mahumud Ghazni
1025-1026 - Som Nath Temple destroyed by Mahumud Ghanzi.
1191 - First battle of Traori ( or Tarain)
1192 - Second battle of Traori;
Fall of Prithviraj Chohan, King of Delhi.
1206 - Assassination of Mohammed Ghori.
1215 - Qutab-ud-Din Aibak founded the first Muslim rule in India
1336 - Vijayanagar Empire founded in South India.
1347 - Bahmani Kingdom founded in South India
1398 - Invasion of Timur Lang; Delhi sacked.
1469 - Birth of Guru Nanak (Founder of Sikh faith)
1498 - (24-05-1498) Vasco-da-Gama discovered the sea route
To India via the Cape of Good Hope; arrived at Calicut.
1510 - Goa conquered by Albuquerque-Portuguss Viceroy in India
1526 - Babar’s invasion;
First Battle of Panipat
Foundation of Moghul Rule in North India.
1542 - Birth of Akbar at Amarkot
1556 - Second Battle of Panipat
Humayun’s death; Accession of Akbar
1564-65 - Battle of Talikota; Abolition of Jazia.
1571 - Foundation of Fatehpur Sikri.
1576 - Battle of Haldighat Pass; Akbar defeated Rana Pratap
1582 - Promulgation of new faith Din-i-Elahi by Akbar
1597 - Death of Rana Pratap
1600 - East India company established in India.
1605 - Death of Akbar.
1605-1627 - Reign of Jehangir.
1612 - First English Factory at Surat
1627 - Birth of Shivaji.
1648 - Taj Mahal at Agra completed by Shah Jehan.
1658 - Coronation of Aurangazeb.
1666 - Shivaji’s visit to the Mughal Court at Agra,
His imprisionment and escape.
Death of Shah Jehan
1668 - First French Factory at Surat.
1674 - Assumption of Royal title by Shivaji.
1675 - Exeucution of Guru Teg Bahadur- the 9th Guru of Sikhs.
1680 - Death of Shivaji.
1707 - Death of Guru Gobind Singh;
Death of Aurangzeb.
1714 - Peshwa dynasty founded by Balaji Vishwa Nath.
1739 - Nadir Shah invades India.
1742 - Duplex appointed as Governor of Pondichery.
1751 - Siege of Arcot.
1757 - Battle of Plassey.
1760 - Battle of Wandiawash; end of French Power in India.
1761 - Third Battle of Panipat.
1764 - Battle of Buxar.
1765 - Grant of Diwani of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa to British.
1773 - Regulating Act.
1774 - Birth of Raja Rammohan Roy.
1774-85 - Warren Hastings-the first Governor General of India.
1780 - Birth of Maharaja Ranjit Singh.
1784 - Pitt’s India Bill passed by British Parliament.
1793 - Permanent settlement of land in Bengal
1799 - Fourt Mysore War; Death of Tippu sultan;
Partition of Mysore.
Ranjit Singh occupied Lahore and made it his capitol.
1809 - Treaty of Amritsar between Sikhs and British.
1818 - Fourth and last Anglo-Marhatta War.
1829 - Prohibition of Sati by Lord William Bentick.
1833 - Death of Raja Ram Mohan Roy, founder of Braham Samaj
1835 - Introduction of English as medium of Instruction.
1839 - (27th June) Death of Maharaja Ranjit Singh.
1846 - Treaty of Lahore.
1849 - (29th March) Annexation of the Pubjab to the Brith territory
1853 - The first India Railway line opned from Bombay to Thana.
1856 - (23rd July) Birth of Bal Gangadhar Tilak
1857 - (10th May) First war of Indian Independence.
1858 - End of East India Company Rule.
Queen Victoria’s Proclamation.
1861 - Birth of Dr.Rabindra Nath Tagore.
1863 - (12th January) – Birth of Swami Vivekananda.
1869 - (2nd October) - Birth of MAHATMA GANDHI.
1875 - Arya samaj founded by Rishi Dayanand.
1879 - (7th December) – Birth of C.Rajagopala Chari
1884 - (3rd December) - Dr.Rajendra Prasad born.
1884 - (28th December) Indian National Congress founded by A.O.Hume.
1885 - Burma annexed by British and made a part of India.
1889 - (14th November) Birth of Jawahar Lal Nehru.
1905 - First Partition of Bengal (during Viceroyalty of Lord Curzon).
1906 - Formation of All India Muslim Legue.
1909 - Indian council Act or Morley-Minto Reforms bill passed.
1911 - Partition of Bengal revoked.
1914 - (28th July) World War – I declared.
1917 - E.S.Montague’s declaration about the political future of India.
1918 - (11th November) End of World War –I.
1919 - Government of India Act (or the Montague-Chelmsford Reforms)
Rowlatt Act or the Black Bills Passed.
- Tragedy of JALLIANWALA BAGH at Amritsar.
1920 -Indian National Congress comes under the leadership of Mahatma
Gandhi ; Bal Gangadhra Tilak Passes away.
- (19th March,1920) First Civil Disobedience Movement in India.
1921 - Chaura Chauri outrage.
1925 - Death of Sri C.R.Dass.
1928 - Visit of Simon Commission and its boycott; Death of Lala Lajpat Rai
The (Moti Lal)Nehru Report.
1929 - Congress Resolution for complete Independence (Purna Swaraj)
In Lahore Sesssion under the Presidentship of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
1930 - The Dandi March by Mahatma Gandhi on 6th April, 1930.
First Round Table conference in London.
1931 - Gandhi-Irwin pact; Second Round Table conference.
1932 - Announcement of the Communal award by the British Premier Ramsay Macdonlad; Mahatma Gandhi (in jail at that time) declared fast unto death against the award.
1935 - Government of India Act, 1935 passed.
1937 - Inauguration of Provincial Autonomy.
1939 - World War –II declared on Ist September.
1941 - Subhash Chandra Bose escapes from India.
Death of Rabindra Nath Tagore.
1942- Visit of British Cabinet Mission to India; Crips Proposals for Dominion Status.
- Quit India Resolution passed by Indian National Congress on 8th Aug.
1943- Formation of Indian National Army at Singapore by Subhash Chandra
Bose.
1945 - I.N.A. Trial at Red Fort, Delhi; Simla Conference.
End of World War II on 14th August, 1945.
1946 - (9th December)- The first meeting of the Indian constituent Assembly.
1947 - ON 15TH AUGUST – Partition of India; INDIA ACHIEVED INDEPENDENCE; creation of Pakistan.
1948 - Kashmir acceded to India.
1948-50 – Integration of the Princely States into the Indian Union.
1948 - On 30th January - Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi.
Shri C.Rajagopalachari appointed the first Indian Governor General.
1949 – Enactment of Indian Constitution. On 26th November.
1950 - INDIA becomes a sovereign democratic republic on January,26th.
- Death of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on Dec,15th 1950.
1951 - First Five Year Plan Launched.
1952 - Free India holds her first Census and first General Elections.
1953 - Mount Everest conquered by Sherpa Tenzing and E.P.Hillary on May,29th for the first time.
1956 - States Recognition Act comes into force on Ist November,1956.
1957 - Second General Elections. Introduction of decimal coinage.
1961 - Liberation of Goa.
- Indus water treaty singed between India and Pakistan.
1962 - Third General Elections.
All-out Chinese attack on India (Oct.20) in NEFA and Ladakh areas.
1963 - Death of Dr.Rajedra Prasad on Feb,28,1963
Nagaland Innagurated as the 16th Indian State on 01-12-1963.
1964 - Death of Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru on May, 27.
On 09-06-1964 Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri takes over as Prime Minister of India.
1965 – ( In April between 9 to 27) Pakistan attacks Indian Border-posts on Kutch-Sind
Border.
(On 01-09-1965) Pakistan attacks India crossing international border in Chhamb
Area.
INDO PAK WAR – Indian Army marches towards Lahore on September,6th
And crosses Jammu West Pakistan border in drive towards Sialkot.
India and Pakistan agree to a cease-fire from September,23rd.
1966 - Indo-Pak summit at Tashket; Tashkent Pact on 11th January,1966
- Death of Lal Bahadur Shastri at Tashket on 11th January,1966
- Mrs. Indira Gandhi became Prime Minister of India on 24-Jan-1966.
- Punjab Divided-Unilingual states of Punjab and Haryana come into being
On November,1st. Chandigarh made union territory.
1967 – Fourth General Elections.
New Union Government headed by Mrs. Indira Gandhi and takes oath of office
On 13-March, 1967.
- Dr.Zakir Hussain choosen as 3rd President of India.
1968 - Emergency ends on January, 10th.
Kutch tribunal award (Feb, 19th )
1969- Death of President Zakir Hussain on May, 3rd.
Shri V.V.Giri elected President of India on 20th August.
1970- Meghalaya inaugurated on 2nd April.
Death of C.V.Raman, (Noble Prize winner) on 21st November.
(From the earliest times to the present day)
Please Note: This article will be updated as and when information is collected from
Various sources:
DATE
B.C. EVENTS
3000 to 1500 - Indus valley civilization
Mohenjodaro and Harappa civilizations
1900 - Aryans invaded Northern India; Rigveda
623/567/563 - Birth of Gautama, the Buddha; Founder of Buddhism
599 - Birth of Mhaveera – founder of Jainism
544/543/487 - Death of Gautama, the Buddha(Buddha’s Nirvana)
527 - Mahavira’s Nirvana
327 or 326 - Alexander crossed India and invaded India
322-185 - Maurya Dynasty; Visit of Megasthanese
305 - Invasion by Selucus Nikator.
274 or 273-232 - Accession of Ashoka, The Great.
261 - Conquest of Kalinga
58 - Beginning of Vikrami Era (Indian Calender)
26 to 20 - Indian Ambassies to Augustus
A.D. EVENTS
78 - Beginning of Saka Era
120 - Accession of Kanishka (as maintained by some historions)
405 - Fahien, Chines Piligrimage visited India during the reign
Of Chandragupta Vikramaditya.
629 to 645 - Hiuen-tsang, Chines Piligrimage visited India during the
Regin of Harshavardhana.
647 - Death of Harshavardhana.
712 - Arab invasion of Sind (by Mohd-bin-Quasim)
820 - Death of SHANKARACHARYA.
1000-1026 - Attacks on India by Sultan Mahumud Ghazni.
1001 - Attack on Jaipal, the King of Punjab by Mahumud Ghazni
1018 - Attack on Kanouji by Mahumud Ghazni
1025-1026 - Som Nath Temple destroyed by Mahumud Ghanzi.
1191 - First battle of Traori ( or Tarain)
1192 - Second battle of Traori;
Fall of Prithviraj Chohan, King of Delhi.
1206 - Assassination of Mohammed Ghori.
1215 - Qutab-ud-Din Aibak founded the first Muslim rule in India
1336 - Vijayanagar Empire founded in South India.
1347 - Bahmani Kingdom founded in South India
1398 - Invasion of Timur Lang; Delhi sacked.
1469 - Birth of Guru Nanak (Founder of Sikh faith)
1498 - (24-05-1498) Vasco-da-Gama discovered the sea route
To India via the Cape of Good Hope; arrived at Calicut.
1510 - Goa conquered by Albuquerque-Portuguss Viceroy in India
1526 - Babar’s invasion;
First Battle of Panipat
Foundation of Moghul Rule in North India.
1542 - Birth of Akbar at Amarkot
1556 - Second Battle of Panipat
Humayun’s death; Accession of Akbar
1564-65 - Battle of Talikota; Abolition of Jazia.
1571 - Foundation of Fatehpur Sikri.
1576 - Battle of Haldighat Pass; Akbar defeated Rana Pratap
1582 - Promulgation of new faith Din-i-Elahi by Akbar
1597 - Death of Rana Pratap
1600 - East India company established in India.
1605 - Death of Akbar.
1605-1627 - Reign of Jehangir.
1612 - First English Factory at Surat
1627 - Birth of Shivaji.
1648 - Taj Mahal at Agra completed by Shah Jehan.
1658 - Coronation of Aurangazeb.
1666 - Shivaji’s visit to the Mughal Court at Agra,
His imprisionment and escape.
Death of Shah Jehan
1668 - First French Factory at Surat.
1674 - Assumption of Royal title by Shivaji.
1675 - Exeucution of Guru Teg Bahadur- the 9th Guru of Sikhs.
1680 - Death of Shivaji.
1707 - Death of Guru Gobind Singh;
Death of Aurangzeb.
1714 - Peshwa dynasty founded by Balaji Vishwa Nath.
1739 - Nadir Shah invades India.
1742 - Duplex appointed as Governor of Pondichery.
1751 - Siege of Arcot.
1757 - Battle of Plassey.
1760 - Battle of Wandiawash; end of French Power in India.
1761 - Third Battle of Panipat.
1764 - Battle of Buxar.
1765 - Grant of Diwani of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa to British.
1773 - Regulating Act.
1774 - Birth of Raja Rammohan Roy.
1774-85 - Warren Hastings-the first Governor General of India.
1780 - Birth of Maharaja Ranjit Singh.
1784 - Pitt’s India Bill passed by British Parliament.
1793 - Permanent settlement of land in Bengal
1799 - Fourt Mysore War; Death of Tippu sultan;
Partition of Mysore.
Ranjit Singh occupied Lahore and made it his capitol.
1809 - Treaty of Amritsar between Sikhs and British.
1818 - Fourth and last Anglo-Marhatta War.
1829 - Prohibition of Sati by Lord William Bentick.
1833 - Death of Raja Ram Mohan Roy, founder of Braham Samaj
1835 - Introduction of English as medium of Instruction.
1839 - (27th June) Death of Maharaja Ranjit Singh.
1846 - Treaty of Lahore.
1849 - (29th March) Annexation of the Pubjab to the Brith territory
1853 - The first India Railway line opned from Bombay to Thana.
1856 - (23rd July) Birth of Bal Gangadhar Tilak
1857 - (10th May) First war of Indian Independence.
1858 - End of East India Company Rule.
Queen Victoria’s Proclamation.
1861 - Birth of Dr.Rabindra Nath Tagore.
1863 - (12th January) – Birth of Swami Vivekananda.
1869 - (2nd October) - Birth of MAHATMA GANDHI.
1875 - Arya samaj founded by Rishi Dayanand.
1879 - (7th December) – Birth of C.Rajagopala Chari
1884 - (3rd December) - Dr.Rajendra Prasad born.
1884 - (28th December) Indian National Congress founded by A.O.Hume.
1885 - Burma annexed by British and made a part of India.
1889 - (14th November) Birth of Jawahar Lal Nehru.
1905 - First Partition of Bengal (during Viceroyalty of Lord Curzon).
1906 - Formation of All India Muslim Legue.
1909 - Indian council Act or Morley-Minto Reforms bill passed.
1911 - Partition of Bengal revoked.
1914 - (28th July) World War – I declared.
1917 - E.S.Montague’s declaration about the political future of India.
1918 - (11th November) End of World War –I.
1919 - Government of India Act (or the Montague-Chelmsford Reforms)
Rowlatt Act or the Black Bills Passed.
- Tragedy of JALLIANWALA BAGH at Amritsar.
1920 -Indian National Congress comes under the leadership of Mahatma
Gandhi ; Bal Gangadhra Tilak Passes away.
- (19th March,1920) First Civil Disobedience Movement in India.
1921 - Chaura Chauri outrage.
1925 - Death of Sri C.R.Dass.
1928 - Visit of Simon Commission and its boycott; Death of Lala Lajpat Rai
The (Moti Lal)Nehru Report.
1929 - Congress Resolution for complete Independence (Purna Swaraj)
In Lahore Sesssion under the Presidentship of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
1930 - The Dandi March by Mahatma Gandhi on 6th April, 1930.
First Round Table conference in London.
1931 - Gandhi-Irwin pact; Second Round Table conference.
1932 - Announcement of the Communal award by the British Premier Ramsay Macdonlad; Mahatma Gandhi (in jail at that time) declared fast unto death against the award.
1935 - Government of India Act, 1935 passed.
1937 - Inauguration of Provincial Autonomy.
1939 - World War –II declared on Ist September.
1941 - Subhash Chandra Bose escapes from India.
Death of Rabindra Nath Tagore.
1942- Visit of British Cabinet Mission to India; Crips Proposals for Dominion Status.
- Quit India Resolution passed by Indian National Congress on 8th Aug.
1943- Formation of Indian National Army at Singapore by Subhash Chandra
Bose.
1945 - I.N.A. Trial at Red Fort, Delhi; Simla Conference.
End of World War II on 14th August, 1945.
1946 - (9th December)- The first meeting of the Indian constituent Assembly.
1947 - ON 15TH AUGUST – Partition of India; INDIA ACHIEVED INDEPENDENCE; creation of Pakistan.
1948 - Kashmir acceded to India.
1948-50 – Integration of the Princely States into the Indian Union.
1948 - On 30th January - Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi.
Shri C.Rajagopalachari appointed the first Indian Governor General.
1949 – Enactment of Indian Constitution. On 26th November.
1950 - INDIA becomes a sovereign democratic republic on January,26th.
- Death of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on Dec,15th 1950.
1951 - First Five Year Plan Launched.
1952 - Free India holds her first Census and first General Elections.
1953 - Mount Everest conquered by Sherpa Tenzing and E.P.Hillary on May,29th for the first time.
1956 - States Recognition Act comes into force on Ist November,1956.
1957 - Second General Elections. Introduction of decimal coinage.
1961 - Liberation of Goa.
- Indus water treaty singed between India and Pakistan.
1962 - Third General Elections.
All-out Chinese attack on India (Oct.20) in NEFA and Ladakh areas.
1963 - Death of Dr.Rajedra Prasad on Feb,28,1963
Nagaland Innagurated as the 16th Indian State on 01-12-1963.
1964 - Death of Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru on May, 27.
On 09-06-1964 Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri takes over as Prime Minister of India.
1965 – ( In April between 9 to 27) Pakistan attacks Indian Border-posts on Kutch-Sind
Border.
(On 01-09-1965) Pakistan attacks India crossing international border in Chhamb
Area.
INDO PAK WAR – Indian Army marches towards Lahore on September,6th
And crosses Jammu West Pakistan border in drive towards Sialkot.
India and Pakistan agree to a cease-fire from September,23rd.
1966 - Indo-Pak summit at Tashket; Tashkent Pact on 11th January,1966
- Death of Lal Bahadur Shastri at Tashket on 11th January,1966
- Mrs. Indira Gandhi became Prime Minister of India on 24-Jan-1966.
- Punjab Divided-Unilingual states of Punjab and Haryana come into being
On November,1st. Chandigarh made union territory.
1967 – Fourth General Elections.
New Union Government headed by Mrs. Indira Gandhi and takes oath of office
On 13-March, 1967.
- Dr.Zakir Hussain choosen as 3rd President of India.
1968 - Emergency ends on January, 10th.
Kutch tribunal award (Feb, 19th )
1969- Death of President Zakir Hussain on May, 3rd.
Shri V.V.Giri elected President of India on 20th August.
1970- Meghalaya inaugurated on 2nd April.
Death of C.V.Raman, (Noble Prize winner) on 21st November.
Monday, November 20, 2006
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
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I have created this blog to post knowledgeable information on various subjects briefly so that this blog will be usefull for all kinds of people who would like to have knowledge for different purposes such as examinations, contests etc. This will be usefull for student community also.
So daily I will try to post as and when I collect the information.
With best wishes
I have created this blog to post knowledgeable information on various subjects briefly so that this blog will be usefull for all kinds of people who would like to have knowledge for different purposes such as examinations, contests etc. This will be usefull for student community also.
So daily I will try to post as and when I collect the information.
With best wishes
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