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.