B.C.
5, 00000 -8,000: Paleolithic Age
8000-5000: Mesolithic Age
5000-1000: Neolithic Age
2500-1500: Indus Valley Civilization
1200-1000: Vedic Period; Rigveda was complied
1200-1000: Use of iron started in India
1000-500: Later Vedic Period; Age of the Ramayana, the Mahabharata and the Bhagwad Gita
623-543 Invasion of India by Alexander
600: Emergence of Mahajanpadas
563-483: Period of Buddha
563-483: Period of Mahavira
327: Alexander invaded India
326: Battle of Hydapass and Alexander defeated Porus
324: Chandragupta founded Maurya Empire
273-232: Reign of Ashoka,
261: War between Ashoka and Kalinga
187: With the murder of last Maurya King Brahdarth Maurya dynasty ended
185-73: Reign of Shungas
73-28: Reign of Kanvas
58: Beginning of Vikrami Era
A.D.
50-225: Kushan Dynasty
78 : Accession of Kanishka. Beginning of Saka Era.
275-450 : Gupta dynast
319-350: Reign of Chandra Gupta
350-375 : Reign of Samudra Gupta.
375-415 : Reign of Chandragupta II (Vikramaditya).
415-455 : Reign of Kumargupta
455-467 Reign of Skandgupta
467-550 : Reign of Purugupt, Kumargupt II, Budhgupta, Narsinghgupt, Bhanugupt,
Kumargupt III and Vishnugupt
405-411 : Fa-Hien from China travels India.
454 : First Hun invasion on India
560-903 : Great Pallav of Kanchipuram
606-647 : Reign of Harshavardhana.
630-644 : Chinese Hiuen Tsang traveled India.
600-700 : Birth and Rise of Islam in the Middle East
622: Beginning of Hijari (Muslim) era
700 – 1200 : Rajputa Period
712 : Mohammed bin Qasim attacked on India
730 : Accession of Yasovarman of Kanyakubja
753-973 : Rashtrkuts of Deccan
820 : Death of Sankarachary
960-1200 : Chandellas of Bundelkhand
1000-1026 : Mahmud of Ghani invaded India 17 times
1191: Invasion of Muhammad of Ghauri
1191 : First battle of Tarain, Prithviraj defeated Mahmud of Gauri
1192 : Defeat and death of Prithviraj the last Rajput king of Delhi
1206-1290: Establishment of Muslim rule in North India
1206: Muhammad Ghauri died and Kutubuddin became the first Sultan of Delhi
1121: Changes Khan and Mongol invader invaded India
1230: Vijanagar Kingdom founded in the South India
1290-1316 : Reign of the Khilji dynasty in Delhi
1320-1414 : Reign of Tughlak Sultans in Delhi
1347 : Bahmani Kingdom of Deccan founded in the South India by
1469: Birth of Guru Nanak
1494: Sikander Lodi founded Agra
1498: Vasco da Gama discovered India and reached Calicut.
1494 : Foundation of Agra by Sikander Lodi.
1510: Portuguese invaded and captured Goa
1526: first battle of Panipat and Mughal Empire was founded by Babar who defeated Ibrahim Lodi
1539-45: Rule of Sher Shah
1556: Second battle of Panipat
1156-1605 Rule of Akbar
1556-1605 : Second Battle of Panipat (1556), Reign of Akbar
1581: Akbar founded Din-i-Ilahi
1597 : Death of Rana Pratap, who defied Akbar
1600 : East India Company founded
1605: Death of Akbar
1612: British set up first factory at Surat
1627: Birth of Shivaji
1627-57: Rule of Shah Jahan
1644: Farman to British to trade in Bengal
1658-1707: Rule of Aurangzeb
1668; French set up their first factory in Surat
1675: Sikh guru Tej Bahadur executed by Aurangzeb
1680: Establishments of East India Company
1707: Death of Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb
1734: Nadir Shah invaded India
1757: Battle of Plassey
1761: Battle of Panipat
1764: Battle of Buxar
1765: Grant of Dewani of Bengal, Bihar and Odisha to East India Company
1772: Appointed of Warren Hastings as the Governor-General of India
1790: Third Mysore war
1793: Permanent settlement of Bengal
1799: Death of Tipu Sultan
1829: Brahmo same founded
1839: Death of Ranjit Singh
1856: Annexation of Oudh by the British;
1857: Indian Mutiny
1858: East India Company transferred India to East India Company
1869: Birth of Mahatma Gandhi
1874: Great famine of Bengal
1875: Arya Samaj founded by Swami Dayanand Sarswati
1885: Indian National Congress founded
1897: Birth of Subhash Chandra Bose
1905: Partition of Bengal
1906: Muslim League founded
1907: Split of Congress into extremists and moderates
1911: Partition of Bengal revoked
1914: Return of Mahatma Gandhi from South Africa
1920-22: Non-cooperation movement
1927: Appointment of Simon Commission
1930: Civil Disobedience movement
1931: First round table conference and Gandhi-Irwin pact
1932: Second disobedience movement
1935: Government of India Act passed
1937: Inauguration of Provincial Autonomy
1939: Second World War began
1942: Quit India Movement, Cripps Mission
1946: Cabinet Mission Plan
1947: India became independent; Partition of India and birth of Pakistan, Nehru became the Prime Minister
1949: The Constitution of India passed on 26th November
1950: India became Republic on 26th January
1951: First general election held in India, First five year plan started
1957: Second general election held in India
1960: Birth of Maharashtra and Gujarat
1961: Goa again became a part of India
1962: China attacked on India; Third General Election in India
1964: Pt. Nehru died and Lal Bahadur Shashtri became the Prime Minister
1965: War between India and Pakistan
1966: Lal Bahadur Shastri died in USSR, Tashkent accord signed in USSR
1966: Indira Gandhi became the first women Prime Minister of India
1967: Fourth General Election
1968: split in Congress party; Indira Gandhi was expelled from Congress
1970: Creation of Meghalaya
1972: Fifth general election in India
1974: Indira Gandhi conducted nuclear explosions on May 18
1975: Emergency declared in India; First Indian satellite launched
1977-78: Lok Sabha dissolved, people rejected Indira Gandhi and Moraraj Desai became the Prime Minister of India
1979: Moraraji Desai resigned and Chaudhary Charan Singh became the Prime Minister of India and resigned within a month; Parliament dissolved and
