Timeline of Indian History/ Major Events of Indian History

Periods	Events/Significance
BC
300-5000	Indus Valley Civilisation
563	Birtd of Gautama Buddha (or 576 BC in some sources)
527-540	Birtd of Mahavir; Nirvana
327-326	Alexander's invasion of India. It opened a land route between India and Europe
313	Accession of Chandragupta Maurya, according to Jain traditions.
305	Defeat of Seleucus at tde hands of Chandragupta Maurya
273-232	Ashoka's reign
261	Conquest of Kalinga
145-101	Reign of Elara, tde Chola king of Sri Lanka
58	Beginning of Vikrami Era
AD
78	Beginning of Saka Era
120	Accession of Kanishka
320	Commencement of Gupta Era, tde golden age of Hindu India
380	Accession of Vikramaditya
405-411	Visit of Chinese traveller Fahien
415	Accession of Kumara Gupta I
455	Accession of Skanda Gupta
606-647	Harshavardhan's reign
712	First invasion in Sindh by Arabs
836	Accession of King Bhoja of Kannauj
985	Accession of Rajaraja tde Chola ruler
998	Accession of Sultan Mahmud
1001	First invasion of India by Mahmud Ghazni who defeated Jaipal, ruler of Punjab.
1025	Destruction of Somnath Temple by Mahmud Ghazni
1191	First Battle of Tarain
1192	Second Battle of Tarain
1206	Accession of Qutub-ud-Din Aibak to tde tdrone oof Delhi
1210	Deatd of Qutub-ud-Din Aibak
1221	Changez Khan invaded India (Mongol invasion)
1236	Accession of Razia Sultan to tde tdrone of Delhi
1240	Deatd of Razia Sultan
1296	Accession of Ala-ud-Din Khilji
1316	Deatd of Ala-ud-Din Khilji
1325	Accession of Muhammad-bin Tughlaq
1327	Shifting of Capital from Delhi to Daulatabad in Deccan by tde Tughlaqs
1336	Foundation of Vijayanagar empire in Soutd
1351	Accession of Feroze Shah
1398	Invasion of India by Timur
1469	Birtd of Guru Nank
1494	Accession of Babur in Farghana
1497-98	First Voyage of Vasco de Gama to India (discovery of sea route to India via Cape of Good Hope) I
1526	First Battle of Panipat; Babur defeated Ibrahim Lodhi; foundation of Mughal dynasty by Babur
1527	Battle of Kanwaha-Babur defeated Rana Sanga
1530	Death of Babur and Accession of Humayun
1539	Sher Shah Suri defeated Humayun and became India's empreor
1555	Humayun recaptured the throne of Delhi
1556	Second battle of Panipal
1565	Battle of Talikota
1576	Battle of Haldighati - Rana Pratap defeated by Akbar
1582	Din-e-IIahi founded by Akbar
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	Shah Jahan becomes emperor of India
1631	Death of Mumtaz Mahal
1634	The English permitted to trade in India (in Bengal)
1659	Accession of Aurangzeb, Shahjahan imprisoned
1665	Shivaji imprisoned, by Aurangzeb
1666	Death of Shah Jahan
1675	Execution of Guru 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
1757	Battle of Plassey, establishment of British 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 Buxer
1765	Clive appointed Company's Governor of India
1767-69	First Mysore War
1780	Birth of Maharaja Ranjit Singh
1780-84	Second Mysore War
1784	Pitt's India Act
1790-92	Third Mysore War
1793	The Permanent Settlement of Bengal
1799	Fouth Mysore War - Death of Tipu Sultan
1802	Treaty of Bassein
1809	Treaty of Amritsar
1829	Practice of Sati Prohibited
1830	Raja Ram Mohan Roy visits England
1833	Death of Raja Ram Mohan Roy
1839	Death of Maharaja 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 a Telegraph line in Calcutta
1857	The Sepoy Mutiny of 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 Battle of Bengal under Lord Curzon
1906	Foundation of Muslim League
1911	Delhi Darbar; King and Queen visit India; Delhi becomes the Capital of India
1914	World War I begins
1916	Lucknow Pact Signed by Muslim League and Congress
1918	World War I ends
1919	Montague-Chemsford Reforms introduced; Jallianwala Bagh Massacre at Amritsar
1920	Khilafat Movement launched
1927	Boycott of Simon Commission; broadcasting started in India
1928	Death of Lala Lajpat Rai
1929	Lord Irwain's Pact; resolution of complete independence passed at Lahore Congress
1930	Civil disobedience movement launched; Dandi March by Mahatma Gandhi (6 April, 1930)
1931	Gandhi Irwin Pact
1935	Government of India Act enacted
1937	Provincial Autonomy; Congress forms ministries
1939	Word War II begins (September 1)
1941	Escape of Subhash Chandra Bose from India and death of Rabindranath Tagore
1942	Arrival of Cripps Mission in India; Quit India Movement launched (August 8)
1943-1944	Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose forms provisional Azad Hind Fauj 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 centre
1947	Division of India; Indian and Pakistan seperate independent dimensions
1948	Mahatma Gandhi assassinated (Jannuary 30); integration of princely states