A GLANCE OF INDIAN HISTORY

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YEAR-WISE EVENTS;IMPORTANT DATES OF INDIAN HISTORY 
BC Events

  • 2350-1750 Indus Valley Civilisation.
  • 540 Birth of Mahavir;Nirvana in 468 BC
  • 563 Birth of Gautam Buddha;Nirvana in 483 BC
  • 327-26 Alexander’s invasion of India and the opening of land rote between India and Europe.
  • 269-232 Ashoka’s reign.
  • 261 Battle of Klainga.
  • 57 Beginning of Vikrama era.
  • AD Events
  • 78 Beginning of Saka era
  • 320 Beginning of Gupta era
  • 380-413 Rule of Chandragupta Vikramaditya,age of Kalidasa,renewal of Hinduism.
  • 606-647 Rule of Harsha Vardhana.
  • 629-645 Hieun Tsang;s visit in India.
  • 1001-25 Repeated attacks of Mahmud of Ghazni.
  • 1191 First battle of Tarain in which  Prithviraj Chauhan
  • defeated Mohd.Ghori.
  • 1192 Second battle of Tarain in which Mohd.Ghori defeated Prithviraj Chauhan.
  • 1398 Timur invaded India.
  • 1498 Vasco da Gama landed at Calicut.The Battle of Diu (1509), was the culmination of a global trade war. On one side were allied forces of the Sultanate of Gujarat the zamorins of Calicut
  • 1510 Portuguese captured Goa-Albuquerque Governor.
  • 1526 First Battle of Panipat in which Babur defeated Ibrahim Lodi
  • 1556 The second battle of Panipat in which Akbar defeated Afgans.
  • 1565 Battle of Talikota in which Vijaynagar empire is defeated.
  • 1576 Battle of Haldighati in which Akbar defeated Maharana
  • Pratap.
  • 1600 English East India Company established.
  • 1611 The English built a factory at Mauslipatanam.
  • 1699 Guru Gobind Singh created ‘Khalsa’.
  • 1739 Nadir Shah invaded India;the peacock throne and the Kohinoor Diamond taken away from India.
  • 1757 Battle of Plassey in which the  English defeated Siraj-ud- Daule,Nawab of Bengal
  • 1761 Third Battle of Panipat in which Ahmed Shah Abdali defeated the Marathas.
  • 1764 Battle of Buxar in which the English defeated the triple alliance of Nawab Mir Qasim of Bengal, Nawab
  • Shuja-ud-daula of Awadh and Mughal emporer Shah Alam.
  • 1828 Lord William Bentick became Governor General; Era of social reforms; Prohibition of Sati (1829), Suppression of thugs(1830).
  • 1853 First Indian railway from Bombay to Thane.
  • 1857-58 First war of Indian Independence.
  • 1858 British crown took over the Indian Government;End of East India Company’s rule.
  • 1869 Birth of M.K.Gandhi.
  • 1885 Formation of Indian National Congress.
  • 1905 Partition of Bengal by Lord Curzon.
  • 1906 Formation of All India Muslim League.
  • 1909 Minto-Morley Reforms.
  • 1911 Delhi durbar held, partition of Bengal repealed,
  • capital shifted from Calcutta to Delhi.
  • 1914-18 World War I started.
  • 1919 Rowlatt Act, Jallianwala Bagh massacre, Montangue- Chelmsford reforms.
  • 1921 Moplah rebellion in Malabar; visit of Prince of Wales.
  • 1923 Swaraj Party formed.
  • 1927 Simon Commission appointed.
  • 1928 Visit of Simon Commision to India, death of Lala Lajpat Rai.
  • 1929 Congress demanded ‘Poorna Swaraj’ in Lahore session.
  • 1930 January 26 celebrated as Independence Day through out India, Dandi Salt Satyagraha, First Round Table Conference.
  • 1931 Gandhi-Irwin Pact, Second Round Table conference.
  • 1932 Suppression of Congress Movement, Third Round Table Conference, Communal  Award, Poona Pact.
  • 1935 Government of India Act.
  • 1937 Inauguration of Provincial Autonomy. Congress ministries formed in 9 (7+2  Coalition) out of 11 provinces.
  • 1939-45 Beginning of World War II. Registration of Congress ministries.
  • 1942 Cripps Mission Plan, Quit India Movement,
  • Formation of Indian National  Army by SC Bose.
  • 1945 Simla conference held and the failure of Wavell Plan, NA trials at Red  Fort, Delhi.
  • 1946 Cabinet Mission Plan, Formation of Interim Government, Direct Action Resolution by Muslim League.
  • 1947 Mountbatten Plan of June 3 in Which partition of India   resolution is proposed, India divided, Pakistan created, both achieved independence, Pt Jawahar Lal Nehru became the Ist Prime Minister of India.

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