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540: Birth of Mahavira

327-326: Alexander's attack on India. It opened a land route between India and Europe

313: Coronation of Chandragupta according to Jain tradition

305: Seleucus defeated by Chandragupta Maurya

273-232 : Reign of Ashoka

261 : Conquest of Kalinga

145-101 : Region of Elara, Chola king of Sri Lanka

58: Beginning of Vikram Samvat

78: The beginning of the Shaka era

120: Coronation of Kanishka

320: Beginning of Gupta Age, Golden Age of India

380: Coronation of Vikramaditya

405-411 : Travel of the Chinese traveler Fahien

415: Coronation of Kumar Gupta-1

455 : Coronation of Skandagupta

606-647 : Reign of Harshavardhana

712 : First Arab invasion of Sindh 836 : Coronation of Bhoj Raja of Kannauj

985: Chola ruler Rajaraja is crowned king

998: Coronation of Sultan Mahmud

1001: First invasion of India by Mahmud of Ghazni, who defeated Jaipal, the ruler of Punjab

1025 : Demolition of Somnath Temple by Mahmud Ghazni

1191: First Battle of the Terai

1192: Second Battle of Terai

1206: Coronation of Qutbuddin Aibak to the throne of Delhi

1210: Death of Qutbuddin Aibak

1221: Genghis Khan's attack on India (Mongol invasion)

1236: Coronation of Razia Sultan to the throne of Delhi

1240: Death of Razia Sultan

1296: Attack of Alauddin Khilji

1316: Death of Alauddin Khilji

1325: Coronation of Muhammad Tughlaq

1327: The Tughlaqs move from Delhi to Daulatabad and then to the Deccan as their capital.

1336: Establishment of Vijayanagara Empire in the South

1351: Coronation of Firoz Shah

1398: Attack on India by Timurlang

1469: Birth of Guru Nanak

1494: Coronation of Babur in Ferghana

1497-98: Vasco-da-Gama's first voyage to India (discovery of the sea route to India through the Cape of Good Hope)

1526: First Battle of Panipat, Babur defeats Ibrahim Lodi - Mughal rule established by Babur

1527 Battle of Khanwa, Babur defeated Rana Sanga

1530: Death of Babur and coronation of Humayun

1539: Sher Shah Suri kills Humayun

defeated and became the emperor of the Indian

1540: Battle of Kannauj

1555: Humayun recaptured the throne of Delhi

1556: Second Battle of Panipat

1565 : Battle of Talikot

1576: Battle of Haldighati- Rana Pratap defeated Akbar

1582 : Establishment of Din-i-Ilahi by Akbar

1597: Death of Rana Pratap

1600: Establishment of the East India Company

1605: Akbar's death and Jahangir's coronation

1606: Killing of Guru Arjun Dev

1611: Marriage of Jahangir to Nur Jahan

1616: Sir Thomas Roe met Jahangir

1627: Birth of Shivaji and death of Jahangir

1628: Shah Jahan becomes emperor of India

1631: Death of Mumtaz Mahal

1634: British were allowed to trade in Bengal, India.

1659: Coronation of Aurangzeb, Shah Jahan was imprisoned

1665: Shivaji was imprisoned by Aurangzeb

1680: Death of Shivaji

1707: Death of Aurangzeb

1708: Death of Guru Gobind Singh

1739: Nadir Shah's attack on 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 Emperor of India

1764: Battle of Buxar

1765: Clive is appointed governor of the company in India

1767-69: First Mysore War

1770: The Great Famine of Bengal

1780: Birth of Maharaja Ranjit Singh

1780-84: Second Mysore War

1784 : Pitts Act

1793: Permanent Settlement in Bengal

1799: Fourth Mysore War - Death of Tipu Sultan

1800 – 1900

1802: Treaty of Bessen

1809: Treaty of Amritsar

1829: The practice of Sati was banned

1830: Rajaram Mohan Roy, the founder of the Brahmo Samaj, 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-Burma War

1853: First railway line between Bombay and Thane and telegraph line opened in Calcutta

1857: First War of Independence (or Sepoy Mutiny)

1861: Birth of Rabindranath Tagore

1869: Birth of Mahatma Gandhi

1885: Establishment of the Indian National Congress

1889: Birth of Jawaharlal Nehru

1897: Birth of Subhash Chandra Bose

From 1900 till India's independence

1904: Visit to Tibet

1905: First partition of Bengal by Lord Curzon

1906: Establishment of Muslim League

1911: Delhi Durbar - Visit of British King and Queen to India - Delhi became the capital of India

1916: Beginning of the First World War

1916: Lucknow Pact signed by Muslim League and Congress

1918: End of the First World War

1919: Southborough Committee on Suffrage, Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms - Jallianwala Bagh Massacre in Amritsar

1920: Beginning of Khilafat Movement

1927: boycott of Simon Commission, broadcasting started in India

1928: Death of Lala Lajpat Rai (Sher-e-Punjab)

1929: Lord Orvam Pact, resolution of complete independence passed in Lahore Congress

1930: Beginning of the Civil Disobedience Movement - Dandi March by Mahatma Gandhi (April 6, 1930)

1931 : Gandhi-Irwin Pact

1935: Government of India Act passed

1937: Provincial autonomy, Congress ministers take office

1941: Death of Rabindranath Tagore, the escape of Subhas Chandra Bose from India

1942: Quit India Movement started with the arrival of Cripps Mission in India

1943-44: Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose establishes the Provincial Azad Hindu Government, the Indian National Army and famine in Bengal

1945: Trial of INA at Red Fort, Simla Agreement and end of World War II

1946: British Cabinet Mission's visit to India - Interim government formed at the Center

1947: Partition and Independence of India

The history after independence is as follows - 

1947: On August 15, the country got rid of the slavery of the British.

1948: Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi on 30 January. In the same year, the Indian hockey team won the gold medal in the London Olympics.

1950: India became a republic on 26 January. Constitution applied.

1951: The country's first five-year plan was implemented.

1952: First general elections in the country. Congress came to power by winning 364 seats out of 489. Golden success for Indian hockey team in Helsinki Olympics.

1954: Panchsheel Agreement between India and China.

1956: Reorganization of states.

1960: Indus Water Treaty between India and Pakistan.

1962: China attacked India in October. China's second attack in November. The first serious challenge for the youth of the country breathing in the spirit of freedom.

1963: India launched the first rocket.

1964: Death of Jawaharlal Nehru. Lal Bahadur Shastri became the Prime Minister.

1965: Second war between India and Pakistan over Kashmir.

1966: Lal Bahadur Shastri passed away. Indira Gandhi became the first woman Prime Minister of the country. Operation Flood begins.

1967: Beginning of Green Revolution.

1969: Partition of Congress. Nationalization of banks. The first superfast train Rajdhani Express ran between New Delhi to Howrah. A great achievement of railways.

1971: War between India and Pakistan. Rise of Bangladesh. Pakistan's crushing defeat.

1972: Simla Agreement between India and Pakistan.

1974: India became the sixth nuclear power by conducting nuclear tests at Pokhran on 18 May 1974.

1975: Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declared emergency in the country. Several opposition leaders including Jayaprakash Narayan, George Fernandes and Atal Bihari Vajpayee were arrested. Restrictions on the freedom of the press. India's first satellite Aryabhata was launched. The film Sholay broke all the records of the box office.

1976: Samjhauta Express started between India and Pakistan.

1977: After the defeat of the Congress, the first non-Congress government was formed in the country. Cyclone killed 35,000 in Andhra Pradesh.

1978: Birth of India's first test tube baby Durga (Kanupriya Agarwal).

1979: Fall of the first non-Congress government due to lack of experience. Nobel Prize to Mother Teresa for helping the underprivileged and the oppressed.

1980: Unexpected death of Sanjay Gandhi in a plane crash. Rajiv Gandhi's debut in Indian politics. Prakash Padukone won the All England Open badminton tournament for the first time for India. Hockey gold for India in Moscow Olympics.

1981: Indian medical scientists achieved great success by synthesizing Tomoril.

1982: India successfully organized the 9th Asian Games. Introduction of color television in the country.

1983: The Indian cricket team won the World Cup for the first time by defeating the West Indies. India's first multi-role communication and weather satellite INSAT-1B was launched. Maruti-800 hit the roads.

1984: Army enters the Golden Temple to eliminate terrorists as part of Operation Blue Star. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by a Sikh bodyguard. Anti-Sikh riots across the country. Thousands died due to toxic gas leak at Union Carbide plant in Bhopal. Rakesh Sharma became the first Indian to go into space.

1985: Establishment of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation. Indian cricket team won the world cricket series by defeating Australia. Air India flight coming from Toronto, Canada to Mumbai crashes with 329 passengers on board.

1986: New education policy implemented, the first case of AIDS came to light in Chennai.

1987: Rajiv Gandhi tainted over Bofors gun deal. India's first Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand is the World Junior Chess Champion.

1988: Successfully test-fired surface-to-surface Prithvi missile.

1990: Mandal Commission's recommendations implemented. The introduction of cable and satellite television in the country.

1991: Rajiv Gandhi killed in a suicide attack in Sriperumbudur. Beginning of economic reforms in the country. Build the country's first supercomputer PARAM.

1992: The disputed structure in Ayodhya demolished. Harshad Mehta's scam worth thousands of crores in the stock market.

1993: Serial bombings in Mumbai kill hundreds. Private airlines started operating in India.

1994: Sushmita Sen won the title of Universe Sundari. Aishwarya Rai became the world beauty. Successful flight of PSLV.

1995: Mobile service started in the country.

1997: Death of Mother Teresa. The first Indian woman astronaut Kalpana Chawla left for space from Colombia.

1998: India conducts another nuclear test. Western countries' eyebrows stemmed.

1999: India and Pakistan's army clash again in Kargil amid efforts for peace talks between India and Pakistan. Pakistan's crushing defeat. The hijacked Indian Airlines plane was released after the release of three terrorists.

2001: Terrorist attack on the Parliament building, the signature of the country's democracy. Earthquake in Gujarat. thousands of deaths.

2002: Communal violence in Gujarat following the attack on the Sabarmati Express at Godhra railway station. Attack on Akshardham Temple in Gujarat. Delhi Metro started.

2003: Colombia returning with astronauts crashes. Kalpana Chawla's death.

2004: Tremendous destruction in the states of South India due to the havoc of Tsunami. 35 thousand died. Rajyavardhansinh Rathore won India's first individual silver in the shooting event of the Athens Olympics.

2005: Thousands killed in a devastating earthquake in Jammu and Kashmir. Millions homeless.

2006: Serial bombings in Mumbai kill hundreds.