Important Historical Events ******************************************* B.c 2500-1800: Indus valley civilization. 599 -Birth of Mahavir; Nirvana in 523. B.C. 563 -Birth of Gautam Buddha;Nirvana in 483 B.C. 327-26- Alexanders invasion of India and the opening of land route between India and Europe. 269-232- Ashokas reign. 261 -Battle of Kalinga. 57 -Beginning of Vikrama era. 30 -Satvahana dynasty in Deooan. Pandyan empire in for south. 326 -Alexander defeated Poras in the Battle of Hydaspas 261 -Ashoka defeated Kalinga in the Kalinga War A.D 78 -Beginning of Saka era. 320 -Beginning of Gupta era. 360 -Samudragupta conquers the whole of N. India and much of the Deccan. 380-413 Rule of Chandragupta Vikramaditya, age of Kalidasa, renewal of induism. 606-647 Rule of Harshavardhana. 629-645 Hieun Tsangs visit in India. 622 -Beginning of Hijra era. 712 -Arab invasion of Sind by Mohd. bin Qasim. 1001-27 Repeated attacks of Mehmud Ghazni. 1025- Sacking of Somnath temple by Mehmud. 1191 -First battle of Tarain in which Prithviraj Chauhan defeated Mohd. Ghori. 1192 -Second battle of Tarain in which Mohd. Ghori defeated Prithviraj Chauhan. 1206 -Qutubuddin Aibak founded the Ilbari/Slave dynasty. 1290 -Jalaluddin Firuz Khilji established Khilji dynasty. 1290 -Marco Polo visited India. 1320 -Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq founded the Tughlaq dynasty. 1333 -Ibn Batuta arrived in India. 1336 -Harihara and Bukka founded the Vijaynagar empire. 1347 -Bahmani kingdom founded. 1398 -Timur invades India. 1451 -Lodi dynasty comes in power in Delhi Sultanate. 1469 -Birth of Guru Nanak Dev. 1498 -Vasco da Gama lands at Calicut. 1510 -Portuguese capture Goa-Albuquerque Governor. 1526 -First Battle of Panipat in which Babar defeated Ibrahim Lodhi and established the Mughal dynasty. 1556 -Second battle of Panipat in which Akbar defeated Hemu. 1565 -Battle of Talikota in which Vijaynagar empire is defeated. 1571 -Foundation of Fatehpur Sikri by Akbar. 1576 -Battle of Haldighati in which Akbar defeated Maharana Pratap. 1582 -Akbar started Din-i-llahi. 1600 -English East India Company established. 1604 -Compilation of Adi Granth. 1605 -Death of Akbar. 1611 -The English built a factory at Masulipatnam. 1627 -Birth of Shivaji 1631 -Death of Shah Jahans wife Mumtaz Mahal. The building of Taj Mahal. 1658 -Aurangzeb became Emperor of Delhi. 1666 -Birth of Guru Gobind Singh. 1699 -Guru Gobind Singh creates Khalsa. 1707 -Death of Aurangzeb, fall of Mughal empire begins. 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- daula, Nawab of Bengal. 1760 -Battle of Wandiwash, end of French power in India, 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 emperor Shah Alam. 1793 Permanent settlement in Bengal. 1799 Fourth Anglo Mysore War, death of Tipu Sultan, Ranjit Singh occupied Lahore and made it his capital. 1817-19 Marathas finally crushed. 1828 Lord William Bentick becomes Governor General;Era of social reforms;Prohibition of Sati (1829), Suppression of thugs (1830). 1835 Introduction of English as medium of instruction. 1853 First Indian railway from Bombay to Thane. 1857-58 First war of Indian Independence. 1858 British crown takes over the Indian Government;End of East India Companys rule. 1861 Birth of Rabindra Nath Tagore. 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 cancelled, capital shifted from Calcutta to Delhi. 1914 World War I started. 1918 End of World War I. 1919 Rowlatt Act, Jallianwala Bagh massacre, Montague- Chelmsford reforms. 1920 Non-cooperation Movement launched, 1921 Moplah rebellian in Malabar;visit of Prince of Wales. 1922 Chauri-Chaura incidence. 1923 Swaraj party formed. 1927 Simon Commission appointed. 1928 Visit of Simon Commission to India, death of Lala Lajpat Rai. 1929 Congress demandedPoorna Swarajin Lahore session. 1930 January 26 celebrated as Independence Day throughout India, Dandi Salt Satyagraha, First Round Table conference. 1931 Gandhi-lrvin 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 8 out of 11 provinces. 1939 Resignation of Congress ministries, beginning of World War II. 1942 Cripps Mission Plan, Quit India Movement, Formation of Indian National Army by S.C. Bose. 1945 Simla conference held and the failure of Wavell Plan, INA 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 achieve independence, Jawarhar Lai Nehru becomes the I Prime Minister of India.
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