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| • 2800 BC Indus Valley Civilization begins in the northwestern region of India |
| • 2600 BC Mohenjo-daro and Harappa phase of the Indus Valley Civilization begins, in Punjab and Sindh. Other cities like Lothal, Mehrgarh also emerged during this period. |
| • 1600 BC India is invaded by the Aryans from the west |
| • 1400 BC The Vedas, the Hindu scripture, was written |
| • 600 BC The Upanishads written |
| • 599 BC Mahavira, 24th Tirthankar of Jainism is born |
| • 563 BC Gautam Buddha, founder of Buddhism is born in Lumbini |
| • 527 BC Nirvana of Mahavira |
| • 492 BC Bimbisara dies and is succeeded by Ajatashatru in Magadha Empire |
| • 483 BC Death of Gautama Buddha in Kushinagar |
| • 326 BC Alexander the Great moved into India, King Porus who ruled parts of the Punjab, fought Alexander at the Battle of the Hydaspes River. |
| • 321 BC Chandragupta Maurya established Mauryan dynasty defeating Dhana Nanda |
| • 305 BC Chandragupta Maurya defeats Seleucus Nicator of the Seleucid Empire. |
| • 300 BC Chola dynasty establishes his kingdom over southern India with capital in Thanjavur |
| • 269 BC Ashoka the Great, grandson of Chandragupta Maurya, becomes the emperor of India |
| • 261 BC Kalinga War takes place between Magadha Empire and the kingdom of Kalinga. |
| • 232 BC Death of King Ashoka |
| • 185 BC The Mauryan Empire, collapsed after its emperor Brihadrata was assassinated by his general Pusyamitra Sunga who then established the Sunga dynasty |
| • 50 AD Establishment of the Kushan empire by Kujula Kadphises, first Buddhist stupa is constructed at Sanchi |
| • 300 The Pallava dynasty is established in Kanchi |
| • 320 The Gupta dynasty founded by Maharaja Sri Gupta, reunited northern India initiating the "golden Age" of India |
| • 335 King Samudragupta ascends the Gupta throne and expands the empire. |
| • 380 Chandragupta II, Samudragupta's son becomes the Gupta Emperor. |
| • 450 Invasions by the Huna. |
| • 606 Harshavardhana crowned Monarch. |
| • 712 First Muslim, Md. Bin Qasim defeats Raja Dahir |
| • 1021 Mahmud Ghazni defeats Tarnochalpal and annexes Punjab |
| • 1206 Qutb ub-din Aybak establishes the Delhi Sultanate |
| • 1221 Genghis Khan invades Punjab |
| • 1236 Razia Sultana, only lady ruler of Delhi |
| • 1290 Jalal ud-Din Firuz establishes the Khilji sultanate at Delhi |
| • 1298 Marco Polo visits India |
| • 1336 Vijayanagara Empire established by Harihara I and his brother Bukka Raya I |
| • 1398 Timur conquered India resulting in the decline of the Delhi Sultanate |
| • 1469 Birth of Guru Nanak Dev |
| • 1497 Vasco de Gama's first voyage from Europe to India and back (to 1499) |
| • 1526 Babur established the Mughal Empire |
| • 1555 Mughal king Humayun comes to fight Sher Shah and regains India |
| • 1556 Humayun dies, and is succeeded by Akbar |
| • 1600 Queen Elizabeth I granted a charter to the East India Company established trading posts in Bombay, Calcutta, and Madras |
| • 1605 Akbar dies, and is succeeded by his son Jehangir. |
| • 1612 British arrives India |
| • 1632 Taj Mahal construction initiated by Mughal ruler Shah Jahan |
| • 1653 Shah Jahan completes Taj Mahal. Shah Jahan dies, and is succeeded by his son Aurangzeb. |
| • 1675 Guru Tegh Bahadur, the ninth Guru of Sikhs is executed in Delhi. Guru Gobind Singh becomes tenth Guru of Sikhs. |
| • 1680 Shivaji dies at Raigad, Sambhaji became 2nd Chhatrapati of the Maratha Empire |
| • 1707 Death of Aurangzeb the Mughal emperor. |
| • 1757 In Battle of Plassey, Robert Clive, leads British forces which defeated the Mughal governor of Bengal Mir Jafar |
| • 1774 Warren Hastings appointed the first governor general of India by the East India Company |
| • 1775 First Anglo-Maratha War |
| • 1799 Death of Tipu Sultan |
| • 1853 Started Post Service |
| • 1853 First Railway established between Bombay and Thane |
| • 1857 Indian Mutiny Rebellion of 1857(10th May) |
| • 1857 Establishment of University of Mumbai, University of Madras and University of Calcutta in India |
| • 1858 The British government ruled India, Lord Dalhousie becomes the Governor-General of India |
| • 1862 Death of Bahadur Shah Zafar |
| • 1869 "Arya Samaj" Established |
| • 1876 Queen Victoria was given the title Empress of India by the British Parliament |
| • 1885 Burma became an Indian province |
| • 1885 The Indian National Congress was formed (28th December) |
| • 1905 The British government divided Bengal into separate Hindu and Muslim sections |
| • 1909 Morley-Minto Reforms |
| • 1914 World War 1 |
| • 1915 Mahatma Gandhi returns back to India |
| • 1919 Jallianwala Bagh Massacre (13th April) |
| • 1920 Mahatma Gandhi became president of Indian National |
| Congress, Non-cooperation movement Khilafat Movement |
| • 1927 Simon Commission |
| • 1929 Central Assembly Bombed by Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt. |
| • 1930 Purna Swaraj resolution in Lahore, Salt Satyagraha started |
| • 1931 Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev Martyred (23rd March) |
| • 1935 Government of India Act |
| • 1939 World War 2 began |
| • 1940 Muhammad Ali Jinnah demanded that a new country be formed from India for the Muslims, which would be called Pakistan |
| • 1942 Quit India Movement |
| • 1942 Indian National Army Established by Subhas Chandra Bose |
| • 1945 World War II ended when United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki (August) |
| • 1946 Royal Indian Navy Mutiny |
| • 1946 The British government agreed to grant India independence |
| • 1947 British and Indian leaders agreed to divide the country into India and Pakistan |
| • 1947 India became independent (15th August) |
| • 1948 Mahatma Gandhi assassinated Nathuram Godse (30th January) |
| • 1950 Constitution of India came into effect and Jawaharlal Nehru became the Indian first prime minister (26th January) |
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