| 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 Somnatd 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 |
