Important Years


·        3000-1750 B.C. - Time period of Indus Valley Civilisation
·        1250-1000 B.C. – Entry of Aryans to North India
·        599 B.C. – Birth of Mahavir Swami
·        563 B.C. – Birth of Gautam Buddha
·        527 B.C. – Nirvana of Mahavir Swami
·        487 B.C. – Nirvana of Gautam Buddha
·        327-326 B.C. – Attack of Alaxander on India
·        322-185 B.C. – Mauryan Period
·        273-232 B.C. – Peiod of Ashoka’s reign
·        261 B.C. – Ashoka conquered Kalinga
·        58 B.C. – Vikram Samvat starts
·        78 A.D. – Shaka Samvat starts
·        320 A.D. – Gupta Dynasty came into existence
·        405-414 A.D. – Visit of Chinese pilgrim Faxian
·        606-47 A.D. – Peiod of Harsha’s reign
·        629-45 A.D. – Visit of Xuanzang
·        712 A.D. – Invasion of Mohammad Bin Qasim
·        1000-26 A.D. – Invasion of Mahmood Ghaznavi
·        1191 A.D. – First battle of Tarain
·        1192 A.D. – Second battle of Tarain
·        1206 A.D. – Qutb-ud-din Aibak founded Ghulam dynasty in Delhi
·        1231-32 A.D. – Construcion of Qutub Minar
·        1296 A.D. – Alauddin Khilji was throned
·        1469 A.D. – Birth of Guru Nanak
·        1498 A.D. – Vasco Da Gama reached India
·        1526 A.D. – First battle of Panipat
·        1527 A.D. – Battle of Khanwa
·        1540-45 A.D. – Period of Sher Shah Suri
·        1542 A.D. – Birth of Akbar
·        1556 A.D. – Second battle of Panipat
·        1556-1605 A.D. – Period of Akbar
·        1576 A.D. – Battle of Haldighati
·        1597 A.D. – Death of Maharana Pratap
·        1600 A.D. – Foundation of East India Company
·        1605 A.D. – Death of Akbar
·        1605-27 A.D. – Period of Jehangir
·        1627 A.D. – Birth of Shivaji
·        1627-57 A.D. – Period of Shahjahan
·        1658 A.D. – Auranzeb was throned in
·        1666 A.D. – Death of Shahjehan
·        1680 A.D. – Death of Shivaji
·        1707 A.D. – Death of Guru Govind Singh
·        1739 A.D. – Invasion of Nadir Shah
·        1757 A.D. – Battle of Plassey
·        1760 A.D. – Battle of Wandiwash
·        1761 A.D. – Third battle of Panipat
·        1764 A.D. – Battle of Buxar
·        1774 A.D. – Birth of Raja Ram Mohan Roy
·        1799 A.D. – Death of Tipu Sultan
·        1853 A.D. – Initiation of Indian Railways
·        1857 A.D. – India’s first war of independence
·        1861 A.D. – Birth of Ravindra Nath Tagore
·        1869 A.D. – Birth of Mahatma Gandhi
·        1875 A.D. – Foundation of Arya Samaj
·        1884 A.D. – Birth of Dr. Rajendra Prasad
·        1885 A.D. – Foundation of Indian National Congress
·        1889 A.D. – Birth of Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
·        1905 A.D. – Partition of Bengal
·        1906 A.D. – Foundation of Muslim League
·        1911 A.D. – Reunification of Bengal
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