Indian History Timeline – In today’s class we will discuss about the Indian History Timeline Chart in chronological order. Here we are going to discuss about all the three era(s) of history i.e. Ancient Indian History Timeline, Medieval Indian History Timeline and Modern Indian History Timeline, with all the important events.
Indian History Timeline Chart (Ancient+Medieval+Modern)
| Time | Events |
|---|---|
| 9000 BCE | Early Neolithic culture |
| 9000 BCE | Bhimbetka Rock shelters found in Madhya Pradesh region; Stone Age rock paintings |
| 7000 to 2500 BCE | Mehergarh Culture; Neolithic Age |
| 3300 to 1700 BCE | Indus Valley Civilization phase |
| 1800 BCE | Indo-Aryan migration |
| 1500 to 1000 BCE | Early Vedic Period |
| 1300 BCE | End of Cemetery H culture |
| 1200 BCE | Rigveda Period |
| 1000 to 500 BCE | Later Vedic period |
| 1000 BCE | Iron Age of India |
| 877 BCE | Birth of Parsvanatha (23rd Jain Tirthankara) |
| 700 BCE | Age of Upanishads |
| 600 BCE | Period of Sixteen Maha Janapadas |
| 599 BCE | Birth of Mahavira (24th Tirthankar of Jainism) |
| 563 BCE | Birth of Siddhārtha (Gautama Buddha) |
| 558–491 BCE | Bimbisara (also known as Srenika) founded Haryanka dynasty |
| 527 BCE | Nirvana of Mahavira |
| 492–460 BCE | Period of Ajatshatru (son of Bimbisara) |
| 483 BCE | Mahaparinirvana of Gautama Buddha |
| 350 BCE | Panini wrote Ashtadhyayi (Sanskrit Grammar book) |
| 326 BCE | Battle of the Hydaspes River (between Porus and Alexander) |
| 321 BCE | Chandragupta Maurya established Mauryan Empire in Magadha |
| 305 BCE | Chandragupta Maurya defeated Seleucus Nicator |
| 300 BCE | Chola dynasty (in south India) |
| 297–273 BCE | Period of Bindusara (son of Chandragupta Maurya) |
| 268–232 BCE | Period of the Great Ashoka (son of Bindusara) |
| 265 BCE | Kalinga War (between Ashoka and the kingdom of Kalinga) |
| 260 BCE | Ashoka inscribed the Edicts of Ashoka (written in Brahmi script) |
| 251 BCE | Mahinda (son of Ashoka) introduced Buddhism to Ceylon (Sri Lanka) |
| 250 BCE | The followers of Buddhists carved the first cave temples (namely Lomas Rishi) |
| 232 BCE | Ashoka died (Kunala, his son, succeeded) |
| 184 BCE | Mauryan empire collapsed after the assassination of Brihadrata by his general Pushyamitra Shunga |
| 184 BCE | Establishement of the Shunga dynasty by Pushyamitra Shunga |
| 78 BCE | Beginning of Saka era |
| 57 BCE | Beginning of Vikram Era |
| Common Era (CE) | |
| 10 CE | The Indo-Parthian kingdom established |
| 240 CE | Sri-Gupta established the Gupta Empire in Magadha |
| 275 CE | Pallava dynasty established |
| 320 CE | Chandragupta I became the king of Gupta empire |
| 335 CE | Samudragupta became the king of Gupta empire |
| 380 CE | Chandragupta II (son of Samudragupta) became the Gupta Emperor |
| 405 CE | Fahien, the Chinese traveler came India |
| 450 CE | Huna invasions |
| 554 CE | Gupta empire collapsed after the death of Skandagupta |
| 606 CE | Harshavardhana became the king |
| 629 CE | Chinese monk Huang Tsang (Xuanzang) came to India |
| 753 CE | Danti Durga established Rashtrakuta Kingdom after defeating Chalukyas of Badami |
| 788 CE | Birth of Adi Shankaracharya |
| 1001 CE | Invasion of Mahmud Ghazni |
| 1025 CE | Last invasion of Mahmud Ghazni that lead to destruction of temple of Somnath in Gujarat |
| 1030 CE | Death of Mahmud of Ghazni |
| 1030 CE | Alberuni came India |
| 1191 CE | First battle of Tarain between Mohammed Ghori and Prithviraj III (Ghauri was defeated) |
| 1192 CE | Second battle of Tarain between Mohammed Ghori and Prithviraj III (Prithviraj was defeated) |
| 1154 CE | Battle of Chandawar fought between Ghauri and Jaichand of Kannauj (Ghauri defeated Jayachandra) |
| 1192 CE | Qutb-ud-din Aibak constructed the Qutub Minar in Delhi |
| 1206 CE | Qutb-ud-din Aibak established ‘Slave Dynasty’ (which later came to known as Delhi Sultanate) |
| 1210 CE | While playing polo, Qutb-ud-din Aibak died |
| 1221 CE | Invasion of Changez Khan (Mongol invasion) |
| 1240 CE | Razia Sultan was killed by Turkish nobles |
| 1336 CE | Harihara I (Hakka) and his brother Bukka Raya I founded the Vijayanagara Empire |
| 1398 CE | Timur’s invasion |
| 1483 CE | Babur born |
| 1498 CE | The first voyage of Vasco de Gama from Europe to India (arrived at Calicut, Kerala) |
| 1526 CE | First Battle of Panipat [Mughal ruler Babur defeated Ibrahim Lodi] |
| 1530 CE | Babur died and his son Humayun became the emperor |
| 1539 CE | Battle of Chausa [Mughal emperor Humayun and Sher Shah Suri – Humayun defeated] |
| 1540 CE | Battle of Kannauj [Humayun and Sher Shah Suri – Humayun defeated] |
| 1545 CE | Sher Shah Suri died and his son Islam Shah Suri succeeded |
| 1554 CE | Islam Shah Suri died |
| 1555 CE | Humayun recuperated the throne of Delhi |
| 1556 CE | Humayun died and Akbar (his 12-year-old son) succeeded |
| 1556 CE | Second Battle of Panipat [Hemu and Akbar’s forces – Hemu was defeated and killed] |
| 1576 CE | Battle of Haldighati [Rana Pratap and Akbar – Akbar defeated Rana Pratap] |
| 1600 CE | East India company is formed in England and received exclusive trading rights with India |
| 1605 CE | Akbar died and his son Jahangir succeeded |
| 1628 CE | Jehangir died and his son Shah Jahan succeeded |
| 1627 CE | Birth of Chatrapati Shivaji |
| 1658 CE | Aurangzeb became the Mughal emperor |
| 1666 CE | Shah Jahan died |
| 1674 CE | Shivaji defeated Mughal emperor’s troops and established Maratha empire |
| 1680 CE | Death of Shivaji |
| 1707 CE | Death of Aurangzeb |
| 1739 CE | Invasion of Nadir Shah |
| 1756 CE | Black Hole of Calcutta incident |
| 1760 CE | Battle at Wandewash (British troops defeated French) |
| 1761 CE | Third Battle of Panipat between Maratha and Afghans (led by Ahmad Shah); Marathas were defeated |
| 1767 CE | First Anglo-Mysore War (Haidar Ali of Mysore defeated the combined armies of the East India Company) |
| 1772 CE | Birth of Ram Mohan Roy |
| 1773 CE | Warren Hastings appointed as first Governor-General of India |
| 1799 CE | Fourth Anglo-Mysore War (Tipu Sultan died in the war) |
| 1806 CE | Vellore Mutiny |
| 1814 | Raja Ram Mohan Roy established “Atmiya Sabha” |
| 1820 CE | Birth of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar |
| 1824 CE | Birth of Dayananda Saraswati |
| 1836 CE | Birth of Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa |
| 1853 CE | Started Postal Service in India |
| 1853 CE | First Rail run between Bombay and Thane |
| 1855 CE | Santhal rebellion |
| 1856 CE | Hindu Widows’ Remarriage Act |
| 1856 CE | Birth of Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
| 1857 CE | Sepoy Mutiny |
| 1861 CE | Birth of Rabindranath Tagore |
| 1863 CE | Birth of Swami Vivekanand |
| 1865 CE | Birth of Lala Lajpat Rai |
| 1869 CE | Birth of Mahatma Gandhi |
| 1873 CE | Satyashodhak Samaj was established by Jyotirao Phule |
| 1875 CE | Arya Samaj was established |
| 1877 CE | First time Delhi Durbar organized |
| 1885 CE | Indian National Congress was founded |
| 1899 CE | V.D.Savarkar organized ‘Mithra Mela’ |
| 1902 CE | Anushilan Samiti was organized |
| 1905 CE | Partition of Bengal |
| 1906 CE | Muslim League formed in Dacca |
| 1907 CE | Congress Session at Surat (Congress divided as Moderate and Extremists) |
| 1908 CE | Alipore bomb case |
| 1909 CE | Morley-Minto Reforms |
| 1911 CE | Cancellation of Partition of Bengal |
| 1911 CE | British government moved capital city from Calcutta to Delhi |
| 1912 CE | Delhi conspiracy case |
| 1913 CE | Formation of Gadar Party |
| 1914 CE | Hindu–German Conspiracy |
| 1916 CE | Lucknow Pact |
| 1917 CE | Champaran and Kheda Satyagraha |
| 1919 CE | Jallianwala Bagh massacre |
| 1919 CE | Montagu–Chelmsford Reforms |
| 1919 CE | Rowlatt Act |
| 1920 CE | Non-cooperation movement (Khilafat Movement) |
| 1922 CE | Chauri Chaura incident |
| 1924 CE | Formation of Hindustan Socialist Republican Association |
| 1925 CE | Kakori conspiracy |
| 1927 CE | Simon Commission |
| 1928 CE | Bardoli Satyagraha |
| 1929 CE | Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt bombed on Central Assembly |
| 1929 CE | Resolution of Purna Swaraj |
| 1930 CE | Salt Satyagraha (Dandi March) |
| 1930 CE | First Round Table Conferences |
| 1931 CE | Gandhi–Irwin Pact |
| 1931 CE | Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, and Sukhdev martyred |
| 1931 CE | Second Round Table Conferences |
| 1932 CE | Poona Pact |
| 1932 CE | Communal Award |
| 1932 CE | Third Round Table Conferences |
| 1935 CE | Government of India Act 1935 |
| 1937 CE | Indian provincial elections |
| 1939 CE | Subhas Chandra Bose established ‘All India Forward Bloc’ |
| 1940 CE | Lahore Resolution |
| 1940 CE | August offer (1940) |
| 1942 CE | Cripps’ Mission |
| 1942 CE | Quit India Movement |
| 1942 CE | Subhas Chandra Bose established Indian National Army |
| 1944 CE | Subhas Chandra Bose named Mahatma Gandhi as the ‘Father of the Nation’ |
| 1945 CE | Wavell Plan (Simla Conference) |
| 1946 CE | Royal Indian Navy Mutiny |
| 1946 CE | Cabinet Mission |
| 1946 CE | Great Calcutta Killings |
| 1947 CE | Indian Independence Act 1947 |
| 1947 CE | Partition of India and Pakistan (both became independent nations) |
| 1948 CE | Mahatma Gandhi assassinated by Nathuram Godse |
| 1948 CE | India-Pakistan war |
| 1950 CE | Indian became Republic (of India) |
| 1951 CE | Congress Party won first general election |
| 1962 CE | India won Diu, Daman, and Goa from Portuguese |
| 1964 CE | Death of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru |
| 1965 CE | Second Pakistan-India war |
| 1966 CE | Indira Gandhi (daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru) becomes prime minister |
| 1971 CE | Third Pakistan-India war |
| 1974 CE | India exploded first nuclear device (in underground test) |
| 1975 CE | Indira Gandhi declared state of emergency |
| 1975 CE | Birth control introduced |
| 1977 CE | Janata Party came into power (Congress party lost the election) |
| 1979 CE | Janta Party split |
| 1980 CE | Congress again came into power |
| 1984 CE | Operation Blue Star (Anti-Sikh Riots 1984) |
| 1984 CE | Indira Gandhi was assassinated |
| 1988 CE | SEBI (Security and Exchange Board of India) was established by The Government of India |
| 1991 CE | Rajiv Gandhi assassinated |
| 1991 CE | Economic reform program (liberalization) |
| 1992 CE | Babri Mosque in Ayodhya is demolished |
| 1992 CE | 1992 Odisha liquor deaths incident |
| 1996 CE | Amarnath Yatra tragedy |
| 1998 CE | BJP forms coalition government under Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| 2000 CE | US President Bill Clinton’s India visit |
| 2001 CE | Massive earthquakes in Gujarat |
| 2001 CE | Suicide squad attacked parliament in New Delhi |
| 2002 CE | Godhra (Gujarat) incident |
| 2003 CE | Bomb blasts in Mumbai |
| 2004 CE | Tsunami incident |
| 2005 CE | Earthquake in Kashmir |
| 2007 CE | India’s first commercial space rocket is launched (carried Italian satellite) |
| 2008 CE | Series of bomb explosions in Ahmedabad (Gujarat) |
| 2008 CE | Attack on two hotels namely the Taj Mahal Palace & Tower and the Oberoi Trident (Mumbai) |
| 2009 CE | India and Russia signed Uranium deal worth of $700 million |
| 2012 CE | Ajmal Kasab the sole surviving gunman of 2008 Mumbai attacks was hanged |
| 2013 CE | Mars Orbiter Mission, is successfully launched into the Orbit of Mars by ISRO |
| 2014 CE | Congress was routed in the general elections and Narendra Modi (BJP) elected as the Prime Minister |
| 2016 CE | Terror Attacks on Pathankot Air Base |
| 2016 CE | India becomes member of Missile Technology Control Regime |
