Here is the list of all major historical events of India. It will help students preparing for competitive exams as well as people interested in Indian History.

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: Alexander’s invasion of India and the opening of land route between India and Europe.

269-232: Ashoka’s reign

261: Battle of Kalinga

57: Beginning of Vikrama Era

30: Satvahana dynasty in Deccan. Pandyan empire in for South

A.D.

78: Beginning of Saka era

320: Beginning of Gupta era

360: Samudragupta conquered the whole of N. India and much of the Deccan

380-413: Rule of Chandragupta Vikramaditya, age of Kalidasa, renewal of Hinduism

606-647: Rule of Harshavardhana

629-645: Hieun-Tsang visited India

622: Beginning of Hijri era

712: Arab invasion of Sind by Mohd. bin Qasim

1025: Somnath temple sacked 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: Qutubbin Aibak founded IIbari/Slave dynasty

1329 – Quilon, the 1st Indian Diocese was put up by Pope John XXII & Jordanus was appointed the 1st Bishop

1459 - Sun City, Jodhpur India founded by Rao Jodha

1497 – Vasco da Gama departs for an India trip

1498 – Vasco da Gama arrived at Calcutta India

1502 – Vasco da Gama navigated from Lisbon, Portugal on his 2nd voyage to India

1509 – The Battle of Diu takes place in Diu between Turkey and Portugal

1509 – The Battle of Diu takes place in Diu between Ottoman Empire and Portugal

1556 – The origin of Fasli Era

1565 – Battle at Talikota. Moslems destroyed Vijayanagar’s army

1575 – Mughal Emperor Akbar defeated Bengali army at Battle of Tukaroi

1597 – 1st Dutch East India Company ships revisited from Far East

1600 – The charter of British East India Company

1602 – United Dutch East Indian Company (VOC) formed

1608 – First English convoy lands at Surat India

1612 – Battle at Surat India: English fleet beat Portuguese

1621 – The Dutch West India Company received charter for New Netherlands

1633 – Ming dynasty fought with Dutch East India Company. Ming dynasty became victorious

1639 – Madras was founded by the British East India Company on a sliver of land bought from local Nayak rulers

1641 – United East Indian Company conquered city of Malakka

1641 – West India Company conquered Sao Paulo de Loanda

1658 – Dutch troops occupied harbor city Quilon in India

1668 – England took control of Bombay

1668 – Bombay was given to East India Company by Charles II

1690 – Job Charnock founded Calcutta

1739 – Battle of Karnal took place. Iranian ruler Nadir Shah defeated Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah.

1739 – Nadir Shah occupied Delhi in India

1752 – French army surrendered to the English in Trichinopoly

1756 – Indian rebels defeated Calcutta on British army

1756 – French & Indian War: Kittanning Expedition

1756 – British troops under Robert Clive occupied Fulta India

1757 – British troops occupied Calcutta India

1757 – Battle at Rossbach took place

1760 – Battle at Wandewash. British troops beat French

1761 – Battle at Panipat. Afghan army beats Mahratten

1786 – Charles Cornwallis was appointed governor-general of India

1795 – Battle at Kurdla. Mahratten beat Mogols

1798 – England signed treaty with Nizam of Hyderabad

1803 – Battle of Assaye. British-Indian force beat Maratha Army

1839 – Aden conquered by the British East India Company

1846 – Battle of Allwal, Brits beat Sikhs in Punjab

1846 – Battle of Sobraon: British defeat Sikhs

1846 – Battle of Sobraon. It ended first Sikh War in India

1853 – 1st passenger rail opened in India. It opened from Bombay to Thane

1866 – Allahabad High Court was established

1892 – Dadabhai Naoroji was elected as 1st Indian Member of Parliament in Britain

1905 – Partition of Bengal took place

1917 – World War I took place.

1925 – Communist Party of India was founded.

1929 – First non-stop England to India flight takes-off

1932 – Establishment of Indian Air Force

1936 – Orissa constituted as the province of British India

1939 – Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose formed the All India Forward Bloc.

1944 – Jessami, East-India was conquered by Japanese troops

1947 - India became independent from British Rule

1947 – Lord Mountbatten was appointed as last viceroy of India

1947 – The Radcliffe Line between India and Pakistan was revealed

1948 – Lord Mountbatten resigned as the Governor General of India

1950 – India becomes a republic

1950 – Sikkim became India’s protectorate

1952 – The Rajya Sabha held its first sitting

1956 – Delhi became a territory of Indian union

1960 – Bombay state split into Maharashtra and Gujarat

1971 – Battle of Garibpur: Indian troops defeated Pakistan army

1974 – India became 6th nation to explode an atomic bomb

1975 – India launched 1st satellite with help of USSR

1980 – Rohini 1, first Indian satellite, launched into orbit

1994 – Sushmita Sen of India, crowned 43rd Miss Universe

1994 – Aishwarya Rai crowned 44th Miss World

2008 – India launched its 1st unmanned lunar mission, Chandrayaan -1