Timeline of Indian history

This is a timeline of Indian history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in India and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of India. See also the list of Governors-General of India, list of Prime Ministers of India and Years in India.

Millennia 500th BCE · 9th BCE · 5th BCE · 4th BCE · 3rd BCE · 2nd BCE · 1st BCE · 1st · 2nd · 3rd
Centuries BCE 5000th · 90th · 75th · 70th · 45th · 43rd · 40th · 37th · 35th · 34th · 33rd · 32nd · 31st · 30th · 29th · 28th · 27th · 26th · 25th · 24th · 23rd · 22nd · 21st · 20th · 19th · 18th · 17th · 16th · 15th · 14th · 13th · 12th · 11th · 10th · 9th · 8th · 7th · 6th · 5th · 5th · 4th · 3rd · 2nd · 1st
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Pre 90th century BCE

YearDateEvent
4,000,000 – 100,000 BCE
A skull fragment found in Hathnora in the Narmada Valley in central India indicate that this part of Indian subcontinent might have been inhabited in the Middle Pleistocene era around 250,000 years ago. Anek R. Sankhyan describes it as "debated and conveniently interpreted as "evolved" Homo erectus or "archaic".[1] Tools crafted by proto-humans that have been dated back two million years have been discovered in the northwestern part of the subcontinent.[2][3] The earliest archaeological site in the subcontinent is the palaeolithic hominid site in the Soan River valley.[4] Soanian sites are found in the Sivalik region across what are now India, Pakistan, and Nepal.[5][6][7] Some of the Bhimbetka shelters were inhabited by Homo erectus more than 100,000 years ago.[8][9]

Madrasian culture sites have been found in Attirampakkam (Attrambakkam=13° 13' 50", 79° 53' 20"), which is located near Chennai (formerly known as Madras), Tamil Nadu.[10] Thereafter, tools related to this culture have been found at various other locations in this region. Bifacial handaxes and cleavers are typical assemblages recovered of this culture.[11] Flake tools, microliths and other chopping tools have also been found. Most of these tools were composed of the metamorphic rock quartzite.[10] The stone tool artifacts in this assemblage have been identified as a part of the second inter-pluvial period in India.[12]

Evidence for presence of Hominins with Acheulean technology 150,000–100,000 BCE in Tamil Nadu.[13]

Technology similar to contemporary artifacts found used by Homo sapiens in Africa found in Jwalapuram around 74000 BCE.

Paleolithic industries in South India Tamil Nadu 30,000 BCE[14]

90th century BCE

YearDateEvent
9,000 BCE
Early Neolithic culture with first confirmed semi permanent settlements appeared 11000 years ago in the Bhimbetka rock shelters in modern Madhya Pradesh, India. Some of the Stone Age rock paintings found among the Bhimbetka rock shelters are approximately 30,000 years old.[15]

The ancient history of the region includes some of South Asia's oldest settlements[16] and some of its major civilisations.[17][18]

40th century BCE

YearDateEvent
4000 BCEPhase of the Indus Valley Civilization begins. The civilization used an early form of the Indus signs, the so-called Indus script.

Over the course of next 1000–1500 years, inhabitants of the Civilization developed new techniques in handicraft (carnelian products, seal carving) and metallurgy (copper, bronze, lead, and tin) had elaborate urban planning, baked brick houses, efficient drainage systems, water supply systems, and clusters of large non-residential buildings.[19] The civilization depended significantly on trade, was the first civilization to use wheeled transport in form of bullock carts, and also used boats.[20]

27th century BCE

YearDateEvent
2600 BCEThe cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-daro become large metropolises and the civilization expands to over 2,500 cities and settlements across the whole of Pakistan, much of northern India, and large parts of Afghanistan,[21] covering a region of around one million square miles, which was larger than the land area of its contemporaries Egypt and Mesopotamia combined, and also had superior urban planning and sewage systems. The civilization uses the Indus script.
2600 BCEEnd of the Early Dynastic II Period and the beginning of the Early Dynastic IIIa Period in Mesopotamia.
2900 BCE – 2334 BCEMesopotamian wars of the Early Dynastic period.

18th century BCE

YearDateEvent
1800 BCEAdichanallur urn-burial site in Tirunelveli district in Tamil Nadu. In 2004, a number of skeletons dating from around 3,800 years ago.

15th century BCE

YearDateEvent
1500 BCEEarly Vedic Period (to 1000 BCE)

13th century BCE

YearDateEvent
1300 BCECemetery H culture comes to an end

12th century BCE

YearDateEvent
1200 BCERigveda (to 1000 BCE)

10th century BCE

YearDateEvent
1000 BCEMiddle and Late Vedic period (to 500 BCE)
Iron Age India
1000 – 300 BCEKanchi district, gold mine of Megalithic sites in Tamil Nadu, South India[22]
Iron Age kingdoms rule India— Kuru, Panchala, Kosala, Videha.

9th century BCE

YearDateEvent
877 BCEBirth of Parsvanatha, 23rd Jain Tirthankara (traditional date)

7th century BCE

YearDateEvent
700 BCEThe Upanishads, a sacred text of Hinduism, are written.

6th century BCE

YearDateEvent
600 BCESixteen Maha Janapadas ("Great Realms" or "Great Kingdoms") emerge.
Vedic period ends.
The capital of the Early Pandyan Kingdom was initially Korkai, all around 600 BCE, and was later moved to Koodal (now Madurai) during the reign of Nedunjeliyan I.
599 BCEMahavira of the 24th Tirthankara is born. This turns out to become the most famous wave of Jainism.
563 BCESiddhārtha Gautama, Buddha-to-be, is born in Lumbini into a leading royal family in the republic of the Shakyas, which is now part of Nepal.
543 BCEThe Vanga-based Prince Vijaya (c. 543 BCE) married a daughter of the Pandyan king of Madurai, to whom he was sending rich presents every year. Sinhala chronicle Mahawamsa mentions this event
538 BCECyrus the Great, founder of the Persian Achaemenid Empire reached up to northwestern parts of the Indian subcontinent, today's Afghanistan, which later proved to be his nemesis and caused his death.
527 BCENirvana of Mahavira

5th century BCE

YearDateEvent
483 BCEProposed Mahaparinirvana date of Gautama Buddha at Kushinagar.

4th century BCE

YearDateEvent
400 BCESiddharta Gautama 'Buddha' of the Shakya polity in S. Nepal, founds Buddhism (older date: 563–483 BCE)
350 BCEPanini, a resident of Gandhara, describes the grammar and morphology of Sanskrit in the text Ashtadhyayi. Panini's standardized Sanskrit is known as Classical Sanskrit.
333 BCEPersian rule in the northwest ends after Darius 3 is defeated by Alexander the Great, who establishes the Macedonian Empire after inheriting the Persian Achaemenid Empire.
326 BCEAmbhi king of Takshila surrenders to Alexander.
Porus who ruled parts of the Punjab, fought Alexander at the Battle of the Hydaspes River.
321 BCEMauryan Empire is founded by Chandragupta Maurya in Magadha after he defeats the Nanda dynasty and Macedonian Seleucid Empire. Mauryan capital city is Pataliputra (Modern Patna in Bihar)
305 BCEChandragupta Maurya defeats Seleucus Nicator of the Seleucid Empire.
304 BCESeleucus gives up his territories in the subcontinent (Afghanistan/Baluchistan) to Chandragupta in exchange for 500 elephants. Seleucus offers his daughter in marriage to Chandragupta to seal their friendship.

3rd century BCE

YearDateEvent
273 BCEAshoka the Great regarded as the greatest ancient Indian emperor, grandson of Chandragupta Maurya, ascends as emperor of the Mauryan Empire.
266 BCEAshoka conquers and unifies most of South Asia, along with most of Afghanistan and Balochistan.
265 BCEKalinga War takes place between Ashoka and the kingdom of Kalinga.
After conquering Kalinga, Ashoka reportedly regrets what he has done, leading him to adopt Buddhism, which then becomes the quasi-official state religion of the Mauryan Empire.
261 BCEConquest of Kalinga
260 BCEAshoka inscribes the Edicts of Ashoka, written down using Brahmi script. The Edicts describe his Buddhist religious views and his commitment to the welfare of his subjects.
232 BCEAshoka dies and is succeeded by Kunala.
230 BCESimuka declares independence from Mauryan rule and establishes the Satavahana Empire.

2nd century BCE

YearDateEvent
200 BCEKuninda Kingdom is established.
Tholkappiyam describes the grammar and morphology of Tamil; it is the oldest existing Tamil grammar (dates vary between 200 BCE and 100 CE). (to 100 BC)
184 BCEThe Mauryan Empire, declines

1st century BCE

YearDateEvent
65 BCEThe Pandyan king sends ambassadors to the Greek and Roman lands.
58 BCEBeginning of Vikram Era

1st century

YearDateEvent
35Western Satraps formed.
68Establishment of the Kushan empire by Kujula Kadphises.
78Gautamiputra Satkarni becomes Satavahana emperor and starts Shalivahana era calendar after defeating Scythian king Maues.
100 or afterSugar was first produced from sugarcane plants in northern India sometime after the first century.[23]

3rd century

YearDateEvent
240Sri-Gupta starts the Gupta Empire in Magadha, with its capital in Pataliputra

4th century

YearDateEvent
320Chandragupta I ascends the Gupta throne.
335Samudragupta ascends the Gupta throne and expands the empire.
345Kadamba Kingdom established by Mayurasharma, Banavasi as its capital and they were the first kingdom to use Kannada in administration.
375 Vakataka Empire in the Deccan
380Chandragupta II, Samudragupta's son becomes the Gupta Emperor.
413 Kumaragupta I, Adopted the title of Mahendraditya.
455 Skandagupta, Faced Hunas effectively.

5th century

YearDateEvent
467Invasions by the Huna.

Pallavas became a major power during the reign of Mahendravarman I (571 – 630 CE)

6th century

YearDateEvent
554Collapse of Gupta Empire after the death of Vishnugupta.

7th century

YearDateEvent
606Harshavardhana crowned Monarch.
637Badami Chalukya power at its peak. Pulakeshin II pushes north up to the Narmada and defeats the invading Harshavardhana of Kanauj

8th century

YearDateEvent
700According to the Qissa-i Sanjan, the immigrants Parsi are granted permission to stay by the local ruler Jadi Rana
711Arab commander of the Umayyad Caliphate, Muhammad Bin Qasim defeats Raja Dahir, king of Sindh Region in modern-day Pakistan
736Delhi is re-established by Bilan Deo Tomar also known as Anangpal Tomar
738Confederacy of Indian kings consisting of Nagabhata I of Gurjara-Pratihara dynasty and Bappa Rawal, ruler of Mewar defeat Arab Umayyad Caliphate invasion attempts.
739Avanijanashraya Pulakeshin of the Chalukyas of Navasarika kingdom defeats an invasion attempt by the Arab Umayyad Caliphate.[24]
753Establishment of Rashtrakuta Kingdom of Manyakhet by Dantidurga by defeating Chalukyas of Badami
753Saindhava naval fleet defeats Arab naval fleet sent by the Arab governor of Sindh.
776Saindhava naval fleet under Agguka I defeats second Arab naval expedition.[25][10]
788Birth of Adi Shankaracharya

9th century

YearDateEvent
814Nripatunga Amoghavarsha I becomes Rashtrakuta emperor. Kannada literature flourishes.
836Gurjara-Pratihara (to 910)

10th century

YearDateEvent
985Rajaraja Chola ascends to the throne of Chola empire. He expands the empire to Sri Lanka and to the north to include Kalinga kingdom
1000Invasion of Mahmud of Ghazni

11th century

YearDateEvent
1014Rajendra Chola I became the king of Chola empire after his father Rajaraja Chola. During his reign, he extended the influences of the already vast Chola empire up to the banks of the river Ganges in the north and across the ocean. Rajendra's territories extended coastal Burma, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Maldives, conquered the kings of Srivijaya (Sumatra, Java and Malay Peninsula in South East Asia) and Pegu islands with his fleet of ships. He defeated Mahipala, the Pala king of Bengal and Bihar, and to commemorate his victory he built a new capital called Gangaikonda Cholapuram. The Cholas became one of the most powerful dynasties in Asia during his reign. The Tamil Chola armies exacted tribute from Thailand and the Khmer kingdom of Cambodia. Rajendra Chola I was the first Indian king to take his armies overseas and make conquests of these territories, even though there is epigraphical evidence of Pallava presence in these very areas.
1017 26 April Sri Ramanujacharya is born at Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu.
1021Mahmud Ghazni defeats Tarnochalpal and annexes Punjab
102530 AprilLast invasion of Mahmud Ghazni, sacked and destroyed temple of Somnath
103030 AprilAlberuni arrives in India; death of Mahmud of Ghazni
103315 JuneSuhaldev, king of Shravasti defeats and kills Ghazi Saiyyad Salar Masud, nephew of Mahmud of Ghazni.
1058Sumra Dynasty ends the Arab domination and establishes its own rule over Sindh.

12th century

YearDateEvent
1120Kalyani Chalukyas power at its peak. Vikramaditya VI ushers in Vikrama Chalukya era.
1134Life of Basaveshwara, philosopher and social reformer. (to 1196)
1157The Kalachuris of Kalyani under Bijjala II capture Kalyani
1175Muhammad of Ghor invades India.[26]
1178Forces of the Chaulukya king Mularaja II led by his regent mother Naikidevi defeat Ghurid invaders led by Muhammad of Ghor who escapes back to Ghazni, in the Battle of Kasahrada.
1191First Battle of Tarain between Mohammed Ghori and Prithviraj III. Ghori is defeated by Prithivi Raj Chauhan III.
1192Second Battle of Tarain fought between Muhammed Ghori and Prithviraj Chauhan III. Prithviraj Chauhan III is defeated by Mohammed Ghori.
1194Battle of Chandawar fought between Muhammad of Ghor and Jaichand of Kannauj. Ghori defeated Jayachandra and killed him.

13th century

YearDateEvent
120615 MarchKhukhrain kill Muhammad Ghori during a raid on his camp on the Jhelum River
120612 JuneQutb-ud-din Aibak establishes slave Dynasty later to be known as Delhi Sultanate
1206Raja Prithu defeats Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khalji, destroying his army of 12,000 with only about 100 survivors.[27][28]
1210Qutb-ud-din Aibak died while playing polo.
1210 Shams ud-Din Iltutmish;was the third ruler of the Delhi Sultanate, belonging to the Mamluk dynasty (Slave Dynasty). He introduced IQTA (Tax, revenue) system. Died in 1236
1211-1215 Anangabhima Deva III of the Eastern Ganga dynasty in present-day Odisha defeats invasions by Ghiyāth ad-Dīn ʿIwaz Khalji the ruler of Bengal.[29]
1221Genghis Khan invades Punjab in pursuit of the fleeing Khwarezm Shah Jalal ad-Din Mingburnu and defeats him in the Battle of the Indus.
1226Raja Prithu repulses invading forces of Ghiyas ud din Balban the ninth sultan of the Mamluk dynasty of Delhi, in present-day Assam[27][28]
1236Narasingha Deva I ruler of the Eastern Ganga dynasty in present-day Odisha launches attacks against the Turko-Afghan rulers of Mamluk dynasty in Bengal that had captured Bihar and Bengal and not only repulses their attacks, but pushes them as far back as Padma River in current-day Bangladesh.[29]
1236 10 November Rule of Razia Sultana – Daughter of Iltutmish.
1238OctoberSri Madhwacharya born in Pajaka near Udupi, Karnataka
124014 OctoberMurder of Razia Sultan by Turkish nobles.(Chalisa)
1246–66Rule of Nasiruddin Mahmud with support of Balban (Wazir and powerful member of Chalisa). Chalisa- a council of 40 members
1250The Konark Sun Temple is completed, built by Narasingha Deva I.
1266–1286Rule of Balban; Chalisa wiped out.
1267The Mahanubhava philosophy established by Chakradhar Swami.
1275Birth of saint Dnyaneshwar.
1290Murder of Muiz ud din Qaiqabad by Jalaluddin Firuz Khalji, an army commander.
1290–96 Jalal-ud-din Khilji. Founder of Khiliji Dynasty

14th century

YearDateEvent
1309 Alauddin Khalji sends Malik Kafur to South. Malik Kafur Lays siege on the Kakatiya Capital Warangal and Extracts Tribute. The diamond Kohinoor was among the loot collected.
1310Ala-ud-din Khilji's army under Malik Kafur occupies Devagiri ending the Seuna Yadava Kingdom
1311 Malik Kafur attacks the Hoyasalas. In the aftermath of the destruction Hoyasalas abandon the old capital Halebidu. He later attacks Madurai. The attacks on Warangal, Halebidu and Madurai is accompanied by wide scale killing, destruction of temples and repatriation of wealth back to Delhi.
1323Ulugh Khan (Muhammad bin Tughluq) defeats Prataparudra II ending the Kakatiya dynasty
1334Musunuri Kapaya Nayaka with assistance from the Hoysala ruler Veera Ballala III leads a rebellion against the Tughluq rule of Delhi Sultanate, driving it out of Warangal region in present-day Telangana.
1336Vijayanagara Empire established by Harihara I and his brother Bukka Raya I
1340Birth of great mathematician Madhava of Sangamagrama.
1343Veera Ballala III was killed at the Battle of Madurai.
1347Governor Hasan Gangu revolts against Muhammad bin Tughluq founding the Bahmani Sultanate
1351Samma Dynasty assumes rule over Sindh
1370Bukka, the Vijayanagara ruler and his son Kumara Kamapna capture the entire Tamil speaking parts.
1398Timur plunders Lahore
1398 Shri Guru Ravidas Ji was born in 1398 in Varanasi. He was an Indian mystic poet-sant of the Bhakti movement during the 15th to 16th century CE. Venerated as a guru in the region of Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh, the devotional songs of Ravidas have had a lasting impact upon the bhakti movement.

15th century

YearDateEvent
1401Dilawar Khan establishes the Malwa Sultanate in present-day northern India
1407Zafar Khan: governor of Gujarat, declares himself as Sultan Muzaffar Shah founding the Gujarat Sultanate/Muzaffarid dynasty
1414Khizr Khan, deputized by Timur to be the governor of Multan takes over Delhi founding the Sayyid dynasty
1424Deva Raya II succeeded his father Veera Vijaya Bukka Raya as monarch of the Vijayanagara Empire
1437Rana Kumbha of Mewar and Rao Ranmal Rathore of Marwar defeat and take prisoner Mahmud Khalji, Sultan of the Malwa Sultanate in the Battle of Sarangpur
1443Abdur Razzaq visits India
1446Mallikarjuna Raya succeeds his father Deva Raya II
144926 SeptemberSankardev, founder of Ekasarana Dharma was born in Nagaon, Assam.
145119 AprilBahlul Khan Lodhi ascends the throne of the Delhi sultanate starting the Lodhi dynasty
146915 AprilGuru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism is born
148314 FebruaryBirth of Babur in Andijan, Fergana Valley in Central Asia
1485Saluva Narasimha Deva Raya drives out Praudha Raya ending the Sangama Dynasty
1486Advent of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, founder of Gaudiya Vaishnavism and leader of the world's first civil disobedience movement, in Navadwip, West Bengal
1490Ahmadnagar declares independence, followed by Bijapur and Berar in the same year thus breaking up the Bahmani Sultanate.
149820 MayVasco de Gama's first voyage from Europe to India and back (to 1499)

16th century

YearDateEvent
1503Kingdom of Cochin is taken over by the Portuguese creating the first European settlement in India.
15083 FebruaryThe Christian-Islamic power struggle in Europe and the Middle East. Spills over into the Indian Ocean as Battle of Chaul during the Portuguese-Mamluk War
15093 FebruaryBattle of Diu marks the beginning of the dominance of the Europeans in the Asian naval theater.
151020 MayPortuguese India (to 1961)
1518Kingdom of Mewar under Rana Sanga defeats Lodi Empire under Ibrahim Lodi in the Battle of Khatoli, gains control over north eastern Rajasthan.
1519Kingdom of Mewar under Rana Sanga defeats the Malwa Sultanate and the Gujarat Sultanate in the Battle of Gagron, obtains control of Malwa.
1519the Kingdom of Mewar under Rana Sanga again defeats Lodi Empire under Ibrahim Lodi in the Battle of Dholpur, extends control up to Agra.
1520Vijayanagar Empire under Krishnadevaraya defeats the Sultanate of Bijapur in the Battle of Raichur.
1522Portuguese land on the Coromandel Coast
152621 AprilSultan Ibrahim Lodi, of the Delhi Sultanate, angers local nobles, who respond by inviting Babur, the Mughal ruler of Kabul, to invade Delhi and Agra. The local population, plus the possession of artillery, assists Babur in killing the Sultan (whose soldiers desert him) at the Battle of Panipat.
152717 MarchBabur bribes Mewar general Silhadi promising Silhadi a kingdom, if Silhadi betrays Mewar King Rana Sanga in Battle of Khanwa, thus leading to the annexation of Mewar.
153028 March,27 JanuaryBabur[9] completes his Baburnama, reflecting on society, politics, economics, history, geography, nature, flora and fauna, which to this day is a standard textbook in 25 countries. Babur dies, and is succeeded by his son Humayun.
1532Ahoms under king Suhungmung defeat Turbak Khan of the Bengal Sultanate in Battle of Hatbor.
1539Battle of Chausa fought between Humayun and Sher Shah Suri in which Humayun defeated.
Guru Angad Dev becomes second guru of Sikhs.
154018 SeptemberBattle of Kannauj fought between Humayun and Sher Shah Suri and Humayun was completely defeated. Humayun lost the Mughal empire to Afghans (Suri Dynasty), and passed 12 years in exile.
9 MayBirth of Maharana Pratap Singh of Mewar ( son of Maharana Udai Singh II )
Death of Shri Guru Ravidas
154215 OctoberBirth of Akbar at Umerkot.
154522 MayDeath of Sher Shah Suri and succeeded by Islam Shah Suri.
155226 MarchGuru Amar Das becomes third Guru of Sikhs.
155422 NovemberDeath of Islam Shah Suri.
155522 MayHumayun regained the throne of Delhi from the hands of weak successors of Sher Shah.
1556Humayun converts from Sunni Islam to Shia Islam, to gain the alliance of the Shah of Persia. Humayun dies, and is succeeded by his son Akbar.
5 NovemberHindu king Hemu establishes 'Hindu Raj' in North India and bestowed with title of "Vikramaditya"; Second Battle of Panipat fought between Hemu and Akbar's forces in which Hemu is killed.
156526 JanuaryBattle of Talikota results in the rout of Vijayanagara empire.
1568Paradesi Synagogue, the first Jewish synagogue in India constructed by the Paradesi Jews.
1572Akbar annexes Gujarat, also shifts the Mughal capital to Fatehpur Sikri where a new township and citadel containing buildings of a unique all-India character—inspired by the architecture of Bengal, Gujarat, Malwa, Kashmir as well as the Timurid world—is born.
15741 SeptemberGuru Ram Das becomes fourth Guru of Sikhs.
Akbar annexes Bengal.
15811 SeptemberGuru Arjan Dev becomes fifth Guru of Sikhs.
1582Maharana Pratap defeats Mughal Forces of Akbar in Battle of Dewair in present-day Rajasthan[30]
15866 OctoberAkbar annexes Kashmir.
160031 DecemberEast India company is formed in England. Gets exclusive trading rights with India.

17th century

YearDateEvent
160527 OctoberAkbar dies, and is succeeded by his son Jahangir.
160625 MayGuru Hargobind becomes sixth guru of Sikhs.
161230 NovemberBritish India (to 1947)
24 AugustEast India Company (to 1857 – Indian Rebellion of 1857, Meerut)
162719 FebruaryBirth of Shivaji.
1628Jahangir announces "Chain of Justice" outside his palace that anyone can ring the bell and get a personal hearing with the emperor. Jahangir dies, and is succeeded by his son Shah Jahan.
16448 MarchGuru Har Rai becomes seventh guru of Sikhs
Shivaji takes oath of Independence at Raireshwar.
1640Rani Karnavati of the Garhwal Kingdom repels and defeats invasion attempt by Mughal army of Shah Jahan.[31]
1658Shah Jahan completes Taj Mahal, Jama Masjid, and Red Fort. Imperial treasuries drained by architectural and military overexpenditures. Shah Jahan put under house arrest, and is succeeded by his son Aurangzeb.
165919 FebruaryShivaji's ill-equipped and small Maratha army defeat numerically much larger Adilshahi troops at the Battle of Pratapgarh marking the first victory of the Maratha Empire. Shivaji personally kills Adilshahi commander Afzal Khan (general).
166013 JulyMaratha army of 600 defeats a much larger army of the Bijapur Sultanate of 10,000 in the Battle of Pavan Khind, near the city of Kolhapur.
16616 OctoberGuru Har Krishan becomes eight guru of Sikhs.
166520 MarchGuru Tegh Bahadur becomes ninth Guru of Sikhs.
1665 11 June Treaty of Purandar (1665) (or पुरंदर चा तह) was signed on 11 June 1665, between Shivaji and the Rajput ruler Jai Singh I.
1671Ahom kingdom defeats the Mughal Empire in the Battle of Saraighat, takes back control of Guwahati
1672FebruaryMaratha forces under Prataprao Gujar defeat a Mughal army twice its size in the Battle of Salher
16746 JuneForces led by Shivaji defeat Aurangzeb's troops, and establishes Maratha Empire. Shivaji is crowned Chhatrapati.
1675Guru Tegh Bahadur, the ninth Guru of Sikhs is executed in Delhi by the order of Aurangzeb for his support for the Kashmiri Hindus to practice their religion.Guru Gobind Singh becomes tenth Guru of Sikhs.
16803 AprilShivaji dies of fever at Raigad.
20 JulySambhaji becomes 2nd Chhatrapati of the Maratha Empire
1681Aurangzeb invades the Deccan
1682AugustAhom kingdom defeats the Mughal Empire in the Battle of Itakhuli, takes back control of Kamrup region
168911 MarchSambhaji dies.
169620 NovemberDanish India (to 1869)
16993 OctoberGuru Gobind Singh, the 10th Guru of Sikhs creates Khalsa, the saint-soldier at Anandpur Sahib, Punjab.
17003 MarchRajaram I dies

18th century

YearDateEvent
1705Mughal army arrested for the act.
17073 MarchDeath of Aurangzeb the mughal monarch.
17087 OctoberGuru Granth Sahib becomes Guru of Sikhs.
171012 MaySikh army under Banda Singh Bahadur defeats Mughal Empire in the Battle of Chappar Chiri and establishes Sikh rule from Lahore to Delhi.
1721March – OctoberAttingal Outbreak takes place
13–14 NovemberMadras cyclone occurs
1720Bajirao I appointed by Shahu Maharaj as Peshwa (prime minister) who would later expand the Maratha empire to cover most of present-day India.
1736Maratha Empire under Bajirao defeats Mughal Empire, in response for an appeal for help from Chhatrasal, ruler of Bundelkhand in the Battle of Malwa
173716 MarchMarathas under Bajirao I defeat the Mughal Empire in the Battle of Delhi (1737)
24 DecemberMarathas defeat a combined army of the Mughal Empire, Nizam of Hyderabad, Nawab of Awadh and Nawabs of Bhopal in the Battle of Bhopal
173917 February – 16 MayMarathas under Bajirao I defeat the Portuguese in the Battle of Vasai, Portuguese army and administration pulled out of Baçaim (Vasai).
1740MayRaghoji I Bhonsle of the Maratha Empire defeats and kills Dost Ali Khan the Mughal Nawab of Arcot in the Battle of Damalcherry.[32]
1756Black Hole of Calcutta infamous incident where soldiers of East India Company were held hostage in tortuous conditions, later served as a precedent for the Battle of Plassey
175716 JanuaryMaratha Empire defeats Durrani Empire, in the Battle of Narela.
23 JuneBritish East India Company defeats the Nawab of Bengal in the Battle of Plassey, marking the beginning of British conquests in India.
11 AugustMaratha Empire defeats Rohilla Afghans in the Battle of Delhi (1757), captures Delhi.
1758Third Carnatic War
28 AprilMaratha Empire led by Raghunathrao and Mahadaji Shinde defeats Durrani Empire in the Battle of Attock (1758), captures Attock.
8 MayMaratha Empire led by Raghunathrao, Malhar Rao Holkar and Tukoji Rao Holkar defeats Durrani Empire in the Battle of Peshawar (1758), captures Peshawar.
1759French India (to 1954)
Maratha Empire supported by Sikh Sukerchakia Misl defeats Durrani Empire in the Battle of Lahore (1759)
1760Marathas comprehensively defeat the Nizam.

Maratha Empire reaches its zenith.

1760Battle at Wandewash, British troops beat French
1761The Marathas are routed in the Third Battle of Panipat on 14 January 1761, by the Afghans led by Ahmad Shah Durrani, an ethnic Pashtun, also known as Ahmad Shah Abdali. The battle is considered one of the largest battles fought in the 18th century.
1762Vadda Ghalughara, the massacre of 30,000 Sikhs, mostly non-combatants, by the army of Ahmad Shah Durrani
176422 OctoberBattle of Buxar (British victory against allied Mughal, Bengal and Oudh forces)
176512 AugustPrincely states (to 15 August 1947)
1767First Anglo-Mysore War begins, in which Hyder Ali of Mysore defeats the armies of the British East India Company.
1770Great Bengal famine of 1770, estimated to have caused the deaths of about 10 million people.[33] Warren Hastings's 1772 report estimated that a third of the population in the affected region starved to death. The famine is attributed to failed monsoon and exploitative policies of the East India Company.[34]
1771Marathas led by Mahadaji Shinde defeat Rohilla Afghans and re-capture Delhi and parts of North India, thus reasserting their supremacy in north India.
177222 MayRam Mohan Roy Born (to 1833)
1773Narayanrao Peshwa is murdered by his uncle Raghunathrao's wife in front of Raghunathrao.
Regulating Act of 1773
Warren Hastings appointed as first Governor-General of Bengal
1774Chief Justice of the Maratha Empire, Ram Shastri passes death sentence against the ruling Peshwa Raghunathrao for murdering his nephew.
1775First Anglo-Maratha War
1779Maratha sardar Mahadji Shinde routs the East India Company army at the Battle of Wadgaon. War ends with the restoration of status quo as per Treaty of Salbai.
1780Second Anglo-Mysore War begins.
1781Maratha Empire defeats forces of the British East India Company in the Battle of Bhorghat.
1784Second Anglo-Mysore War ends with the Treaty of Mangalore.
1786District collectors in Bengal were made responsible for settling the revenue and collecting it.
1789Third Anglo-Mysore War begins.
1790The Marathas under Holkar and General de Boigne defeat the Rajputs of Jaipur and Mughals at the Battle of Patan, where 3000+ Rajput cavalry is killed and the entire Mughal unit vanquished. The defeat crushes Rajput hope of independence from external influence
1792Third Anglo-Mysore War ends.
1793Birth of Rani Rashmoni, one of the pioneers of the Bengali Renaissance.
179511 MarchMaratha Empire defeats the Nizam of Hyderabad in the Battle of Kharda, Nizam ceded territory.
13 AugustDeath of Ahilyabai Holkar
1796Ching-Thang Khomba moves Manipur's capital to Kangla
1798Fourth Anglo-Mysore War begins.
1799Fourth Anglo-Mysore War ends with the death of Tipu Sultan, the victory of the East India Company, and the restoration of their ally, the Wodeyar dynasty of Mysore.
Polygar War
180013 MarchDeath of Nana Fadnavis

19th century

YearDateEvent
180112 AprilMaharaja Ranjit Singh establishes Khalsa rule of Punjab from Lahore. Khalsa army liberates Kashmiri Pundits and invades Afghanistan through the Khyber Pass.
1803The Second Anglo-Maratha War begins.
180517 DecemberThe Second Anglo-Maratha War ends.
180610 JulyVellore Mutiny
1807Hari Singh Nalwa, commander of the Sikh Khalsa Army of the Sikh Empire defeats the Durrani Empire in the Battle of Kasur, the first in a series of battles.
180925 AprilThe East India Company signs the first Treaty of Amritsar with Ranjit Singh.
181128 OctoberThe death of Yashwantrao Holkar
181415 January"Atmiya Sabha" is established by Raja Ram Mohan Roy.
18173 June, 20 JanuaryThe Third Anglo-Maratha War begins.

Establishment of Hindu College (Presidency College, now Presidency University, Kolkata)

181831 DecemberThe Third Anglo-Maratha War ends with the defeat of Bajirao II and the end of the Maratha Empire, leaving the East India Company with control of almost the whole of India.
182031 DecemberIshwar Chandra Vidyasagar is born (to 1891).
18235 MarchAnglo–Burmese Wars (to 1826)
182412 FebruaryDayananda Saraswati is born (to 1883)
18264 JanuaryBritish rule in Burma (to 1947)
182711 AprilJyotirao Phule is born (to 1890)
182819 NovemberRani of Jhansi Laxmi bai was born (to 1858)
1829 Kol uprising
183618 FebruarySri Ramakrishna Paramhansa is born (to 1886)
183718 FebruaryHari Singh Nalwa, commander of the Sikh Khalsa Army defeats the Durrani Empire in the Battle of Jamrud and extends the frontier of Sikh Empire to beyond the Indus River right up to the mouth of the Khyber Pass.
1839First Anglo-Afghan War
184513 JanuaryFirst Anglo-Sikh Wars (to 1849)
4 NovemberVasudev Balwant Phadke is born (to 1883)
18531 AprilThe Post Service started.
185316 AprilThe first railway is established between Bombay and Thane.
185531 MayRani Rashmoni builds the Dakshineswar Kali Temple.
30 JuneSanthal rebellion
185625 JulyHindu Widows' Remarriage Act, 1856
23 JulyBal Gangadhar Tilak is born (to 1920)
20 AugustNarayana Guru is born (to 1928)
185710 MayBritish victory in Indian Rebellion of 1857.

Last Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar was deposed by British East India Company and India transferred to British Crown.

18 July, 24 JanuaryIndia's first three universities, the University of Mumbai, the University of Madras and the University of Calcutta, are established.
185818 June 1858 Rani of Jhansi, Rani Lakshmibai died
1 NovemberBritish Raj (to 1947)
7 NovemberBipin Chandra Pal is born (to 1932)
185918 AprilDeath of Tatya Tope
18617 MayRabindranath Tagore is born.
1862 The high courts of Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay are established.[35]
186312 JanuarySwami Vivekanand is born (to 1902)
186528 JanuaryLala Lajpat Rai is born (to 1928)
186731 March"Prarthana Samaj" established earlier known as "Atmiya Sabha", "Tahzeeb-ul-Akhlaq" was started
18692 OctoberMahatma Gandhi is born (to 30 January 1948)

Thakkar Bapa is born (to 1951)

1873 24 September Jyotirao Phule establishes the "Satyashodhak Samaj" society.
187510 April"Arya Samaj" is established.
Aligarh Muslim University
Deccan Riots
1876 25 December Muhammad Ali Jinnah was born (1876–1948)
18771 JanuaryThe first Delhi Durbar
1883 30 OctoberMaharishi Dayanand Saraswati die
188528 DecemberThe Indian National Congress is established[36]
188914 NovemberJawaharlal Nehru is born (to 1964).
18893 DecemberKhudiram Bose is born (to 1908).
189114 AprilB. R. Ambedkar is born (to 1956).
189131 MarchAnglo-Manipur War.
1895 11 May jiddu krishnamurti is born (to 17 February 1986).
189723 JanuarySubhas Chandra Bose is born (to 1945); the first fingerprint bureau of India is established in Calcutta.
11 JuneRam Prasad Bismil is born
22 JuneChapekar brothers assassinate W.C.Rand.

20th century

YearDateEvent
1902Anushilan Samiti, revolutionary association formed.
190311 DecemberBritish Expedition to Tibet
1 JanuaryDelhi Durbar Second Time.
19045 NovemberUniversity Act
1905Bharat Sevak Samaj founded by Gopal Krishna Gokhale.
16 OctoberPartition of Bengal (1905)
1906Jugantar formed.
30 DecemberMuslim League formed in Dacca.
1907 Surat Split
1908 Alipore bomb case
1909Morley-Minto Reforms
1911Cancellation of Partition of Bengal
Delhi Durbar Third Time
191112 DecemberThe British government moves the capital from Calcutta to Delhi.[37]
1912Delhi conspiracy case
1913Gadar Party formed.
Rabindranath Tagore won Nobel Prize in Literature
1914Hindu–German Conspiracy
1915Ghadar conspiracy
Provisional Government of India formed in Kabul.
Mahatma Gandhi returns to India.
1916Lucknow Pact
1917Champaran Satyagraha
Justice Party (India) is founded
1918Kheda Satyagraha
1919Jallianwala Bagh massacre
Montagu–Chelmsford Reforms
Rowlatt Act is passed
1920Non-cooperation movement Khilafat Movement
19225 FebruaryChauri Chaura incident
1924The Hindustan Socialist Republican Association is formed.
19259 AugustKakori conspiracy
192720 MarchMahad Satyagraha
NovemberSimon Commission
1928Bardoli Satyagraha
1929Central Assembly bombed by Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt.
Purna Swaraj resolution.
1930Salt Satyagraha, the civil disobedience movement, begins with the Dandi march.
The first Round Table Conferences (India)
1931MarchGandhi–Irwin Pact
23 MarchBhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev martyred
September–DecemberThe second Round Table Conferences (India)
193224 SeptemberPoona Pact
16 AugustCommunal Award
November–DecemberThe third Round Table Conferences (India)
1935AugustGovernment of India Act 1935
19371937 Indian provincial elections
1939The All India Forward Bloc established by Subhas Chandra Bose
194023 MarchLahore Resolution
8 AugustAugust offer 1940
1942late MarchCripps' mission
August1. Quit India movement
2. The Indian National Army is established by Subhas Chandra Bose.
1943Arzi Hukumat-e-Azad Hind, the Provisional Government of Free India is formed by Netaji.
1944Subhas Chandra Bose calls Mahatma Gandhi the Father of the Nation.
194518 AugustSubhas Chandra Bose death in plane crash at Taiwan.
Wavell Plan, Simla Conference
1946FebruaryRoyal Indian Navy Mutiny
MarchCabinet Mission
16 AugustDirect Action Day/Great Calcutta Killings
October–NovemberNoakhali riots in which Muslim mobs kill over 5,000 Hindus, hundreds of Hindu women raped and thousands of Hindu men and women forcibly converted to Islam.
1947JulyIndian Independence Act 1947 by British Raj
Partition of India and Pakistan becomes an independent state on 14 August 1947.[36]
Freedom from British Raj.
Hundreds of thousands die in widespread communal bloodshed after partition, continuing to 1948.
194830 JanuaryMahatma Gandhi is assassinated by Nathuram Godse.
War with Pakistan over disputed territory of Kashmir.
Telangana and other princely states are integrated into Indian union.
195026 JanuaryIndia became a republic.
1951Reconstruction of the Somnath temple under the orders of the Home Minister of India Vallabhbhai Patel.[38]
1951Congress Party wins first general elections under leadership of Jawaharlal Nehru (to 1952).
1955Nationalisation of the Indian insurance sector. Establishment of LIC.
195614 OctoberB. R. Ambedkar converted to Buddhism along with 600,000 followers.
6 DecemberB. R. Ambedkar died.
1962War over disputed territory of Kashmir[36] with China.
India seizes Diu, Daman and Goa from Portuguese India.
196427 MayDeath of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
19656–23 SeptemberSecond war with Pakistan over Kashmir.
196611 JanuaryPrime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri's mysterious death in Thashkant.
1966Nehru's daughter Indira Gandhi becomes prime minister.
1969 19 July Nationalisation of 14 major private Banks.
1971Third war with Pakistan over creation of Bangladesh, formerly East Pakistan.
Twenty-year treaty of friendship signed with Soviet Union.
1974India Smiling Buddha first nuclear device in underground test.
1975Indira Gandhi declares a state of emergency after being found guilty of electoral malpractice.
Nearly 1,000 political opponents imprisoned and programme of compulsory birth control introduced. (to 1977)
1977Indira Gandhi's Congress Party loses general elections. Janata Party comes to power. The Communist party of India comes into power in West Bengal.
1979The Janata Party splits. Chaudhary Charan Singh becomes Prime Minister.
1980Indira Gandhi returns to power heading the Congress party splinter group, Congress (Indira).
1983N. T. Rama Rao NTR's nine-month-old Telugu Desam assumes power in AP becoming a challenger post Loknayak Jayprakash Narayan against Indira Gandhi.
1983India won World Cup for the first time, in one day international Cricket led by Kapil Dev.
1984 Troops storm Golden Temple, the Sikhs' most holy shrine, after Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale seeks refuge inside. There are a movement to flush out Sikh separatism and calls for secularism, called Operation Blue Star. "Anti-Sikh Riots 1984".
Indira Gandhi is assassinated by her Sikh bodyguards; her son, Rajiv, takes over.
Many Sikhs were killed due to the assassination of Indira Gandhi. see 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
1987India deploys troops for peacekeeping operation in Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict.
1988SEBI was established by The Government of India on 12 April 1988 and given statutory powers in 1992 with SEBI Act 1992 being passed by the Indian Parliament.
1989Falling public support leads to a Congress defeat in general election.
1989The National Front (India), headed by V. P. Singh and led by Janata Dal, is formed and storms into power with outside support from BJP and CPI.
1990Muslim separatist groups begin campaign of violence against Hindus in Kashmir resulting in Exodus of Kashmiri Hindus.
1991Rajiv Gandhi is assassinated by a suicide bomber sympathetic to Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers.
An economic reform programme is begun by Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao.
1992Babri Mosque in Ayodhya is demolished, triggering widespread Hindu-Muslim violence.
Over 200 people die in Cuttack in Odisha, after drinking illegally brewed liquor in the 1992 Odisha liquor deaths incident.
1995JulyWest Bengal Chief Minister Jyoti Basu made the first call from Kolkata to inaugurate the cellular services in India.
1996Congress suffers its worst electoral defeat ever as BJP emerges as the largest single party.
1996AugustThe Amarnath Yatra tragedy in which at least 194 pilgrims are reported to have frozen to death in northern Kashmir after being stranded by violent rain and snow storms.
1998BJP forms coalition government under Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
India and Pakistan carry out nuclear tests, leading to widespread international condemnation.
1999FebruaryVajpayee makes a historic bus trip to Pakistan to meet Premier Nawaz Sharif and to sign bilateral Lahore peace declaration.
MayIndian Army launches operations to evict Pakistani forces occupying Indian positions on the icy heights in Kargil district, known as the Kargil War.
OctoberThe Cyclone devastates eastern state of Odisha, leaving at least 10,000 dead.
2000MarchUS President Bill Clinton makes a groundbreaking visit to improve ties.
MayIndia marks the birth of its billionth citizen.
November The states of Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh & Uttranchal (Uttrakhand) were created on 15 November 2000.

21st century

YearDateEvent |
200126 JanuaryThe 7.7 Mw Gujarat earthquake shakes Western India with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), leaving 13,805–20,023 dead and about 166,800 injured.
JulyVajpayee meets Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf in the first summit between the two neighbours in more than two years. The meeting ends without a breakthrough or even a joint statement because of differences over Kashmir.
JulyVajpayee's BJP party declines his offer to resign over a number of political scandals and the apparent failure of his talks with Pakistani President Musharraf.
SeptemberUS lifts sanctions which it imposed against India and Pakistan after they staged nuclear tests in 1998. The move is seen as a reward for their support for the US-led anti-terror campaign.
OctoberIndia and Pakistan fire at each other's military posts in the heaviest firing along the dividing line of control in Kashmir for almost a year.[39]
OctoberPakistani forces shelled the village of Arnia about three km (two miles) from the border in the early hours of Monday 6 June, killing five and wounding at least two dozen civilians.[39]
DecemberSuicide squad attacks parliament in New Delhi, killing several police. The five gunmen die in the assault.
DecemberIndia imposes sanctions against Pakistan, to force it to take action against two Kashmir militant groups blamed for the suicide attack on parliament. Pakistan retaliates with similar sanctions, and bans the groups in January.
December India, Pakistan mass troops on common border amid mounting fears of a looming war.
2002War of words between Indian and Pakistani leaders intensifies. Actual war seems imminent.
JanuaryIndia successfully test-fires a nuclear-capable ballistic missile – the Agni – off its eastern coast.
FebruaryInter-religious bloodshed breaks out after 59 Hindu pilgrims returning from Ayodhya are killed in a train fire in Godhra, Gujarat. More than 1,000 people, die in subsequent riots. (Police and officials blamed the fire on a Muslim mob; a 2005 government investigation said it was an accident, though later court and SIT report held Muslim mob responsible.)
MayPakistan test-fires three medium-range surface-to-surface Ghauri missiles, which are capable of carrying nuclear warheads.
JuneUK, US urge their citizens to leave India and Pakistan, while maintaining diplomatic offensive to avert war.
JulyRetired scientist and architect of India's missile programme A.P.J. Abdul Kalam is elected president.
2003AugustAt least 50 people are killed in two simultaneous bomb blasts in Bombay.
NovemberIndia matches Pakistan's declaration of a Kashmir ceasefire.
DecemberIndia, Pakistan agree to resume direct air links and to allow overflights.
2004JanuaryGroundbreaking meeting is held between government and moderate Kashmir separatists.
MaySurprise victory for Congress Party in general elections. Manmohan Singh is sworn in as prime minister.
SeptemberIndia, along with Brazil, Germany and Japan, launches an application for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council.
NovemberIndia begins to withdraw some of its troops from Kashmir.
DecemberThousands are killed when tsunami, caused by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake off the Indonesian coast, devastate coastal communities in the south and in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
2005JulyMore than 1,000 people are killed in floods and landslides caused by monsoon rains in Mumbai (Bombay) and Maharashtra region.
8 OctoberThe 7.6 Mw Kashmir earthquake strikes with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), leaving 86,000–87,351 people dead, 69,000–75,266 injured, and 2.8 million homeless.
2006FebruaryIndia's largest-ever rural jobs scheme is launched, aimed at lifting around 60 million families out of poverty.
MarchUS and India sign a nuclear agreement during a visit by US President George W. Bush. The US gives India access to civilian nuclear technology while India agrees to greater scrutiny for its nuclear programme.
2007FebruaryIndia and Pakistan sign an agreement aimed at reducing the risk of accidental nuclear war.
18 February68 passengers, most of them Pakistanis, are killed by bomb blasts and a blaze on a train travelling from New Delhi to the Pakistani city of Lahore.
MarchMaoist rebels in Chhattisgarh state kill more than 50 policemen in a dawn attack.
AprilIndia's first commercial space rocket is launched, carrying an Italian satellite.
MayGovernment announces its strongest economic growth figures for 20 years – 9.4% in the year to March.
MayAt least nine people are killed in a bomb explosion at the main mosque in Hyderabad. Several others are killed in subsequent rioting.
JulyIndia says the number of its people with HIV or AIDS is about half of earlier official tallies. Health ministry figures put the total at between 2 million and 3.1 million cases, compared with previous estimates of more than 5 million.
JulyPratibha Patil becomes first woman to be elected president of India.
2008JulySeries of explosions kills 49 in Ahmedabad, in Gujarat state. The little-known terrorist group Indian Mujahideen claims responsibility.
OctoberFollowing approval by the US Congress, President George W. Bush signs into law a nuclear deal with India, which ends a three-decade ban on US nuclear trade with Delhi.
OctoberIndia successfully launches its first mission to the moon, the unmanned lunar probe Chandrayaan-1.
NovemberThe 2008 Mumbai attacks (often called the 26/11 attacks) kill 174 people, including 9 of the 10 terrorists from Lashkar-e-Taiba, an Islamic terrorist organisation based in Pakistan. India decides not to attack Pakistan in retaliation.
DecemberIndia announces "pause" in peace process with Pakistan. Indian cricket team cancels planned tour of Pakistan.
2009FebruaryIndia and Russia sign deals worth $700 million, according to which Moscow will supply Uranium to Delhi.
MayResounding general election victory gives governing Congress-led alliance of PM Manmohan Singh an enhanced position in parliament, only 11 seats short of an absolute majority.
JulyDelhi court decriminalizes gay sex
201013 February 16 people are killed in a bomb explosion at German Bakery in the city of Pune, Maharashtra.
20112 April India wins cricket world cup after 28 years under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
13 May After 34 years of Left Front Government, Trinamool Congress and Congress alliance come to power in West Bengal.
201225 July Pranab Mukherjee, the former Finance Minister is elected as the 13th president of India.
201312 FebruaryIndian helicopter bribery scandal comes to light.
21 FebruaryTerror attacks in Hyderabad in Dilsukhnagar area.
5 NovemberMars Orbiter Mission, is successfully launched into Mars orbit by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).[40][41][42]
201416 MayNarendra Modi elected as prime minister of India, Congress was routed in the general elections.
2 JuneTelangana, The state of Telangana was officially formed on 2 June 2014.
20162–5 JanuaryTerror Attacks on Pathankot Air Base.[43]
27 JuneIndia becomes a member of Missile Technology Control Regime.
27 SeptemberIndia launches its first space laboratory Astrosat in its biggest project since its Mars orbiter mission in 2014.
23 SeptemberIndia signs a billion-dollar defence deal with France to buy 36 Rafale fighter jets.
8 NovemberIn a surprise announcement, the government withdraws high denomination notes from circulation causing chaotic scenes at banks across the country as customers try to exchange old notes.
201730 JuneThe Goods and Services Tax (GST) launched, the biggest tax reform in history of India.
201914 February A convoy of vehicles carrying Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel on the Jammu Srinagar National Highway was attacked by a vehicle-borne suicide bomber in the Pulwama district, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
26 FebruaryThe 2019 Balakot airstrike was conducted by India, when Indian warplanes crossed the de facto border in the disputed region of Kashmir, and dropped bombs in the vicinity of the town of Balakot in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan.
27 FebruaryThe 2019 Balakot strike from Indian side was given a reply named "Swift Retort".After a dog fight between Pakistani and Indian Fighter Pilots. Indian Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman was captured by the Pakistani side. However acting to the pressure of various global leaders and bound by the Vienna Convention . Pakistan was Forced to release the Indian Pilot with all due respect.
5 AugustThe state of Jammu and Kashmir was divided into two separate union territories known as Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh by Scrapping Article 370 of Indian constitution.
11 DecemberThe Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 was passed by the Parliament of India on 11 December 2019. It amended the Citizenship Act of 1955 by providing a path to Indian citizenship for members of Hindu, Sikh, Buddhiist, Jain, Parsi, and Christian religious minorities, who had fled persecution from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan before December 2014.
2020 30 JanuaryThe first ever COVID-19 case of the country was reported in Kerala's Thrissur district.

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