Historical Events in Indian History 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 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. Ssc Cgl
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