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Short sequence of History of Indian
Period | Time limit |
|---|---|
| Palaeolithic | 2,500,000-250,000 BC |
| Neolithic | 10,800-3300 BC |
| Chalcolithic | 3500-1500 BC |
| bronze Age | 3000-1300 BC |
| Iron age | 1300-230 BC |
| Classical period | 230 BC-1206 CE |
| Medieval and early modern period | 1206-1858 CE |
| colonial period | 1510–1961 CE |
History of Maurya Empire in India
Maurya emperor | The year |
|---|---|
| Chandragupta | 322-298 BCE |
| Bindusara | 298–272 BCE |
| Ashok | 268–232 BCE |
| Dasharatha | 232–224 BCE |
| Present | 224–215 BCE |
| Shalishuka | 215–202 BCE |
| Devavarman | 202-195 BCE |
| Asparagus | 195-187 BCE |
| Brahadrath | 187–185 BCE |
History of Maratha Empire in India
| Maratha Emperor | The year |
|---|---|
| Shivaji (First) | 1674–1680 |
| Raja Pratap Singh, King of Satara (Last) | 1808-1818 |
| Moropant Pingale (First) | 1674–1689 |
| Baji Rao II (Final) | 1803-1818 |
Finding evidence of the oldest known history of India (Indus Valley Civilization):
People did not know about this civilization spread in Haryana, Punjab, Gujarat and Rajasthan of India till the year 1921, the people of these areas who excavated the soil and bricks did not even know that the bricks they are using. They are not common bricks but are rare remnants of a developed civilization of about 5000 years ago, which are able to give the year of India a special identity in the world and our Tihas of boasts the most crucial time
3300 to 1700 BC: Indus Valley Civilization
It was a very developed, vast and vast civilization that extended to Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Haryana, India Pakistan, according to the evidence, the remains of this civilization have been found in Jammu and Uttar Pradesh as well. Also known as (the excavator of this civilization is "Dayaram Sahni"), being settled on the Indus River, this civilization was called the Indus Valley Civilization (Indus Valley Civilization) name found
The Haddapa civilization was so developed that people started to build cities, in this civilization houses built of raw bricks, reservoirs made of pucca bricks, means of drainage, rooms, courtyards, evidence of cooking, wheat residues, stones. Evidence has been found of bangles made of bronze, mirror, plow, oven, pottery, mound, etc. People used to cultivate wheat and oats, pet in cattle, sheep and goat and copper in the use of metals. Bronze was mainly in India's history, silver was first found in the Indus Valley Civilization victims and worship dance were entertained by music and under cotton / wore woolen garments piety Mother Goddess, tree, Kubrwala bull and Snake
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1500 BCE to 500 BCE: Vedic Period
In 1600 BC, the Aryans invaded India from the west and the decline of the Indus Valley civilization settled in Afghanistan and Punjab was the beginning of the Vedic period, the Vedic period is mainly divided into two parts: the Rigvedic period and the later Vedic period.
1500 to 1000 BC: Rigvedic period
1400 BC: Hindu texts and Vedas were composed
1000 to 700 BCE: Late Vedic period
600 BC: Upanishad was composed
600 to 300 BC: 16 districts born
After the end of the Vedic period, in 600 BC, India was divided into 16 districts.
Anga, Magadha, Kashi, Vats, Vajji, Kosal, Avanti, Malla, Panchal, Chedi, Kuru, Matsya, Kamboj, Shursen, Ashmak and Gandhar
These 16 districts existed till 300 BC
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599 BC: Mahavir Swami was born
Mahavir Swami, the 24th and last Tirthankar of Jainism, was born in Kundagram near Vaishali in 599 BC, his childhood name was Vardhaman, he committed suicide by committing homicide at the age of 30.
563 BC: Mahatma Buddha, the founder of Buddhism, was born
Mahatma Buddha, the founder of Buddhism, was born in 563 BC in Lumbini, Kapilavastu, his childhood name was Siddhartha, at the age of 29, he gave up his home, which is called "Mahabhinishkramana", Mahatma Buddha at the age of 35, on the day of Vaishakh Purnima. Receipt of knowledge The incident of attainment of knowledge is known as Sambodhi which took place in Bodh Gaya, Bihar.
527 BC: Mahavir Jain died
492 BCE: Magadha Empire established
492 BC Bimbisara was killed and Ajatashatru ascended the throne of Magadha He was a follower of Buddhism
483 BC: Mahatma Buddha died
Mahatma Buddha died in Kushinagar in 483 BC, this death event is known as "Mahaparinirvan"
326 BC: Alexander invaded India
Alexander invaded India in 326 BC and fought the Hydespes with the "Porus" who ruled the territories of the Punjab, in which Porus was defeated, thus reaching the expanding Vyas river but returned to see the vast army of Nanda of Magadha. Gone
321 BC: Maurya Empire was founded by Chandragupta
Chandragupta Maurya killed Dhanananda, the ruler of the Nanda dynasty with the help of Chanakya in 321 BC and laid the foundation of the Maurya Empire.
305 BC: Chandragupta Maurya's victory over India
In 305 BC, Chandragupta defeated Alexander's commander Seleucus and took over India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, except (South India).
269 BC: Ashoka became the ruler of the great Mauryan Empire
Grandson of Chandragupta Maurya and son of Bindusara, Ashoka the Great became ruler of Mauryan Empire in 269 BC
261 BC: Kalinga war and Ashoka's acceptance of Buddhism.
While expanding his empire, Ashoka fought the Kalinga war in 261 BC but became sad due to bloodshed, so he accepted Buddhism and started working for human good, built hospitals and propagated non-violence.
232 BC: Kunal became the ruler of Maurya dynasty after the death of Ashoka the Great.
185 BC: Fall of Maurya dynasty
The last ruler of the Maurya dynasty, Vrhadrath, was killed by his commander Pushyamitra Sunga, and with this the Mauryan dynasty came to an end, Pushyamitra established the Sunga dynasty.
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50 AD: Establishment of Kushan Dynasty
Kujil Kadphises founded the Kushan dynasty, the most famous ruler of this dynasty was Kanishka who started the Shaka Samvat in 78 AD.
240: Establishment of Gupta Empire
Shreegupta laid the foundation of the Gupta Empire in 240 AD and made Pataliputra the capital.
320: Chandragupta becomes the ruler of the first Gupta Empire
The greatest expansion of the Gupta empire was during the reign of Chandragupta I, the beginning of the Gupta Samvat is also known to Shri Chandragupta I. After his death, Samudragupta took over the reins of the Gupta empire.
380: Chandragupta II became the ruler of the Gupta Empire.
After the death of Samundragupta, his son Chandragupta II ascended the throne, it is also known as "Vikramaditya".
450: Attack of Huns
The Hunas, one of the barbaric castes, invaded India at the time of Skandagupta (450 AD), but despite the defeat of the Huns, the Huns accepted settling in India and accepted Hinduism.
554: End of Gupta Empire
The decline of the Gupta Empire began only after the death of ruler Skandagupta (467 AD), although the Gupta Empire remained in existence until about 100 years after his death, the last ruler of the Gupta Empire was Vishnugupta III.
606: Harshvardhan becomes the ruler of North India
At the age of 16, Harshavardhana became the king of North India and made Kannauj his capital. This further extended the Vardhan dynasty.
630: Harshavardhana's defeat in battle with the Chalukya ruler of South India
Harshavardhana expanded his empire towards the south and lost to the Chalukya ruler Pulakeshin II. This war took place on the banks of river Narmada in the year 630.
712: First Muslim invasion of India, by Muhammad bin Qasim
The invasion of India by the Arabs for the first time was led by Muhammad bin Qasim in the year 712. At that time Sindh was ruled by King Dahir. Kasim took the Sindh and Punjab territories along the Indus river into his possession The event is considered to be the beginning of the Muslim rule on the continent of India.
1000: Mahmud Ghaznavi's first attack on India
Mahmud Ghaznavi's first attack was against Jaipal, the ruler of Vahind, Mahmud Ghaznavi attacked India 17 times.
1023: Trilochanpal (grandson of Jaipal) was killed by his own soldiers and Punjab was captured by Mahmud Ghaznavi
1030: Death of Mahmud Ghaznavi
1175: Muhammad Ghori invaded India.
1206: Muhammad Ghori killed by Khokhars.
1206: Qutbuddin Aibak founded Delhi Sultanate.
In June 1206, Qutubuddin Aibak (slave dynasty) established the Delhi Sultanate and made Lahore its capital.
1210: Death of Qutbuddin Aibak
Qutbuddin Aibak fell from a horse while playing Chaugan in the year 1210, due to which he died suddenly. He was buried in Lahore. After Qutbuddin, Aram Shah took the throne of Delhi and Iltutmish took the throne by killing Aramshah in 1211.
1236: Razia Sultan, the first female ruler sat on the throne of Delhi.
In the year 1236, Iltutmish's daughter Razia Sultan ascended the throne of Delhi, the first and last female ruler of the Delhi Sultanate, in the year 1240, Razia died in Kaithal.
1290: End of slave dynasty and establishment of Khilji dynasty in Delhi.
In the year 1290, Jalaluddin Firoz Khilji became the ruler of Delhi and established the Khilji dynasty and made Kilokhari his capital.
1298: Marcopolo (first European traveler) arrives in India.
1336: In the south of India, two brothers named Harihar and Bukka established Vijayanagara (independent state), at that time Muhammad bin Tughlugh was the ruler of Delhi.
1401: Establishment of independent Malwa by Dilawar Khan.
1451: Establishment of Lodhi dynasty by Bahlol Lodi in Delhi.
Ibrahim Lodi, the ruler of the Lodi dynasty, suffered defeat in the first battle of Panipat with Babar, which laid the foundation for the establishment of the Mughal Empire with the fall of the Lodi dynasty.
1469: Birth of "Guru Nanak Dev", the founder of Sikhism.
1498: Calicut port reached India by Vasco-de-Gama waterway and discovered new waterway between Europe and India
1526: Babur established the Mughal Empire in India.
The first battle of Panipat between Babur and Ibrahim Lodi took place in 1526 and Babur won and established the Mughal Empire.Babar has written his autobiography in Turkish language which gives detailed information about his life and Mughal Empire.
1555: Mughal ruler Humayun defeated India again by defeating Alexander.
The battle of Kannauj took place between Humayun and Sher Khan in 1540 AD and Sher Khan remained victorious 15 years later, in 1555 AD, Humayun again defeated Alexander Suri and established Mughal rule over India.
1556: Akbar becomes the ruler of the Mughal Empire.
Humayun died accidentally by falling from the steps of Deenpanah (Delhi) in 1556, a year after defeating Alexander, and under the protection of Bairam Khan, Humayun's son Akbar was made the ruler of the Mughal Empire.
1600: Queen Elizabeth I of England gave the charter to the East India Company
East India Company started with 217 partners, the first governor was Tomas Smith and Captain Hokins was the first Englishman who went to the Mughal court.
1605: Akbar died and his son Jahangir (Salim) was appointed the ruler of the Mughal Empire.
1612: British arrival in India
1627: Birth of Chhatrapati Shivaji
1628: After Jahangir's death, Shah Jahan became the ruler of the Mughal Empire.
1658: Construction of Taj Mahal completed, Aurangzeb became ruler of Mughal Empire after Shah Jahan's death.
1675: In order to help Kashmiri Hindus, Aurangzeb killed Tegh Bahadur, the ninth Guru of the Sikhs in Delhi, with his son Guru Gobind as the tenth Guru of the Sikhs.
1680: Shivaji died in Raigad due to fever and Sambhaji became the second Chhatrapati of the Maratha Empire.
1699: The tenth Sikh Guru Gobind Singh founded the Khalsa Panth at Anandpur Sahib.
1708: Gobind Singh, the tenth Guru of the Sikhs
was ordered to consider the Guru Granth Sahib Ji, the holy text of the Sikhs, as the eleventh Guru.
was ordered to consider the Guru Granth Sahib Ji, the holy text of the Sikhs, as the eleventh Guru.
Guru Granth Sahib is the holy scripture of Sikhism, in this book, ten teachers are spoken and this text was composed between 1666 and 1708, Sikh followers are ordered to consider Adigranth as the eleventh guru and follow the rules of religion.
1757 AD: Battle of Plassey between the East India Company and the Nawab of Bengal.
In the year 1757, the East India Company, under the leadership of Robert Clive, fought with the Nawab of Bengal Siraj Udola and won.
1774 AD: Warren Hastings was appointed the first Governor General of India by the East India Company.
1775 AD: First Anglo-Maratha War took place.
1853 AD: Postal service started, India's first train ran between Mumbai to Thane.
1857 AD: Revolution against the East India Company in the country, the first three universities of India (Mumbai, Kolkata and Madras) were established this year.
The revolution in 1857 is considered as the first battle for independence, after which the East India Company was removed and the British Raj was implemented.
1858: British Raj begins.
The British Raj started in India on 1 November 1858, which lasted for 90 years in India.
1869: Mahatma Gandhi was born (2 October, Porbandar)
1875: Establishment of Arya Samaj
Establishment of Arya Samaj The Sannyasi (Dayanand), who preached the Vedas done in Bombay in the year 1875 by Swami Dayanand Swami, gave knowledge of Brahmacharya. The aim of this agitating society was to reform Hindu religion.
1876: Queen Victoria was given the title of Queen of India by the British Parliament.
1877: First Delhi Durbar
The Delhi Durbar was imposed three times, which are respectively 1877, 1903 and 1911. The first Delhi Durbar was official in which Queen Victoria was informed about the title Queen of India.
1885: Establishment of Indian National Congress.
The Indian National Congress was established on 28 December 1885 in Bombay in the presence of 72 delegates, its founder A.O. Hume was the Congress, later divided into two parties, divided into hot and soft parties.
1905: Partition of Bengal
In the year 1905, the British government divided Bengal into two parts (Hindu part and Muslim part).
1906: Muslim League established
1914: World War I
World War I started in the year 1914.It killed about 1 crore people.It started in Europe.This war included continents like Asia, Africa, at that time almost half of the world's population was in the grip of violence.
1915: Mahatma Gandhi returned to India.
1919: Jallianwala Bagh massacre
During the British Raj, a meeting was held in Jallianwala Bagh near the Golden Temple in Amritsar, Punjab on 13 April 191 u to
9 in protest against the Rowlatt Act and an English officer General Dyer opened fire on that unarmed mob without any reason and information. According to this, more than 1000 people died and more than 2000 people were injured in this inhuman incident.
1920: Mahatma Gandhi; Became president of Indian National Congress and started non-cooperation movement, Khilafat movement led by Muhammad Ali and Shaukat Ali.
The resolution of the Non-Cooperation Movement was passed in the Calcutta session. This session was presided over by Lala Lajpat. Its purpose was to boycott all government goods. On February 5, 1922, 22 police personnel were killed by a mob performing at Chauri-Chaura place located in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. Burnt alive as a result Mahatma Gandhi withdrew the non-cooperation movement on 12 February 1922
1927: Simon Commission
The 7-member Simon Commission was established under the leadership of Sir John Simon, all of whom were English, causing intense opposition in India. The purpose of this commission was to recommend the form of constitutional development of India, Lala opposed to this commission in Lahore. Lajpat Rai died due to deep injury to lathi
1929: Bomb thrown by Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt in Central Parliament (Central Assembly)
1930: Complete Swaraj Resolution in Lahore by Indian National Congress, Mahatma Gandhi begins Dandi March
1931: Revolutionary Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev were martyred by the British Government (23 March)..
1935: Government of India (Government of India) Act 1935 passed.
1939: World War II
World War II started in the year 1939, about 5 to 7 crore people died in this war, 10 crore soldiers around the world were involved in this war, all the countries of the world were divided into two parts - Allied nations and Axis nations.
1940: Muhammad Ali Jinnah demanded a separate country for Muslims, Pakistan
1942: Quit India movement started, the establishment of Azad Hind Fauj by Subhash Chandra Bose…
Quit India Movement was started by Mohan Dus Karamchand Gandhi on 9 August 1942, this movement was done in India during the Second World time, the movement was aimed at ending British government's interference with India.
1945: End of World War II
In the year 1945 atomic bomb was dropped on two cities of Japan Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the United Nations, due to which both cities were completely destroyed, this inhumane work ended the Second War.
1946: British government agrees to make India independent, Royal Indian Navy revolt takes place.
1947: British and Indian leaders agreed to divide the country into two parts: India (Hindu nation) and Pakistan (Muslim nation).
15 August 1947: India became independent, the end of the British Raj.
1947–1948: Communal bloodshed occurred after partition of India and Pakistan, killing large number of people.
1948: Nathuram Godse killed Mahatma Gandhi, Indo-Pak war took place on Kashmir issue
Millions of Hindus were killed in communal violence due to Partition. Some believed Gandhi to be responsible for this. Nathuram Godse, a journalist, Hindu nationalist and freedom fighter by profession, killed Gandhi on 30 January 1948
In the same year, there was a war between India and Pakistan on the issue of Kashmir, after which Pakistan occupied a territory of Kashmir, in this war thousands of soldiers of both countries were killed.
26 January 1950: India became a Republic (Constitution of India came into force).
1951: Indian National Congress won the elections and Jawaharlal Nehru became the first Prime Minister of India.
1962: Indo-China War
There was a war between India and China on October 20, 1962, in which India was defeated, due to which China took control of the "Aksai Chin" area, which is a disputed area.
1964: Death of India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru (27 May)
1965: Indo-Pak Second War
The second battle between India and Pakistan took place in 1965, which lasted for 17 days, the two nations have their own separate opinion on the victory of this war, but India's victory is declared in the investigation without partiality.
1966: Indira Gandhi became the Prime Minister of India.
Two years after the death of Jawaharlal, his daughter Indira Gandhi became the first woman Prime Minister of the country and led the Congress.
1967: Green Revolution started
1969: Banks were nationalized.
1971: Third war between India and Pakistan on the issue of making Bangladesh.
A third war took place between India and Pakistan and as a result a new country (Bangladesh) was created.
1974: First nuclear test was conducted at Buddha Smiles (in Pokhran, Rajasthan)
1975: Successful pre-launch of India's first artificial satellite Aryabhata, declaration of emergency in the country which lasted till 1977
1977: The Congress party contesting under the leadership of Indira Gandhi loses and the Janata Party comes to power, forming the first non-Congress government in the country.
1980: Congress party wins re-election and comes to power, Indira Gandhi again becomes Prime Minister of the country
April 1984: The first Indian went to "Rakesh Sharma" space. When asked Indira Gandhi's "What India looks like from space", Rakesh Sharma replied "Sare Jahan Se Achcha ..." This answer became a source of inspiration among the youth. Gone
June 1984: Police Force and Army are attacked (Operation Blue Star) by the government order on the Golden Temple Amritsar to chase away militants seeking Khalistan under the leadership of Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale in which hundreds of innocent people including Bhindrawala were killed.
October 1984: Indira Gandhi assassinated
Indira Gandhi was assassinated by two Sikh bodyguards (the incident is considered a retaliation for Operation Blue Star) followed by anti-Sikh riots in which thousands of innocent Sikhs were killed, Indira's son Rajiv Gandhi became Prime Minister of the country, Bhopal gas scandal Also happened in 1984
1988: Franchise age limit reduced from 21 years to 18 years
1991: assassination of Rajiv Gandhi, PV Narasimha Rao becomes Prime Minister of the country
Narasimha Rao became Prime Minister of the country a month after Rajiv was killed in a suicide attack by a woman (Thenmozhi Gayatri Rajaratnam aka Dhanu) in Tamil Nadu on 21 May 1991
1992: Economic reforms were initiated in the country by the then Prime Minister Narasimha Rao and Finance Minister Manmohan Singh.
December 1992: The Babri Masjid built in Ayodhya was demolished by some fundamentalist Hindus resulting in Hindu-Muslim communal riots.
1995: Mobile service started in the country, Internet was started in six cities of the country by Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited.
1996: The Congress Party began to weaken in a formative manner and the Bharatiya Janata Party emerged as a Hindu nationalist party.
1998: Atal Bihari Vajpayee leading the Bharatiya Janata Party became the Prime Minister of the country
1999: Bus service between Indo-Pak was started by the then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, in the same year the battle of Kargil took place between Indo-Pak.
2000: Population of the country reached 100 crores
2002: Godhra incident (Gujarat)
In 2002, when a train full of Hindu pilgrims coming from Ayodhya reached Godhra, the railway bogies were set on fire by some anti-social elements, in which 59 Hindu pilgrims were killed, claiming that this arson was caused by the Muslim mob. Riots erupted and around 1000 people were killed, mostly Muslims, at that time Narendra Modi was the Chief Minister of Gujarat, due to which he was accused The process of the crime started but they were not involved in any anti-social work
2003: Kalpana Chawla's Death
Kalpana Rice's spacecraft, on its second space journey, suffered an accident while returning on 1 February 2003 and all seven passengers, including Kalpana Chawla, were killed.
2004: Congress comes back to power and Dr. Manmohan Singh becomes Prime Minister.
2007: Pratibha Patil sworn in as the first woman President on 25 July 2007
2008: Mumbai 26/11
There was a terrorist attack on Mumbai, the "financial capital" of the country. On 26 November 2008, ten Pakistani terrorists (announced by the investigating agencies) armed with modern weapons arrived at many places in Mumbai, out of which Taj Hotel was also one of the commandos operation that lasted for 3 days. 200 people and nine out of ten terrorists were killed and one terrorist "Ajmal Kasab" was caught alive
2011: The country's population increased to 121 crores, an increase of 2 crores was recorded in the population of the country every year from the year 2000.
November 2012: Mumbai 26/11 attack convict Ajmal Kasab hanged in Yerwada jail
December 2012: Delhi Damini incident occurred due to which fury was demonstrated in the whole country and a demand was made to toughen the law for such cases.
May 2014: Bharatiya Janata Party comes to power and Narendra Modi becomes Prime Minister
Under the leadership of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi, the Bharatiya Janata Party contested for the post of Prime Minister and won a historic victory.Anandi Ben was appointed as the Chief Minister of Gujarat and Narendra Modi became the Prime Minister.
September 2014: India's ISRO successfully launched Mangalyaan to Mars and became the first country in the world to achieve this feat in the first attempt.
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