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3500 BCE
Indus River Valley Begins
Thousands of years ago people lived in mud-bricks homes planned in cities. Some had indoor pluming such as toilets. Inscriptions of systems of writing, measuring, and counting on a clay tablet. -
500 BCE
Buddhism is founded in India
Ashoka was a king who lived more than two thousand years ago during the Muarya Dynasty. He succeeded but he was sad all the destruction and and death his battles had caused. So he became a Buddhist and started builiding temples, and tried to teach his people peace and respect. -
327 BCE
Alexander the Great invades India
Alexander fought a battle against the Indian monarch Porus in the Battle of Hydaspes and had victory. Alexander continued to conquer all the headwaters of Indus River. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_conquests_in_India -
Mar 23, 900
Invaders from Turkey Introduce Islam to the Region
Islam arrived in North India in the 12th century via the Turkish invasions and has since become a part of India's religious and cultural heritage. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_India -
Mar 23, 1498
Vasco da Gama, a Portuguese navigator, is the first European to sail to India
A Portuguese navigator named Vasco da Gama became the first European to sail to India at the end of the 15th century. The spices, silks, and other riches he found soon led other Europeans to India. -
Mar 24, 1526
Babur begins the Mughal Empire
In 1526 Babur was only 12 years old, when he became king of what is now Uzbekistan. After losing part of his father's kingdom, he went to India to create an empire.His son and male posterity had fought to have a bigger empire and almost ruled all of India. They ruled for more than 150 years and were known as Mughals. -
The British East India Company lands its first ship in India.
The Mughal empire began to fall apart after a series of internal revolts and the arrival of the British East India Company. They set up many agreements with the local leaders and slowly took over many kingdoms and most of the country. The British discriminated against the Indians, who began to fight for independence. -
India and Pakistan are separated into two countries; rioting leaves many dead; India and Pakistan fight over Kashmir
In India Muslims and Hindus fought each other so much that India split into two countries: Hindu India and Muslim Pakistan. The break was called Partition. Violence broke out, and about one million people had lost their lives, their land, and their homes in the religious fight. India and Pakistan have gone to war several times over the northern region Kashmir, which they both claim. Kashmir's borders were not finalized during time of the Partition, and the to two nations fought over it since. -
India's constitution is adopted
The constitution was hand-written with about 48 articles, 12 schedules, and 94 amendments. It was signed by 243 members of the constituent assembly. It is the longest constitution is the world which it took about 2 years, 11 months, and 17 days to finish writing the entire thing. http://www.volunteerworkindia.org/10-interesting-facts-about-the-indian-constitution-you-should-know/ -
India detonates its first atomic bomb in an underground test.
India first tested a nuclear device in 1974(code named: Smiling Buddha) which is also called a "peaceful nuclear explosion". The test used plutonium which is made in the Canadian-supplied CIRUS reactor, and raised many concerns that nuclear technology supplied for peaceful purposes could also be diverted for weapon purposes. This also started the early work for The Nuclear Suppliers Group.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction
