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1600 BCE
Harappan
Indus Valley Civilization -
1500 BCE
Central Asian Aryans
migrated to the indian subcontinent/verdic period -
563 BCE
The Buddha
Birth of Siddhartha Gautama -
500 BCE
Jainism
founded by Mahavira near Bihar -
325 BCE
Mauryan Emipire
founded by Chandragupta Maurya -
260 BCE
King Ashoka
converted to buddhism -
185 BCE
Mauryan Empire
Lasted 321 - 185 BCE -
101 BCE
Mahabharata
Composed a part by Bhagavad Gita -
320
Gupta Empire
was established -
600
Gupta Empire
lasted -
1200
Decline of Buddhism
Muslim armies conquered northern india -
1469
Guru Nanak
was born -
1498
Vasco de Gama
reached india -
1500
Paradesi Jews
began to arrive in india from arab muslim countries. -
1526
Mughal Empire
Babur overthrew the delhi sultanate and established the -
1526
Delhi Sultanate
from 1206-1526 -
Golden Temple
was completed -
EIC (EAST INDIAN COMPANY)
Was founded -
Dutch Traders
arrived at Pulicat (remained until 1825) -
Adi Granth
Compiled by 5TH Sikh Guru ARJUN -
EIC Representatives
First sent to Mughal court -
Taj Mahal
completed in Agra, that served as a tomb for the late wife of, Shah Jahan. -
EIC TRADING
opened a trading station at Madras also known as Chennai. -
Maratha Confederacy
came to power in central india -
Parsis migrants
ZOROASTRIAN migrants from Iran and arrived in India -
Battle of Plassey
The last independent ruler in Bengal was defeated at the Battle of Plassey, ROBERT CLIVE then cemented BRITISH DOMINANCE on the sub continent. -
FRENCH TRADING
Established trading posts at PONDICHERRY (until 1954) -
Marathas Defeat
Defeated as last major opposition to EIC in THIRD ANGLO MARATHA war. -
INDIAN EDUCATION
Thomas Macaulay released, "Minute on Indian Education." -
First rebellion.
The Sepoy Mutiny was a violent and very bloody uprising against British rule in India in 1857. It is also known by other names: the Indian Mutiny, the Indian Rebellion of 1857, or the Indian Revolt of 1857. -
BRITISH RAJ
Began. (1858-1947) -
British Colony and ICS
India became a british colony and created the indian civil service. -
ICS FIRST CANDIDATE
Shri Satyendranath Tagore was accepted, -
INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS
was founded -
Natal Indian Congress
created in south africa by mahatma Gandhi -
Cellular Jail
completed near port blair in ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS. -
NEW CAPITAL
New Delhi becoming the new capital. -
LUCKNOW PACT
was agreed to between the muslim league and the INC -
Champaran Satygraha
first ahimsa movement led by Gandhi in BIHAR to protest INDIGO growing mandates. -
Rowlatt Act
was passed This act authorised the British government to arrest anybody suspected of terrorist activities -
Amritsar Massacre
Numerous Punjab protestors against the Rowlatt act passed by the British gathered near the golden temple in JALLIANWALA BAGH led by Gurkhas from Nepal and Reginald Dyer. -
Chauri Chaura Incident
made Gandhi stop the movement. -
non-cooperation movement
Anti-British movement led by Mahatma Gandhi (1920-1922) -
Nehru REPORT
issued and called for DOMINION status for British India -
Salt march
made by GANDHI -
Dharasana Salt Works
took place -
Poona Pact
agreed to by Gandhi and B.R Ambedkar -
Government of India Act
passed giving provincial controls to indians -
The First Form of the Indian National Army
founded by Mohan Singh in Singapore -
Bollywood
begins a period of rapid growth after the release of the first indian blockbuster KISMET -
End of British Raj
India became independent after being partitioned from Muslim majority areas -
Independent India
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Period: to
Indo Pakistani War
war over disputed territory Kashmir -
Gandhi Death
assassinated by Hindu Nationalists -
Operation Polo
gave india control over princely state HYDERABAD -
Constitution of New India
passed and the day would become Republic Day JANUARY 26 -
Bharatiya Janatha Party (BJP)
founded by Shyma Prasad Mukherjee and would merge with others to form the BJP in 1975 -
Period: to
Nehru Prime Minister
congress won first general election and Nehru became Prime Minister -
Operation Vijay
gave india control of Goa -
non-aligned movement
began (Nehru) -
Line of ACTUAL control
established due to India losing border war with China -
2nd Indo Pakistani war
began over Kashmir -
Indira Gandhi
became first indian female prime minister -
Maoist Insurgency
began in Naxalite -
3rd indo pakistani war
war with pakistan led to creation of Bangladesh -
Line of Control
established in kashmir VIA SIMLA AGREEMENT -
India Nuclear Device
first test -
Period: to
Gandhi State of Emergency
declared by gandhi allowing elections to be cancelled and civil liberties to be suspended. For much of the Emergency, most of Gandhi's political opponents were imprisoned and the press were censored. -
Operation Blue star
an Indian Armed Forces operation between 1 and 10 June 1984 to remove Sikh militant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and other Sikh separatists from the buildings of the Golden Temple, the holiest site of Sikhism. -
Indira Gandhi death
assassinated by Sikh bodyguards, Rajiv Gandhi then became prime minister ANTI-SIKH RIOTS ENSUED -
Gawkadal Massacre
Gawkadal bridge in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India, where, on 21 January 1990, the Indian paramilitary troops of the Central Reserve Police Force opened fire on a group of Kashmiri protesters -
Rajiv Gandhi Death
assassinated by Tamil Tiger Linked suicide bomber -
Babri Masjid Mosque
demolished by Hindu Extremists in Ayodhya The 16th-century Babri Masjid in the city of Ayodhya, in Uttar Pradesh, India, had been the subject of a lengthy socio-political dispute, and was targeted after a political rally organised by Hindu nationalist organisations turned violent. In Hindu tradition, the city of Ayodhya is the birthplace of Rama. -
BJP WIN
won a majority over congress -
India controversial nuclear tests
carried out five nuclear tests -
Lahore Peace Agreement
Prime Minister Vajpayee traveled to pakistan and signed the agreement with Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif -
Kargil Conflict
conflict in KASHMIR The conflict began in early May when the Indian military learned that Pakistani fighters had infiltrated the Indian-administered territory. After detecting the infiltration, India ordered its army and air force to push back the intruders, who included regulars of the Pakistani army. -
India Billionth Citizen
born Aastha Arora's birth was celebrated. The child was declared India's “one billionth citizen” barely hours after her birth at 05:05 on May 11, 2000, in Delhi's Safdarjung hospital. -
Ayodhya Train Attack
attack on Hindu Pilgrims led to retributions that killed over 1,000 muslims. -
Manmohan Singh
congress leader became prime minister -
Pratibha Patil
first woman elected to be president of india -
First Mission to the Moon
India launched chandrayaan mission Chandrayaan-1, India's first mission to Moon, was launched successfully on October 22, 2008 from SDSC SHAR, Sriharikota. The spacecraft was orbiting around the Moon at a height of 100 km from the lunar surface for chemical, mineralogical and photo-geologic mapping of the Moon. -
Mumbai Pakistani Terrorists
approximately 200 people died due to coordinated series of attacks made by Pakistani Terrorists. Pakistan claimed to have arrested Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, a senior leader of Lashkar-e-Taiba and the suspected mastermind of the Mumbai attacks, on December 8, 2008. Pakistani security forces carried out raids on Jamaat-ud-Dawa offices across the country. -
Allahabad High Court ruling
ruled that the disputed holy site of ayodhya should be divided between hindus and muslims, the destruction of a mosque (BABRI mosque) by hindi extremists in 1992 led rioting where 2,000 people died. -
Gang Rape Case
led to violent protests and new laws refers to the incident in which a 22-year-old photojournalist, who was interning with an English-language magazine in Mumbai, was gang-raped by five people including a juvenile. -
Narendra Modi
Him and the BJP won control of the government.