Question

whats the order of events in indias history?
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Answer 1

Answer:

India history timeline

Early history

2500–1600BC

Harappan (Indus Valley) Civilisation.

1500BC onwards

Central Asian Aryans migrate to the Indian subcontinent.

563BC

Birth of Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha.

c.325BC

Chandragupta Maurya founds the Mauryan empire.

c.260BC

King Ashoka converts to Buddhism.

c.AD320

Gupta empire is established.

c.1200

Muslim armies conquer northern India; decline of Buddhism.

The Delhi Sultanate

1206

Qutb-ud-Din becomes sultan of Delhi. His dynasty is overthrown in 1296 by Feroz Shah, a Turk, who builds Delhi’s second city east of Lal Kot.

1451

Buhlbal Lodi, an Afghan noble, captures the throne and founds the Lodhi dynasty.

14th–16th century

Islam is established throughout the North. The South remains independent under the Hindu Vijayanagar dynasty.

1498

Vasco da Gama reaches India.

The Mughal Dynasty: 1526–1857

1526

Babur overthrows Delhi sultanate, establishes Mughal empire.

1642

East India Company opens trading station at Madras (Chennai).

1756

Nawab of Bengal attacks Calcutta; reprisals by Robert Clive consolidate British Empire in India.

The British Raj: 1858–1947

1857

Indian Mutiny; India comes under direct British rule.

1885

First meeting of Indian National Congress.

1911

King George V announces that the capital will be transferred to Delhi.

1920–22

Mahatma Gandhi leads Non-Cooperation campaign.

Independence (1947–Present)

1947

Independence; partition of subcontinent into India and Pakistan.

1948

Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi.

1965

Pakistan invades Kashmir.

1971

Creation of Bangladesh, with Indian support.

1975–77

Indira Gandhi imposes state of emergency.

1984

Indira Gandhi is assassinated following attacks on Golden Temple.

1991

Rajiv Gandhi is assassinated.

1999

War with Pakistan-backed forces around Kargil in Indian Kashmir.

2003

Kashmir cease-fire begins a thawing of relations with Pakistan.

2004

Manmohan Singh elected prime minister; tsunami hits east coast.

2006

In Mumbai, 207 rail commuters die in terrorist bomb blasts.

2008

Gunmen attack the main tourist and business area of Mumbai; 172 dead.

2009

Singh’s governing coalition wins election.

2010

Environment Ministry withdraws permission for Vedanta Mining to extract bauxite from the hills of Odisha in a landmark ruling and a major victory for the local Adivasi population.

2011

Mass movement against India’s culture of corrupt officialdom