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2. Indian History General Knowledge
3300 BC : The Indus Valley Civilization begins.
2600 BC : Harappan phase of Indus Valley Civilization begin. Cities of Harappa, Lothal, Kalibangan, Dholavira, Rakhigarhi
and Mohan Jodaro.
2600 BC : Indus Valley Civilization expands over 25,00 cities and began using the mature Indus Script.
2500 BC : Dravidian Civilization began in South India.
1900 BC : Various cultures including Cemetery H Culture began by Harappa phase of Indus Valley Civilization.
1700 BC : Indus Valley Civilization come to an end.
700 BC : The Upanishads were written.
563 BC : Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha) born in Lumbini.
400 BC : Siddartha Gautama (Buddha) founded Buddhism in South Nepal.
321 BC : Mauryan Empire founded by Chandragupta Maurya in Magadha.
273 BC : Ashoka The Great (Grandson of Chandragupta Maurya) ascended as emperor of the Mauryan Empire.
265 BC : Kalinga War takes place between Ashoka and the Kingdom of Kalinga after regret Ashoka adopted Buddhism.
232 BC : Ashoka dies and succeeded by Kunala.
200 BC : Kuninda Kingdom established.
184 BC : Mauryan Empire collapsed after its emperor Brihadrata was assassinated by his general Pusyamitra Sunga.
180 BC : Indo Greek Kingdom established.
10 AD : Establishment of the Indo Parthian Kingdom.
50 : First Buddhist stupa is constructed at Sanchi.
68 : Establishment of the Kushan Empire by Kujula Kadphises.
240 : Sri Gupta starts the Gupta Empire in Magadha with its capital in Patliputra.
380 : Chandragupta II (Samudragupta’s son) becomes the Gupta Emporer.
450 : Invasions by the Huna.
554 : Gupta Empire collapsed after the death of Shashankgupta.
606 : Harshavardhana crowned Monarch.
637 : Pulakeshin II pushes north upto the Narmada and defeats the invading Harshavardhana of Kanauj.
712 : First Muslim Muhammad Bin Qasim defeats Raja Dahir.
753 : Establishment of Rashtrakuta Kingdom, Birth of Adi Shankaracharya.
814 : Nripatunga Amoghavarsha-I became Rashtrakuta Emperor.
1021 : Mahmud Ghazni defeats Tarnochalpal and annexes Punjab.

3. 1030 : Alberuni arrives in India, Death of Mahmud Ghazni.
1190 : Mohammed Ghauri invades India.
1191 : First battle of Tarain between Mohammed Ghauri and Prithivi Raj Chauhan III resulted Ghauri defeated by Prithivi
Raj.
1192 : Second battle of Tarain between Mohammed Ghauri and Prithivi RajChauhan III resulted Prithivi Raj defeated by
Mohammed Ghauri.
1194 : Battle of Chandawar fought between Ghauri and Jaichand of Kannauj. Ghauri defeated Jaichand and Killed him.
1206 : Gakhars kills Muhammed Ghauri during a raid on his camp on the Jhelum River, Qutb-ul-din Aibak established Delhi
Sultanate early known as Slave Dynasty.
1221 : Genghis Khan invades Punjab.
1240 : Murder of Razia Sultan by Turkish nobles.
1323 : Ulugh Khan defeats Prataparudra ending the Kakatiya Dynasty.
1343 : Battle of Madurai Veera Ballala III was killed.
1401 : Dilawar Khan establishes the Malwa Sultanate now known as Northern India.
1443 : Abdur Razzaq visits India.
1469 : Guru Nanak the founder of Sikhism and first Guru of Sikhs born.
1498 : Vasco De Gama’s first voyage from Europe to India.
1503 : Kindom of Kochi taken over by Purtuguese creating the first European settlement in India.
1526 : Establishment of the Mughal Empire by Babur.
1555 : Mughal Emperor Humayun comes to fight Sher Shah Suri and regains india.
1556 : Humayun dies and succeeded by Akbar.
1600 : East India Company formrd in England and gets exclusive trading rights with India.
1605 : Akbar dies and succeeded by his son Jehangir.
1612 : British arrives India.
1630 : Chatrapati Shivaji born.
1632 : Taj Mahal construction Initiated by Mughal ruler Shahjahan.
1658 : Taj Mahal, Jama Masjid and red Fort construction completed, Shah Jahan dies and succeeded to his son
Aurangzeb.
1674 : Shivaji defeats Aurangzeb’s Troops, and establishes Maratha Empire.
1675 : The ninth Guru of Sikhs Guru Tegh Bahadur executed in Delhi by the order of Auranzeb for the support of Kashmiri
Hindus, Guru Gobind becomes Tenth Guru of Sikhs.
1680 : Shivaji dies at Raigarh, Sambhaji becomes 2nd Chhatrapati of the Maratha Empire.
1699 : Guru Gobind the Tenth Guru of Sikhs created Khalsa.
1707 : The Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb dies.

4. 1708 : Guru Granth Sahib became Guru of Sikhs.
1757 : Battle of Plassy, The Mughal governor of Bengal Mir Jafar defeated by British forces which leades by Robert Clive.
1764 : Battle of Buxar fought and victory of British against allied Mughal Bengal.
1775 : First Anglo-Mysore war begins.
1801 : Maharaja Ranjit Singh established Khalsa rule of Punjab from Lahor.
1853 : First Railway established between Bombay to Thane, Post Service started.
1857 : Indian Rebellion of 1857.
1857 : First Three Universities, University of Mumbai, University of Madras and University of Calcutta established.
1858 : British Raj started Lord Dalhousie became first Governor General of India.
1867 : Prarthana Samaj established earlier known as Atmiya Sabha.
1869 : Birth of Mahatma Gandhi On 2 October.
1875 : Arya Samaj established.
1885 : Indian National Congress formed.
1905 : Partition of Bengal, British govt. divided bengal into separate Hindu and Muslim sections.
1913 : Gadar Party formed.
1914 : First World War.
1915 : Mahatma Gandhi returned to India.
1919 : Jalianwala Bagh massacre.
1920 : Non-Cooperation Movement started led by Mahatma Gandhi And Gandhi become president of Indian national
Congress.
1927 : Simon Commission.
1929 : Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt bombed Central Assembly.
1930 : Salt Satyagraha.
1931 : Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev Martyred 23 March.
1935 : Government of India Act 1935.
1939 : Second World War began.
1940 : Muhammed Ali Jinnah demanded that new country to be formed from india for the Muslims, which would be called
Pakistan.
1942 : Quit India Movement, Indian National Army established by Subhas Chandra Bose.
1945 : Second World War ended when United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
1946 : Royal Indian Navy Mutiny.
1946 : British government agreed to grant India Independence.
1947 : Indian leaders and British government agreed to divide the country in two parts named India and Pakistan.

5. 1947 : India became Independent On 15 August.
1948 : Mahatma Gandhi assassinated by a right wing Hindu nationalist Nathuram Godse On 30 January.
1950 : Republic Day On 26 January.
1951 : congress Party wins General Elections under leadership of Jawaharlal Nehru and Nehru became first Prime Minister
of India.
1962 : India-China war, India won Diu Daman and Goa from Portuguese India.
1964 : Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru died.
1965 : India-Pakistan war over Kashmir dispute.
1971 : Indira Gandhi (Jawaharlal Nehru’s daughter) become Prime Minister.
1971 : India-Pakistan war over creation of Bangladesh.
1975 : Emergency Declared.
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