Friday 8 February 2013

Indian History for APPSC Exams

Indian History Timeline


Indus Valley Civilization (2500 BC to 1750 BC)



Vedic Civilization (1750 BC to 600 BC)



Mahajanapadas



Gautama Buddha (563 BC to 483 BC)


Mahavira (540 BC to 468 BC)



Bimbisara at Magadha (542 BC to 493 BC)



Darius of Persia (519 BC)



Ajatasatru (493 BC to 461 BC)



Shisunaga Dynasty (413 BC to 362 BC)



Nanda Dynasty (362 BC to 321 BC)



Alexander’s invasion (326 BC)



Mauryans (321 BC to 185 BC)



Megasthenes visit – 315 BC



Ashoka the Great (268 BC to 232 BC)



Shungas (185 BC to 74 BC) – Centre and East


Yavanas, Shakas and Kushans (2nd Century BC to 2nd Century AD) – WEST


Satavahanas (128 BC to 121) – SOUTH



Vikram Era begins in 58 AD



SANGAM PERIOD (1st Century AD) – SOUTH



Shaka Era begins in 78 AD



Guptas (319 to 540)


Fa-Hien visits India – 405 to 411


Invasion of Huns (454 and 495)


Pallavas (300 to 888) – EAST



Harshavardhan (606 to 647)


Hieun Tsang visits India – (630 to 643)


Chalukyas (550 to 753) – WEST


Pulakesin II of Chalukyas (609 to 642)


Eastern Chalukyas (630 to 970)


Cholas (907 to 1300) – SOUTH



Rashtrakutas (753 to 973) – WEST



Later Chalukyas (973 to 1192) – WEST


Rajputs (9th Century) – NORTHWEST



Mahmud of Ghazni (1000 – 1027)



Alberuni visits India – 1030



1st Battle of Tarain – 1191


2nd Battle of Tarain – 1192



Muhammad Ghori (1192 to 1206)



THE DELHI SULTNATE (1206 TO 1400)



Qutb-ud-din Aibak (1206 to 1211)



Iltutmish (1211 to 1236)



Razia (1236 to 1265)



Balban (1265 to 1290)



Marco Polo visits South India – (1288 to 1295)



Jalaluddin Khilji (1290 to 1296)



Alauddin Khilji ( 1296 to 1316)


Gajapatis – ORISSA



Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq (1320 to 1325)



Muhammad bin Tughlaq (1325 to 1351)


Ibn Batuta visits India – 1325 to 1351



Vijayanagara Kingdom founded – 1336


Bahmani Kingdom founded – 1347



Firoz Shah Tughlaq (1351 to 1388)



Mongol invasion under Timur (1398)



Sayyid Dynasty (1414 to 1451)



Lodi Sultans (1451 to 1526)



Bahamani Kingdom dissolutes into 5 Kingdoms (1482 to 1518)


Bijapur, Golconda, Ahmednagar, Bidar and Berar



Vasco-de-Gama reached India – 1498


Portuguese trade with India started



Krishnadevaraya (1509 to 1530)



First Battle of Panipat – 1526



THE MUGHALS



Babar (1526 to 1530)



Humayun (1530 to 1540)



Sher Shah Suri (1540 to 1545) – Afghan



Humayun (1555 to 1556)



Akbar (1556 to 1605)



Second Battle of Panipat – 1556



Battle of Talikota – 1565



English East India Company – 1600


Dutch East India Company – 1602



Jahangir (1605 to 1627)


Sir Thomas Roe visits Jahangir’s court – 1616



Death of Jahangir – 1627


Birth of Shivaji – 1627



Shah Jahan (1628 to 1658)



Aurangzeb (1658 to 1707)


Marathas – Deccan



French East India Company – 1664



Annexation of Golconda by Mughals – 1686



LATER MUGHALS (1707 to 1857)



Bahadur Shah (1707 to 1712)



Jahandar Shah (1712 to 1713)



Farrukhsiyar (1713 to 1718)


Farrukhsiyar grants firman to British East India Company exempting taxes for their trade in Bengal – 1717



Muhammad Shah (1719 to 1748)



Nadir Shah occupies Delhi – 1739



1st Anglo-French Carnatic War – 1744 to 1748



Ahmad Shah (1748 to 1754)



2nd Anglo-French Carnatic War – 1748 to 1754



Invasion of Ahmad Shah Abdali – 1747 to 1761



Alamgir II (1754 to 1759)



3rd Anglo-French Carnatic War – 1757 to 1763



Battle of Plassey – 1757



Shah Alam (1759 to 1806)



Battle of Wandiwash – 1760



3rd Battle of Panipat – 1761



Battle of Buxar – 1764



1st Anglo Mysore War – 1767 to 1769



The Great Famine of Bengal in 1770



Regulating Act of 1773



1st Anglo-Maratha War – (1775 to 1782)



2nd Anglo-Mysore War – (1780 to 1784)



Pitt’s India Act – 1784



3rd Anglo-Mysore War – 1790



Permanent Settlement System was introduced in Bengal – 1793



4th Anglo-Mysore War – 1799



2nd Anglo-Maratha War – (1803 to 1805)



Anglo-Nepal War – (1814 to 1816)



3rd Anglo-Maratha War – (1817 to 1818)



Prohibition of Sati – 1829



1st Anglo-Sikh War – 1845



2nd Anglo-Sikh War – 1848



1st Railway and Telegraph lines – 1853



Charles Wood’s Dispatch on Indian Education – 1854



Widow Remarriage Act – 1856



REVOLT OF 1857



Queen Victoria’s proclamation – 1858



Enactment of Indian Civil and Criminal Code – 1861



Opening of Suez Canal – 1869



Delhi Durbar – Queen of England is proclaimed Empress of India – 1876-77



Ilbert Bill – 1883



INC was founded – 1885



Partition of Bengal – 1905



Muslim League was formed – 1906



Morley-Minto Reforms – 1909



Partition of Bengal is annulled – 1911



Outbreak of the first World War – 1914



Home Rule League was founded – 1916


Lucknow Pact – 1916



Gandhi’s Champaran Styagraha – 1917



Jallianwala Bagh Massacre – 1919


Montague-Chelmsford Reforms – 1919



1st Non-Cooperation Movement – 1920



Chuari Chaura incident – 1922



Simon Commission appointed – 1927



Nehru Report – 1928



Civil Disobedience Movement, Dandi March – 1930


First Round Table Conference – 1930



Gandhi-Irwin Pact – 1931


2nd Round Table Conference – 1931



Third Round Table Conference – 1932


In this conference, Chaudhary Rahmat Ali coined the name “Pakistan” (which means “land of pureness”) as the name for the Muslim part of partitioned India.



White Paper was released – 1933



Government of India Act, 1935



Outbreak of the 2nd World War – 1939



Pakistan Resolution by Muslim League – 1940



Quit India Movement – 1942



Simla Conference – 1945



Cabinet Mission – 1946



Freedom and Partition – 1947



Constitution of India comes into force – 1950



First Elections to the Parliament of India – 1952


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