Early Paleolithic Age (Sohan) 500k to 50k BC
Middle Paleolithic Age (Flake) 50k to 40k BC
Upper Paleolithic Age (Flint) 40k to 10k BC
Mesolithic Age 10k to 8k BC
Neolithic Age 8k to 2k BC
Chalcolithic Age 4k to 2k BC
Harappan Civilization 2500 to 1500 BC
Early Vedic Age 1500 to 1000 BC
Later Vedic 1000 to 600BC
Mahajanpadas 600 to 400 BC
Magadha Empire (H,S,N,M) 680 to 320 BC
Mauryan Empire 320 to 185 BC
Post Maurya (S,S,K,S,P,K) 185 BC to 300 AD
Sangama Age (C,C,P) 300 BC to 300 AD
Gupta Era 320 to 600 AD
Post Gupta (R,P,C,P) 600 to 750 AD
Tripartite Struggle (G-P,P,R) 8th Century
Chola Dynasty 850 to 1200 AD
Delhi sultanate 1206 to 1556
Vijayanaga Empire (S,S,T,A) 1336 to 1646
Bahmanis Kingdom 1347 to 1518
Mughal Empire 1526 to 1857
Marathas 1674 to 1818
1857 Sepoy Mutiny
1858 GOI Act (Crown Rule started)
1875 * Arya Samaj (Dayanand Saraswati)
Mohammaden Anglo Oriental College (later- AMU)
Theosophical Society, USA (Annie Basant in Madras)
1885 * Formation of INC, Bombay (by A.O. Hume)
1st Session of INC, Bombay – W.C. Banerjee
1886 2nd Session of INC, Calcutta – Dadabhai Naoroji
1887 3rd Session of INC, Madras – Badruddin Tyabji (1st Muslim)
1888 Allahabad Session of INC – George Yule (1st British)
1896 Calcutta Session of INC – Vande Mataram (1st Time)
1901 Calcutta Session of INC – Gandhi (1st Appearance)
1905 * Partition of Bengal
Swadeshi or Boycott Movement started by INC
Banaras Session of INC – G.K. Gokhale
1906 * Formation of Muslim League, Dhaka (by Khwaja Salimullah)
Calcutta Session of INC – Dadabhai Naoroji
(4 Resolution: Swaraj, Swadeshi, Boycott & National Education)
1907 * Madam Bhikaji hosted Indian Flag in Germany
Surat Session of INC – R.B. Ghosh (INC splits)
1908 Alipur Bomb Conspiracy (Khudiram Bose, A. Ghosh, Prafulla, Kanailal)
1909 Morley – Minto Reform, GOI Act 1909 (Separate Electorate for Muslims)
1911 Calcutta Session of INC – Jana Gana Mana (1st Time)
1913 Formation of Ghadar Party, USA (by Lala Hardayal, Barkatullah)
1914 * Kamagatu Maru Incident (sailed to canada)
1st World war started
1915 * Gandhi Ji Back to India (9 Jan – Pravasiya Bhartiya Diwas)
Berlin Committee (by Virendranath Chattopadhyay)
Defence of India Act (by viceroy Hardinge)
1916 * Home Rule League (to get Dominion status by B.G. Tilak & Annie Basant)
Lucknow Session of INC – A.C. Majumdar (Reunion of INC)
1917 * Champaran Satyagrah (against Tinkathiya system by Gandhi ji)
Montagu or August Declaration (to increase Indians in Administration)
Calcutta Session of INC – Annie Basant (1st Woman)
1918 * Kheda Satyagrah (Main leader: Sardar Patel)
Ahmedabad Mill Strike (by Anusuiya Sarabhai)
1919 * Montagu – Chelmsford Reform, GOI Act 1919
(Separate Electorate Extended, Dyarchy and Bicameral Legislature Introduced)
Rowlatt Satyagrah (against Direct Jail in Rowlatt Act)
Started Khilafat Movement
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre (Protest against Rowlatt Act)
1920 * Non Cooperation Movement
Formation of CPI at Uzbekistan (by M.N. Roy)
All India Trade Union Congress (by N.M. Joshi, Lala Lajpat Rai)
1922 Chauri Chaura Incident (Non Cooperation Movement suspended)
1923 Formation of Swaraj Party (by Chittaranjan Das & Motilal Nehru)
1924 * Belgaon Session of INC – Mahatma Gandhi
Formation of Hindustan Republican Association, Kanpur
(by Ramprasad Bismil, Ashfaqullah Khan, Sachin Sayal)
1925 * Kanpur Session of INC – Sarojini Naidu (1st Indian Woman)
Formation of CPI at Kanpur (by M.N. Roy)
1927 * Mahad Satyagrah (by B.R. Ambedkar)
Formation of Simon Commission
1928 * Simon Commission arrived India (All 7 white)
Motilal Nehru Report
Formation of Hindustan Republican Association, Firozshah Kotla
(by Chandra Shekhar Azad, Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev)
Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev & Rajguru killed Saunders
1929 * Lahore Session of INC – Jawaharlal Nehru (Goal: Poorna Swaraj)
Delhi Proposal (by Muslim League)
14 Points by Jinnah (response to Nehru Report)
Delhi Manifesto by Congress
Hoisted Flag on Bank of Ravi (31st Dec)
Boycott of 1st Round Table Conference (Note: B.R. Ambedkar attended all 3 RTC)
Bhagat Singh & Batukeshwar Dutt bombed Legislative Assembly
1930 * Started Civil Disobedience Movement on 12 March 1930 to 4 April 1930,
Dandi March from Sabarmati to Dandi (240 miles) to break salt law
(total 78 delegates) and Gandhi ji Jail (4 May 1930)
Independence Day celebrated on 26 Jan 1930
Chittagong Armory raid by Surya Sen at Bengal
1931 * Karachi Session of INC – Sardar Patel (2 Resolution: FR & Economic Policies)
Suspended Civil Disobedience Movement (Gandhi – Irwin Pact or Delhi Pact)
Gandhiji Participated 2nd Round Table Conference
Purna Swaraj Explained
On 23rd March 1931 Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev & Rajguru Hanged
1932 * Poona Pact (between Ambedkar ji & Gandhi ji)
(Note: Madan Mohan Malwiye signed on behalf of Gandhiji)
3rd Round Table Conference
Communal Award by Ramsay Mcdonald (Separate Electorate for Depressed Class)
1934 * Formed Congress Socialist Party (by J.P. Narayan, Rammanohar Lohiya)
Idea of a Constituent Assembly was put forward by M.N.Roy
1935 * GOI Act 1935 - Abolish Dyarchy at Provices & introduced at Centre
& Bicameral Legislature in 6 out 11 provinces
INC made an official demand of Constituent Assembly
1936 All India Kisan sabha (by Sahjanand Saraswati)
1937 Faizpur Session of INC – Jawaharlal Nehru (Held in Village)
1938 * Haripura Session of INC – S.C. Bose
Formation of National Planning Committee
1939 * Tripuri Session of INC – Rajendra Prasad
(Election between Extremist and Moderates of INC)
Pattabhi Sita Ramaiya vs Subhash Chandra Bose (Winner)
Subhash Chandra Bose resigned and formed All India forward Block
World war 2 started (Congress ministry resign due to World War Forced Alliance)
1940 * August offer (by Viceroy Linlithgow but his dominion status got rejected)
Pakistan or Lahore Resolution passed for Separation of Pakistan
Individual Satyagraha or ("Delhi Chalo" movement) launched by Vinoba Bhave
under Gandhiji but got Arrested so Gandhiji suspended it
1941 * Again Individual Satyagraha started by J.L. Nehru
S.C. Bose escaped from India
1942 * Crips Mission by Stafford Cripps (again dominion Status Proposed but Rejected)
Quit India movement (All leader arrested on 1st day, It is a leaderless movement)
Aruna Asaf Ali is the Heroine of Quit India Movement (Grand Old Lady)
Formation of Indian National army by Mohan Singh at Singapore
Women Regiment (named after Rani Lakshmibai) was founded under Capt. Laxmi
1943 * Subhash Chandra Bose took over Indian National Army
Gandhiji undertook 21 day fast in Jail
1944 C R Formula (by C. Rajagopalachari to solve political dispute between
Muslim League and Indian National Congress)
1945 * INA Trials (also called Red Fort Trials) in Nov 1945 & May 1946
Japan surrendered ending World War 2
Wavell Plan and Shimla Conference
1946 * RIN Mutiny (Officers on HMIS Talwar Ship started protest)
Meerut Session of INC – J.B. Kriplani (Last Session before Independence)
Constituent Assembly of India founded on 6 Dec, 1946
Cabinet Mission Plan (by Clement Atlee)
Direct action day on 16th August by Jinnah
1947 * Indian Independence act 1947 by Mountbatten
Mountbatten plan or partition plan
