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HISTORY OF INDIA
Chronology of history of India

 2500-1750 B.C. → Indus valley civilization also known as harappan civilization. It

is first discovered city in 1921 by Daya Ram Sani. Harappan is located on the bank
of Ravi River, It is also known as Bronze Age (bronze→copper + tin).
 1500-1000 B.C. → Vedic era.
 563 B.C. → Buddhist era.
 540 B.C. → Mahaveer era.
 483 B.C. →Death of Gautam Buddha.
 468 B.C. → Death of Mahaveer.
 326B.C. → Battle of Jhelum (between Alexander the Great and king Porus).
 324 B.C. → Death of Alexander the Great.
 261 B.C. → Battle of Kalinga (After this battle Ashoka the Great adopted the
Buddhism in the presence of Upa gupat )
 57/ 58 B.C. →Vikram era.
 78 A.D. → Sakka era.
 712A.D. → Muhammad Bin Qasim (first Muslim) to attack on India, he was from
Iran.
 1001-1027 A.D. → Mahmud Ghazni attacked 17 times on India.
 1175-1194 A.D. → Muhammad Gauri attacked 5 times on India. His slave Qutab
Din Abak made Delhi saltant. There were five dynasties in Delhi saltant.
1. Slave dynasty →1206-1290.
2. Khilji dynasty → 1290-1320.
3. Tuglaq dynasty → 1320-1414.
4. Sayid dynasty →1414-1451.
5. Lodi dynasty →1451-1526.
 1498 → First Portuguese came to India Vasco da Gama.
 1519 → First atteck of Babar on India.
 21-April-1526 → First battle of panipat between Babar and Ibrahim Lodi. It was
first battle to use gun power and Babar won this battle, it was on the bank of
Yamuna River.
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 1526-1540 → Mughal Empire.

 1540 → Battle of Bilgram or Kannauj, the battle was between Humayun and Sher
shah Suri who won this battle and end Mughal Empire and stated Suri Empire.
 1555 → Battle of Sarhind, Humayun vs Sikander Suri and Humayun won this battle
and started Mughal Empire again.
 1555-1739 Mughal Empire.
 1527 → Battle of Khanwa.
 1528 → Battle of Chanderi.
 1529 → Battle of Ghaghra.
 1530 → Death of Babar.
 1556 → Death of Humayun.
 1556 → 2nd battle of panipat
 1556 → Akbar declared as king by Behram khan.
 1576 → Battle of Haldighati.
 1582 → Akbar started a new religion called Din-i-llahi.
 1585 → Ralph Fitch was the first Englishman to visit court of Akbar.
 1600 → Establishment of East India Company.
 1609 → William Hawkins came to Jahangir’s court for the permission of trade.
1615 → Thomas Roe visited Jahangir’s court for permission of trade, and he got
the permission for trade.
Both William Hawkins and Thomas Roe were representative of James I.
 1699 → Birth of Khalsa. Guru Gobind Singh ji started Khalsa in Anandpur Sahib, a
city founded by Guru Tegh Bahadur ji. Old names of Anandpur → Makhowal, Chak
nanki.
 1704 → Baba Zorawar Singh and Baba Fateh Singh, sons of Guru Gobind Singh,
were martyred by being bricked alive by the Mughals in Sirhind.
 1707 → Death of Aurangzeb.
 12-may-1710 → Battle of chapad chidi, between Baba Banda Singh Bahadur and
Wajir Khan, Baba Banda Singh’s warrior Baj Singh 0killed Wajir Khan and took
revenge of two younger children of Guru Gobind Singh ji.
After this battle Baba Banda Singh, capture Sirhind.
 1715 →Battle of Gurdas Nangal (last battle of Baba Banda Singh).
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 1716 → Baba Banda Singh Bahadur was martyred in Delhi by Farrukh siyar.
 1717 →Farrukhsiyar gave permission to East India Company for Tax free trade.
 1739 → Battle of Karnal.
 1748 → Ahmad Shah Abdali attacked India.
 23-june-1757 → Battle of plassey.
 1760 →Battle of wandi wash between British and French.
 1761 → Third battle of panipat
 1746 → Chota Ghalughara (Zakriya khan)
 1762 → Vadda Ghalughara (Ahmad shah Abdali).
 1764 → battle of Buxer.
 1765 → Treaty of Allahabad, after battle of buxer or treaty of Allahabad British
acquire Bengal presidency. After the battle of Buxer or treaty of Allahabad dual
govt. system was introduced in Bengal. Administrative was divided into two parts
Diwani (Revenue will be collected by East India Company) and Nizama (Nawab of
Bengal will rule Bengal).
 1773 → Regulating Act (It was the first act that was introduced by the British)
 1774 → First Supreme Court of India was established in Calcutta (kolkata).
 1784 → Pitts Act.
 1784 → Acetic Society of Bengal to translate Sanskrit literature into English.
 1793 → Parliament revenue settlement (Zimidar system) introduced in Bengal
and Bihar by Lord Corn Wallish.
 1809 → Treaty of Amritsar.
 1829 → Abolish of Sati paratha by Lord William Bentinck, Raja Ram Mohan Ray
helped him in this (title of Raja was given to him by Akbar II).
 1848 → Doctrine of Lapse introduced by Lord Dalhousie and abolished by Lord
Canning with Act of Govt. of India 1858.
 29-March-1849 → British (Lord Dalhousie) annexed the Punjab after the second
Anglo Sikh war (battle of Gujrat or battle of guns). It was the First war fought with
guns.
 1850 → Religious disability act (converting Indian into Christians) the first Indian
to converted was Maharaja Dalip Singh ji.
 1853 → Bombay to Thane, First railway line.
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 1854 → Charles wood dispatch.

 1857 → Three Universities were built due to Charles wood dispatch, Kolkata,
Bombay, Madras.
 1856 → Widow Remarriage Act by Lord Dalhousie helped by Iswar Chandar Vidya
Sagar.
 1860 → Budget System introduced in India.
 1871 → First census completed in 1872.
 1875 → Establishment of Arya Samaj.
 1877 → Arya samaj in Punjab by Swami Dya Nand Sarswati.
 1877 → Delhi Darwar.
 1881 → Second census.
 1882 → Hunter commission (primary education).
 1884 → I.N.U. (Indian National Union).
 28-Dec-1885 → I.N.C. (Indian National Congress). Word Congress was suggested
by DadaBhai Naoroji.
 1896 → Idea of Partition of Bengal (by William Word).
 1897 → Battle of Saragarhi.
 1899 → Birth of Sardar Udam Singh (Childhood name → Sher Singh).
 16-Oct-1905 → Partition of Bengal.
 1905 → Anti-Partition movement.
 1905 → Swadeshi movement.
 1906 → All Indian Muslim League.
 1907 → Birth of Bhagat Singh.
 1907 → Bharat Mata society (Ajit Singh and Sufi Amba Parsad).
 1907 → Pagdi Sambal Jatta, founder Ajit Singh and Slogan was given by Banke Dyal
 1907 →Surat Split.
 1908 →Amritsar Session (Muslims demand for separate elections).
 1909 →India council act 1909 or Govt. of India act 1909 or Morley Minto II reform
(Muslims got permission for separate elections).
 1909 → Morley was Secretary State of India and Minto II was viceroy of India.
 1909 → Communal Representation.
 1911 → Delhi Darwar.
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 1912 → Hindustan Association of pacific coast founded by Sohan Singh Bhakna in

U.S.A.
 1913 → Ghadar party by Lala Hardayal.
 1914 → Kamagata Maru (Ship) also known as Guru Nanak Jahaj.
 1914-1918 → World War I.
 9-Jan-1915 → Ghandi came back to India form South Africa (9-jan→N.R.I. Day).
 1916 → Home Rule League.
 1916 → Lakhnow Session / Pact.
 1917 → Champaran Satya Grah (First Satya Greh of Ghandi). Champaran is a place
in Bihar. Capital of Bihar is Patna.
 1918 → Ahmedabad mill strike.
 1918 → Kheda stya greh.
Both Ahmadabad and Kheda are in Gujrat, Capital of Gujrat is Ghandinagar.
 1919 → Rewllet Act (Black Act or Anarchical Act).
 1919 → Mantague Chalmspare.
 1919 → Khilafat Movement.
 13-April-1919 → Jallianwala Bagh Massacre.
 1919 → Hunter Commission to examine the massacre of Jallianwala Bagh.
Members → Pandit Jagat Narayan, Chimanlal Harilal Setalvad, Sultan Ahmad Khan.
 1920 → Non-Cooperation Movement.
 1920 → S.G.P.C. (Shiromani Gurudwara Parbandhak Committee).
First president of S.G.P.C was Sunder Singh Majithia.
 1920 → All India Trade Congress Union founded in Bombay by N.M. Joshi.
First president → Lala Lajpat Rai, Chairman → Chiman Lal.
 1921 → Moplah Rebellion.
 4-Feb-1922 → Chouri-Chaura Incident (Gorakhpur U.P.)Attack on Police station.
 1923 → Swaraj Party.
 1924 → H.R.A. (Hindustan Republic Association).
 1925 → Kakori Conspiracy case.
 1925 → S.G.P.C. Act passed
President of S.G.P.C. → Baba Khadak Singh.
 1926 → Bhagat Naujawan Sabha in Lahore (by Bhagat Singh)
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First president → Ram Krishna.

 1927 → Simon Commission.
 3-feb-1928 → Simon Commission came to India.
 30-feb-1928 → Simon Commission to Lahore.
 1928 → H.S.R.A. (Hindustan Socialist Republican Association), City Firoz Shah Kotla,
Delhi.
 1928 → Kirti Kissan Party in Lahore, Founder → Santokh Singh, Sohan Singh Josh.
 1928 → Nehru Report.
 1929 → Lahore Conspiracy Case.
 8-April-1929 → Bhagat Singh and B.K. Dhat threw bomb on central legislative
assembly.
 1929 → Lahore Session.
 1929 → Jinha 14 points by Muhammad Jinha.
 1930 → Civil disobedience movement OR Dandi march OR Salt satya greh OR
Greebo ka andolan.
 1930 → First round table conference.
 1931 → Ghandi Irwin pact.
 1931 → Second round table conference.
 23-March-1931 → Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev were hanged to death by
British government.
 1932 → Communal award.
 1932 → Puna pact.
 1932 → Third round table conference.
 1934 → Idea of constituent assembly was given by M.N. Ray.
 1939-1945 → World War II.
 1935 → Government of India Act 1935.
 1937 → under the GoI act 1935 new federal court establish and later on replaced
by Supreme Court of India in 1950.
 1940 → August offer by Lord Linlithgow.
 1940 → Delhi chalo movement by Netaji Subash Chander Bose.
 8-Aug-1942 → Quite India movement by Mahatma Gandhi.
Slogan → Do or Die, Quite India slogan was given by Yusaf Mehar Ali.
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 15-March-1946 → Attlee (P.M. of England at that time) announces the cabinet

Mission plan under the chairmanship of Pethick Lawerence.
Two members – Stafford Crips and A.B. Alexender.
 24-March-1946 → Cabinat mission plan reached Delhi.
 16-Aug-1946 → Direct Action Day.
 20-Feb-1947 → Attlee announces end of British rule in India.
 2-June-1947 → Mount batten plan was announced.
 3-June-1947 → Partition of India announced.
 4-June-1947 → Mount batten announced the transfer of power on 15-August.
 4-July-1947 → India independence bill was introduced n House of commans.
 6-July-1947 → North West frontier Province referendum took place but boycotted
by Khan Abdul Gafar Khan, also known as Bacha Khan, Badshah Khan, Frontier
Gandhi
 1947 → Punjab and Bengal boundary commission.
 1947 → India Independence act.
 1948 →PEPSU formed by merging eight princly states ,PEPUS stands for Patiala and
East Punjab State Union.
Eight princly states → Patiala, Nabha, Malerkotla, Kapurthala, Faridkot, Jind,
Nalagarh and Kalsia.
 1947 → Red Cliffe commission with chairmanship of Red Cliffe itself and having
four members Din Muhammad, Muhammad Munir, Teja Singh and Mehar Chand
Mahajan.
Bundary between Pakistan and Indian as well as India and Bangladesh is known as
red cliffe line having length of 3323 km and 4096 km respectively.

PUNJAB is a triangular in shape and it share bouder with three States and two UTs
►Rajasthan in south west direction.
►Haryana in south direction.
►Himachal pardesh in northeast direction.
►Chandigarh in east direction.
►Jummu and Kashmir in north direction.
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Punjab shares border with a country (Pakistan) length of this border is 553 km.
There were 29 districts in undivided Punjab, in the partition of India punjab divided
into two parts East Punjab (India) and West Punjab (Pakistan), 16 districts remains
in West Punjab and East Punjab got only 13 Districts.
 1948 → Punjab Subha demand by Master Tara Singh and Master Fateh Singh.
 1-Nov-1956 → PEPSU merge into punjab.
 1-Nov-1966 → Under Shah Commission with the chairmanship of J.C. Shah,
Punjab divided into parts on language basis Haryana and modren Punjab while
hilly region of punjab merged in H.P. There were two member of this commission
M.M. Philips and R.C. Dutt.