World and India Chronological Events

3000 BC

• Indus  Valley Civilization, Mohen-jo-Daro & Harappa

563 BC

• Birth of Buddha, founder of Buddhism

326-327 AD

• Alexander’s  invasion of India

1191

• First Battle of  Tarain (Thaneshwar)

1192

• Second Battle of  Tarain (Thaneshwar)

1498

• Discovery of sea-route to India by  Vasco-daGama

1526

• First Battle of Panipat

1556

• Second Battle of Panipat

1561

• Battle of  Talikota between Delhi Sultanate and Vijayanagar ruler Ramaraja. 
• Ramaraja was killed.

1600

• East India Company established

1757

• Battle of Plassey

1760

• Battle of  Wandiwash. 
• French power ended.

1761

• Third Battle of Panipat.

1764

• Battle of Buxar.

1853

• First Railway line opened in India between Thana and Bombay

1857

• First  War of Independence (Sepoy Mutiny)

1869

• 2.10.1869, Birth of Mahatma Gandhi at Porbander

1881

• First Census taken

1885

• Indian National Congress was founded by  A.O. Hume.

1900

• Australian Commonwealth proclaimed.

1901

• Russian and Britain, agrees of the partition of China.

1902

• First partition of Bengal under Lord Curzon.

1906

• Foundation of Muslim League. 
• 1909 Minto-Morley Reforms.

1910

• Mother  Teresa born in  Albania.

1911

• Delhi becomes the capital – Partition of Bengal revoked – King George V crowned King of the United Kingdom and Emperor or India – First British King and Queen land in Bombay.

1912

• Titanic,  World’s biggest ship, sinks in North Atlantic, Killing 1513 people – The 5th Olympic Games held in Stockholm.

1913

• The first  Asian, Rabindranath  Tagore is awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.

1914

• World  War I declared.

1918

• World  War I ends.

1919

• “Satyagraha Movement” started by Gandhiji. 
• Jallianwala Bagh Massacre on 13th  April 1919 at Amritsar.

1930

• “Civil Disobedience Movement” started by Gandhiji. 
• “Dandi March” by Gandhiji on 6.4.1930. Burma separated from India.

1949

• Death   of   Rabindranath  Tagore (The   first Indian   to win the Nobel Prize for his work “Gitanjali”).

1942

• “Quit India Resolution”.

1947

• 15.8.1947 India attained Independence.

1948

• 30.1.1948  Assassination of Gandhiji.

1949

• 26.11.1949 Indian Constitution passed.

1950

• 26.1.1950 India became a Sovereign Democratic Republic.

1952

• Free India holds her First General Elections.

1956

• State Reorganisation  Act came into force on 1.11.1956.

1957

• Decimal system of coinage introduced.

1966

• January 4th Indo-Pak Summit,  Tashkent Declaration signed on January 10. 
• Death of Lal Bahadur Shastri.

1972

• Simla  Agreement between India and Pakistan (July 3)

1974

• India’s first Satellite “Äryabhatta” launched from Cosmodrome in Soviet Union on  April 19.

1975

• “Aryabhatta”. Sikkim becomes 22nd State of the Indian Union. 
• State of Emergency declared.

1976

• India – China re-establishes diplomatic relations.

1977

• Sixth General Elections, Morarji Desai sworn in as the first non-Congress Prime Minister. 
• Neelam Sanjiva Reddy elected Sixth President of India.

1979

• “Bhaskara”, India’s second  Satellite launched into space. India’s first coalition Government between Janata (S) and the Congress sworn in with Mr. Charan Singh as P.M.

1980

• Seventh General Elections held, Indira Gandhi sworn in as Prime Minister.

1982

• Giani Zail Singh elected as Seventh President of India. 
• IX  Asian Games opened in New Delhi.

1984

• Bachendri Pal, first Indian woman to scale the Mount Everest. 
• Mrs. Indira Gandhi assassinated. 
• Rajiv Gandhi becomes the Prime Minister.

1985

• Congress completes 100 years.

1987

• Mizoram and  Arunachal Pradesh becomes 23rd and 24th States. 
• Goa becomes 25th State. 
• Mr. R. Venkataraman sworn in as Eleventh President.

19988

• M.G.Ramachandran (MGR.) was given Bharat Ratna Award  posthumously.

1989

• Ninth Lok Sabha constituted. National Front Leader  V.P.Singh sworn in as 10th Prime Minister.

1990

• Nelson Mandela, leader of the  African National Congress was set free after 27 years of imprisonment by the South  African Government. 
• Iraq captured Kuwait.

1991

• Tenth Lok Sabha constituted. P.V.Narasimha Rao becomes the  Twelfth Prime Minister of India. 
• Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, assassinated at Sriperumbudur,  Tamil Nadu.

1992

• India’s First indigenous multi-purpose Satellite “INSAT  2A” was launched successfully from Kourou in French Guyana. – Festival of India was held in China. 
• The disputed Babri Masjid in Ayodhya (UP) was demolished by Kar-sevaks.

1993

• The world’s biggest ever trade deal General Agreement  on Tariffs  and Trade  (GATT)  was signed on 15th December at Geneva, nearly 117 nations participated.

1994

• Sushmita Sen (18) first Indian selected for Miss. Universe held at Manila, Philippines. Brazil won the  World Cup  Football  held  at  United States, Shoemaker-Levy Comet  collided  with  the Gaseous  Planet  Jupiter on July 17, 19, 20 & 31.

1995

• Jan.26  : Nelson  Mandela, was the  Chief  Guest on the Republic Day celebrations at New Delhi.

1996

• Jan. 10-21  : 27th  International  Film  Festival held  at  New  Delhi.  
• July 19 –  Aug. 4  : Atlanta Olympics   held  –  India  won  1  bronze medal.

1997

• Jan 10  : The 28th International Film Festival of India held at  Thiruvananthapuram.  
• July 25  : Mr. K. R. Narayan sworn in as 13th President of India.  
• Aug 15  : India celebrates Golden Jubilee of Indian Independence.

1998

• Jan 10-20  : The 29th International Film Festival of India held at New Delhi.  
• Jan 26  : India celebrates its 49th Republic Day, Chief Guest : French President Mr. Jacques Chirac.  
• Mar 01  :Bharat Ratna conferred on Dr.A.P.J.  Abdul Kalam,   
• Mar 19  : Mr.A.B.  Vajpayee becomes 16th Prime Minister of India.  
• May  11  : India conducts three Nuclear tests at Pokhran.  
• May 13  : India conducts two more tests at Pokhran. 
• May  28  : Pakistan conducts nuclear atom bomb test.  
• July 12  : France won  World Cup-1998.

1999

• May 26-July 17  India – Pakistan Kargil  War.; 
• Oct.10 :   13th Lok Sabha Elections – Mr.Vajpayee sworn in as Prime Minister.; 
• Dec.5 : Mumbai girl Yukta Mookhey becomes Miss  World. – 
• Dec.24 – 31 :  Indian  Airlines(IC-814) hijacked by terrorists and hostages released at Khandhar.

2000

• Mar.22 :  India’s INSAT-3B launched
• Aug.28 : President gives his assent to the Bills relating to the creation of the new states of Uttaranchal, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh.  
• Sep.30 : Gen.S.Padmanabhan takes over as the new Chief of  Army Staff from Gen.V.P. Malik.  
• Dec.24 : Vishwanathan  Anand  becomes World  Chess Champion.

2001 

• Jan.12 :  First genetically engineered monkey created (Andy) by scientists in US. 
• March.1: The nation’s population touches 1.02 billion comprising 531,277,078 men and 495,738,169 women.  
• Sep.11: Terrorists attack the  World Trade Centre in New  York-the 110-storey twin towers.

2002 

• Jan.6 :  India’s 21st  Antartica expedition leaves- team headed by Dr. Prem Chand Pandey. 
• Feb.27-28 Attack on Sabarmati Express by militants – Ram Sevaks from  Ayodhya torched at Gadhra railway station.;  
• April.2 :  POTO (Prevention of  Terrorism Ordinance) gets assent from the President after a joint sitting of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.  
• May.10 : Mr. Joshi, is the new speaker of Lok Sabha