India

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  • Harappan
    1600 BCE

    Harappan

    Indus Valley Civilization
  • Central Asian Aryans
    1500 BCE

    Central Asian Aryans

    migrated to the indian subcontinent/verdic period
  • The Buddha
    563 BCE

    The Buddha

    Birth of Siddhartha Gautama
  • Jainism
    500 BCE

    Jainism

    founded by Mahavira near Bihar
  • Mauryan Emipire
    325 BCE

    Mauryan Emipire

    founded by Chandragupta Maurya
  • King Ashoka
    260 BCE

    King Ashoka

    converted to buddhism
  • Mauryan Empire
    185 BCE

    Mauryan Empire

    Lasted 321 - 185 BCE
  • Mahabharata
    101 BCE

    Mahabharata

    Composed a part by Bhagavad Gita
  • Gupta Empire
    320

    Gupta Empire

    was established
  • Gupta Empire
    600

    Gupta Empire

    lasted
  • Decline of Buddhism
    1200

    Decline of Buddhism

    Muslim armies conquered northern india
  • Guru Nanak
    1469

    Guru Nanak

    was born
  • Vasco de Gama
    1498

    Vasco de Gama

    reached india
  • Paradesi Jews
    1500

    Paradesi Jews

    began to arrive in india from arab muslim countries.
  • Mughal Empire
    1526

    Mughal Empire

    Babur overthrew the delhi sultanate and established the
  • Delhi Sultanate
    1526

    Delhi Sultanate

    from 1206-1526
  • Golden Temple

    Golden Temple

    was completed
  • EIC (EAST INDIAN COMPANY)

    EIC (EAST INDIAN COMPANY)

    Was founded
  • Dutch Traders

    Dutch Traders

    arrived at Pulicat (remained until 1825)
  • Adi Granth

    Adi Granth

    Compiled by 5TH Sikh Guru ARJUN
  • EIC Representatives

    EIC Representatives

    First sent to Mughal court
  • Taj Mahal

    Taj Mahal

    completed in Agra, that served as a tomb for the late wife of, Shah Jahan.
  • EIC TRADING

    EIC TRADING

    opened a trading station at Madras also known as Chennai.
  • Maratha Confederacy

    Maratha Confederacy

    came to power in central india
  • Parsis migrants

    Parsis migrants

    ZOROASTRIAN migrants from Iran and arrived in India
  • Battle of Plassey

    Battle of Plassey

    The last independent ruler in Bengal was defeated at the Battle of Plassey, ROBERT CLIVE then cemented BRITISH DOMINANCE on the sub continent.
  • FRENCH TRADING

    FRENCH TRADING

    Established trading posts at PONDICHERRY (until 1954)
  • Marathas Defeat

    Marathas Defeat

    Defeated as last major opposition to EIC in THIRD ANGLO MARATHA war.
  • INDIAN EDUCATION

    INDIAN EDUCATION

    Thomas Macaulay released, "Minute on Indian Education."
  • First rebellion.

    First rebellion.

    The Sepoy Mutiny was a violent and very bloody uprising against British rule in India in 1857. It is also known by other names: the Indian Mutiny, the Indian Rebellion of 1857, or the Indian Revolt of 1857.
  • BRITISH RAJ

    BRITISH RAJ

    Began. (1858-1947)
  • British Colony and ICS

    British Colony and ICS

    India became a british colony and created the indian civil service.
  • ICS FIRST CANDIDATE

    ICS FIRST CANDIDATE

    Shri Satyendranath Tagore was accepted,
  • INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

    INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

    was founded
  • Natal Indian Congress

    Natal Indian Congress

    created in south africa by mahatma Gandhi
  • Cellular Jail

    Cellular Jail

    completed near port blair in ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS.
  • NEW CAPITAL

    NEW CAPITAL

    New Delhi becoming the new capital.
  • LUCKNOW PACT

    LUCKNOW PACT

    was agreed to between the muslim league and the INC
  • Champaran Satygraha

    Champaran Satygraha

    first ahimsa movement led by Gandhi in BIHAR to protest INDIGO growing mandates.
  • Rowlatt Act

    Rowlatt Act

    was passed This act authorised the British government to arrest anybody suspected of terrorist activities
  • Amritsar Massacre

    Amritsar Massacre

    Numerous Punjab protestors against the Rowlatt act passed by the British gathered near the golden temple in JALLIANWALA BAGH led by Gurkhas from Nepal and Reginald Dyer.
  • Chauri Chaura Incident

    Chauri Chaura Incident

    made Gandhi stop the movement.
  • non-cooperation movement

    non-cooperation movement

    Anti-British movement led by Mahatma Gandhi (1920-1922)
  • Nehru REPORT

    Nehru REPORT

    issued and called for DOMINION status for British India
  • Salt march

    Salt march

    made by GANDHI
  • Dharasana Salt Works

    Dharasana Salt Works

    took place
  • Poona Pact

    Poona Pact

    agreed to by Gandhi and B.R Ambedkar
  • Government of India Act

    Government of India Act

    passed giving provincial controls to indians
  • The First Form of the Indian National Army

    The First Form of the Indian National Army

    founded by Mohan Singh in Singapore
  • Bollywood

    Bollywood

    begins a period of rapid growth after the release of the first indian blockbuster KISMET
  • End of British Raj

    End of British Raj

    India became independent after being partitioned from Muslim majority areas
  • Independent India

    Independent India

  • Period: to

    Indo Pakistani War

    war over disputed territory Kashmir
  • Gandhi Death

    Gandhi Death

    assassinated by Hindu Nationalists
  • Operation Polo

    Operation Polo

    gave india control over princely state HYDERABAD
  • Constitution of New India

    Constitution of New India

    passed and the day would become Republic Day JANUARY 26
  • Bharatiya Janatha Party (BJP)

    Bharatiya Janatha Party (BJP)

    founded by Shyma Prasad Mukherjee and would merge with others to form the BJP in 1975
  • Period: to

    Nehru Prime Minister

    congress won first general election and Nehru became Prime Minister
  • Operation Vijay

    Operation Vijay

    gave india control of Goa
  • non-aligned movement

    non-aligned movement

    began (Nehru)
  • Line of ACTUAL control

    Line of ACTUAL control

    established due to India losing border war with China
  • 2nd Indo Pakistani war

    2nd Indo Pakistani war

    began over Kashmir
  • Indira Gandhi

    Indira Gandhi

    became first indian female prime minister
  • Maoist Insurgency

    Maoist Insurgency

    began in Naxalite
  • 3rd indo pakistani war

    3rd indo pakistani war

    war with pakistan led to creation of Bangladesh
  • Line of Control

    Line of Control

    established in kashmir VIA SIMLA AGREEMENT
  • India Nuclear Device

    India Nuclear Device

    first test
  • Period: to

    Gandhi State of Emergency

    declared by gandhi allowing elections to be cancelled and civil liberties to be suspended. For much of the Emergency, most of Gandhi's political opponents were imprisoned and the press were censored.
  • Operation Blue star

    Operation Blue star

    an Indian Armed Forces operation between 1 and 10 June 1984 to remove Sikh militant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and other Sikh separatists from the buildings of the Golden Temple, the holiest site of Sikhism.
  • Indira Gandhi death

    Indira Gandhi death

    assassinated by Sikh bodyguards, Rajiv Gandhi then became prime minister ANTI-SIKH RIOTS ENSUED
  • Gawkadal Massacre

    Gawkadal Massacre

    Gawkadal bridge in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India, where, on 21 January 1990, the Indian paramilitary troops of the Central Reserve Police Force opened fire on a group of Kashmiri protesters
  • Rajiv Gandhi Death

    Rajiv Gandhi Death

    assassinated by Tamil Tiger Linked suicide bomber
  • Babri Masjid Mosque

    Babri Masjid Mosque

    demolished by Hindu Extremists in Ayodhya The 16th-century Babri Masjid in the city of Ayodhya, in Uttar Pradesh, India, had been the subject of a lengthy socio-political dispute, and was targeted after a political rally organised by Hindu nationalist organisations turned violent. In Hindu tradition, the city of Ayodhya is the birthplace of Rama.
  • BJP WIN

    BJP WIN

    won a majority over congress
  • India controversial nuclear tests

    India controversial nuclear tests

    carried out five nuclear tests
  • Lahore Peace Agreement

    Lahore Peace Agreement

    Prime Minister Vajpayee traveled to pakistan and signed the agreement with Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif
  • Kargil Conflict

    Kargil Conflict

    conflict in KASHMIR The conflict began in early May when the Indian military learned that Pakistani fighters had infiltrated the Indian-administered territory. After detecting the infiltration, India ordered its army and air force to push back the intruders, who included regulars of the Pakistani army.
  • India Billionth Citizen

    India Billionth Citizen

    born Aastha Arora's birth was celebrated. The child was declared India's “one billionth citizen” barely hours after her birth at 05:05 on May 11, 2000, in Delhi's Safdarjung hospital.
  • Ayodhya Train Attack

    Ayodhya Train Attack

    attack on Hindu Pilgrims led to retributions that killed over 1,000 muslims.
  • Manmohan Singh

    Manmohan Singh

    congress leader became prime minister
  • Pratibha Patil

    Pratibha Patil

    first woman elected to be president of india
  • First Mission to the Moon

    First Mission to the Moon

    India launched chandrayaan mission Chandrayaan-1, India's first mission to Moon, was launched successfully on October 22, 2008 from SDSC SHAR, Sriharikota. The spacecraft was orbiting around the Moon at a height of 100 km from the lunar surface for chemical, mineralogical and photo-geologic mapping of the Moon.
  • Mumbai Pakistani Terrorists

    Mumbai Pakistani Terrorists

    approximately 200 people died due to coordinated series of attacks made by Pakistani Terrorists. Pakistan claimed to have arrested Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, a senior leader of Lashkar-e-Taiba and the suspected mastermind of the Mumbai attacks, on December 8, 2008. Pakistani security forces carried out raids on Jamaat-ud-Dawa offices across the country.
  • Allahabad High Court ruling

    Allahabad High Court ruling

    ruled that the disputed holy site of ayodhya should be divided between hindus and muslims, the destruction of a mosque (BABRI mosque) by hindi extremists in 1992 led rioting where 2,000 people died.
  • Gang Rape Case

    Gang Rape Case

    led to violent protests and new laws refers to the incident in which a 22-year-old photojournalist, who was interning with an English-language magazine in Mumbai, was gang-raped by five people including a juvenile.
  • Narendra Modi

    Narendra Modi

    Him and the BJP won control of the government.