Before the Common Era (BCE) Common Era (CE)

6000 Neolithic settlements in Baluchistan 20-46 Gondophemes, the greatest Indo-Parthian king in Taxila
St Thomas in India
4000-3000 Settlements in the Indus valley
45 Invasion of north-western India by the Yuechis under Kujula
3000-1500 Broad period of Indus civilisation Kadphises, established the Kushan empire

3000-2500 Beginning/Early phase of Indus civilisation 46 Discovery of monsoon winds by Hippalus, a Greek sailor

2700 Date of Indus seals found at Kish in Mesopotamia 64 Chinese emperor Mingti sent agents to India for Buddhist texts
2500-1750 Mature phase of Indus civilisation 66 Rise of Buddhist monks, Kasyap Matang & Gobharan, in China
Civilisation of the great cities in the Indus valley (Mohenjodaro
and, Harappa), in the Punjab (Kalibangan) and Gujarat (Lothal). 77 Pliny’s Natural History

1750-1500 Later phase / Decline of Indus civilisation 78 Commencement of the Saka era by Kanishka
Immigration of the Vedic Aryans

1500-1000 Early / Rig Vedic Period Settlement of the Aryans in the Punjab 78-110 Reign of Kanishka; Heyday of the Kushana empire
and the western Ganga-Yamuna Doab
80-128 Resurgence of Satavahanas under Gautamiputra Satakarni
and Vasishtiputra Pulamayi
1000 Iron in India

1000 – 600 Later Vedic Period, Settlement of the Aryans in the central and 130-150 Rudradaman I, the greatest Saka satrap in western India
eastern Gangetic plains
Emergence of Janapadas or territorial kingdoms 226 Establishment of Sassanian dynasty in Persia
Painted Grey Ware (PGW) in the areas of Aryan settlement
250 Disintegration of the Satavahana kingdom
Traditional date of the birth of Parsvanatha, the 23rd tirthankara
320 Beginning of Gupta era by Chandragupta I
Rise of Second Urbanization in India (eastern Gangetic valley)
Rise of 16 mahajanapadas 320-335 Reign of Chandragupta I
563-483 Hitherto accepted date of Buddha 335-375 Reign of Samudragupta, known as Indian Napoleon for his
military conquests
542-413 Haryankas of Magadha
360 Ceylonese embassy to Samudragupta’s court
540-468 Hitherto accepted date of Mahavira

Gandhara and Sind satrapies of the Persian empire 375-413 Reign of Chandragupta Il, westward expansion of the Guptas
Behistun inscription of Darius I and peak of Sanskrit literature

413-364 Sisunagas of Magadha 405-411 Fa-hien in India

364-321 Nandas of Magadha 413-455 Reign of Kumaragupta l

Foundation of the Nalanda University
327-325 Alexander’s Invasion of India

Battle of Hydaspes (Jhelum) and defeat of Porus by Alexander 455-467 Reign of Skandagupta
First attack of the Hunas
321-184 Maurya Empire

305-303 Chandragupta Maurya’s war with Seleucus Nikator 467-540 Decline of the Gupta dynasty

272-268 War of succession between Asoka and his brothers 500-527 Rule of Hunas over north India under Toramana and Mihirakula

268-232 Asoka’s reign 527 Defeat of Mihirakula by Yasodharman

Asoka ‘s conquest of Kalinga 543-755 Chalukyas of Badami (Early Chalukyas)

Asoka’s conversion to Buddhism by Upagupta 547 Indikopleustes of Kosmas (fndicopleustes of Cosmas)

Greek merchant and traveler
Third Buddhist council at Pataliputra
Buddhist missions in South Asia and the Hellenistic World 560-903 Great Pallavas of Kanchipuram

Independence of the Greeks in Bactria 606-647 Harshavardhana’s reign

232-184 Later Mauryas 622 Commencement of hijra (Muslim) era

184-75 Sungas (Pushyamitra-founder, Devabhumi-last Sunga) 625 The embassy of Pulakesin Il to the Persian king, Khusrau Il
141 Sakas conquer Bactria 630 Harsha’s clash with Pulakesin Il on the banks of the Narmada

94 Maues, Saka king in north-western India 630-643 Hiuen Tsang in India

75-28 Kanvas (Vasudeva-founder, Susermanlast Kanva) 630-1070 Eastern Chalukyas of Vengi

58 Beginning of Vikramasamvat (era) by Vikramaditya of Ujjain 634 Aihole inscription of Pulakesin Il

Azes I, the second Saka ruler in north-western India
642 Conquest of Badami by Narasimhavarman I of Kanchi
50 Emergence of Satavahanas in Deccan
King Kharavela of Kalinga (Hathigumpha inscription) 643 Harsha’s quinquennial assembly at Prayag
2 Despatch of Buddhist missionaries from the Bactrian court
to the Chinese emperor 648 Bhaskaravarman (king of Kamarupa) helped Wang Hiuen Tse
(Chinese ambassador) in restoring the successor of Harsha on
the throne of Kanauj

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675-685 Yijing ( Tang dynasty Chinese Buddhist monk) at Nalanda
University. | Reign of Narasimhavarman Il of Kanchi

700-728 Peak of prosperity and cultural activities

712 Arab’s conquest of Sind

743-789 Santarakshita and Padmasambhava (Buddhist monks) in Tibet.

MODERN INDIA

712 First invasion of Sindh by Mohammed-bin-Qasim (Arabs)

836 Accession of King Bhoja of Kannauj

985 Accession of Rajaraja, the Chola ruler

998 Accession of Sultan Mahmud Ghazni

1001 First invasion of India by Mahmud Ghazni who defeated

Jaipal, the ruler of Punjab
1024 Destruction of Somnath Temple by Mahmud Ghazni

1191 First battle of Tarain/ Taraori between Prithviraj Chauhan

and Sultan Mohammad Ghori
1192 Second battle of Tarain

1206 Succession of Qutubuddin Aibak

1210 Death of Qutubuddin Aibak

1221 Mongol invasion -Chengiz Khan invaded India

1236 Succession of Razia Sultana to the sovereignty of Delhi

1240 Death of Razia Sultana

1296 Accession of Alauddin Khilji

1316 Death of Alauddin Khilji
1325 Accession of Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq

1327 Transfer of Capital from Delhi to Devagiri (Daulatabad)

by Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
1336 Foundation of Vijaynagar empire in the South
1351 Accession of Firoz Shah Tughlaq

1398 Timur’s invasion of India

1469 Birth of Guru Nanak

1494 Accession of Babur in Farghana

1497 First expedition of Vasco da Gama to India

1707 to 1749 1750 to 1799

Defeat and death of Nizam Nasir Jang, Muzaffar Jung

1707 Battle of Jajau, accession of Bahadur Shah I 1750 became Nizam

1708 Death of Guru Gobind Singh

Capture and defence of Arcot by Robert Clive

Death of Muzaffar Jang, accession of Salabat Jang as Nizam

1712 Death of Bahadur Shah I, accession of Jahandar Shah 1751
Conclusion of treaty by Nawab Alivardi Khan with the

Marathas by surrendering Cuttack

1713 Accession of Farukh Siyar, murder of Jahandar Shah

Recall of Dupleix, Godehu’s as governor and his treaty

1754 with the English.
Hussain Ali becomes viceroy of the Deccan Accession of Alamgir Il
1714
Treaty between Hussain Ali and the Marathas
21 April 1756 Death of Alivardi Khan, accession of Siraj-ud-daula

20 June 1756 Capture of Calcutta by Siraj-ud-daula

Execution of Banda Bahadur
1716
Surman Embassy to the Imperial Court 2 Jan 1757 Recovery of Calcutta by the English

Jan 1757 Delhi and Mathura sacked by Ahmad Shah Abdali

Emperor Farukh Siyar’s farman to East India Co. 9 Feb 1757 Treaty of Alinagar between Siraj and the English
1717
Appointment of Murshid Quli Khan as governor of Bengal Capture of Chandannagar by the English

23 June 1757 Battle of Plassey

Farukh Siyar put to death Mir Jafar installed as Nawab

1719 Accession and deposition of puppet emperors 2 July 1757 Capture and execution of Siraj-ud-daula

Accession of Muhammad Shah

1748-63 3rd Carnatic War

1720 Fall of the Sayyid brothers Arrival of Lally in India

1758 Occupation of the Panjab by the Marathas

Appointment of Saadat Khan as governor of Awadh Masulipatnam captured by British Colonel Forde

1724 Virtual independence of the Nizam in the Deccan,

Battle of Bedara at Chinsurah between British & Dutch
Appointment of Qamaruddinas wazir
1759 Prince Ali Gauhar’s futile invasion of Bihar

Emperor Alamgir Il murdered by Ghazi-ud-din

1739 Nadir Shah took Delhi and sacked it

Death of Shuja-ud-din, Sarfaraz, as governor of Bengal

22 Jan 1760 Battle of Wandiwash
Capture of Bassein and Salsette by the Marathas
Battle of Udgir between the Marathas and the Nizam
1740 Alivardi Khan became Nawab of Bengal
1760 Installation of Mir Qasim as Nawab of Bengal
Marathas invaded Bengal
1742 Vansittart appointed governor in Bengal
Dupleix as governor of Pondicherry
14 Jan 1761 3rd battle of Panipat

1744-48 1st Carnatic war (Anglo-French)

Surrender of Pondicherry to the English

Accession of Ali Gauhar as Emperor Shah Alam Il

1745 War Rohillas in occupation of Rohilkhand

Appointment of Shujauddaula as wazir

1746 Capture of Madras by La Bourdonnais
Haider Ali king of Mysore

1747 Invasion by Ahmad Shah Abdali

1763 Mir Qasim driven out of Bengal and Bihar
Death of Nizam Chinquilich Khan
1748
21 Oct 1764 Battle of Buxar
Death of Muhammad Shah, accession of Ahmad Shah

1749 Restoration of Madras to the English 1765 Death of Mir Jafar

1949-54 2nd Carnatic War 2nd governorship of Clive in Bengal

 1794 Death of Mahadji Sindhia – ruler of Gwalior
12 Aug 1765 Treaty of Allahabad – Shah Alam II & Company

Grant of the diwani of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa Battle of Kharda between Nizam and Maratha
1795
Death of Ahalya Bai
1766 Acquisition by the Company of the Northern Circars

Death of Peshwa Madhav Rao Narayan

1766-69 1st Mysore War
1796
Baji Rao Il became the last Peshwa
1767 Departure of Clive, Verelest as governor in Bengal

Zaman Shah in the Punjab

1769 The Great Bengal Famine 1797
Death of Nawab Asaf-ud-daula of Awadh

Death of Peshwa Madhava Rao

1772 Lord Wellesley governor general
Accession and murder of Peshwa Narayan Rao 1798
Acceptance of Subsidiary Alliance by the Nizam

Enactment of the Regulating Act

1798-99 4th Anglo – Mysore War
1773 Warren Hastings appointed governor of Bengal

Death of Tipu and fall of Seringapatnam

Peshwaship of Raghunath Rao or Raghoba

Partition of Mysore & installation of the Hindu Raja’s family in Mysore

Accession of Narayan Rao as peshwa
1799 Ranjit Singh appointed governor of Lahore by Zaman Shah
1774 Rohilla War
Malcolm led English mission to Persia
Establishment of Supreme Court in Calcutta
Baptist Mission established at Serampore by William Carey

1775 Trial and execution of Nanda Kumar

1800 to 1825
1775-82 1st Anglo – Maratha War

1776 Treaty of Purandhar between Peshwa and British 1800 Death of Nana Fadnavis

1801 Carnatic annexed to the British empire

1779 Convention of Wadgaon between Maratha and British
Battle of Poona between rival Maratha clans
1780 Gwalior captured by General Popham 1802
Treaty of Bassein between British and Baji Rao II

1780-84 2nd Anglo – Mysore War 1803-05 2nd Anglo – Maratha War

Deposition of Chait Singh – Ruler of Benares Recall of Lord Wellesley

1781 1805 2nd term of Lord Cornwallis as governor general
Amendment of the Regulating Act
George Barlow as governor general

Affair of the Begums of Oudh

1806 Vellore Mutiny
1782 Treaty of Salbai
1807 Lord Minto I became governor general
Death of Haider Ali
British missions under Malcolm to Persia
1808
1783 Fox’s India Bill – abolition of the Court of Directors and the British mission to Kabul under Elphinstone
Court of Proprietors
1809 Treaty of Amritsar between the English and Ranjit Singh
Treaty of Mangalore closed the 2nd Mysore War
1784
Pitt’s India Act Charter Act – end of companies monopoly over trade
1813
Lord Hastings as governor general
1786 Lord Cornwallis appointed governor general
War with Nepal
1814-16
3rd Anglo – Mysore War Treaty of Sagauli – established the boundary line of Nepal
1790-92
Treaty of Seringapatnam Pindari war
3rd Anglo – Maratha War
1817-18
1792 Ranjit Singh became the leader of a Sikh misl Abolition of Peshwaship
1st cotton mill in India, Fort Gloster, Howrah
1793 Permanent Settlement of land revenue in Bengal 1819 Protective alliances with the states of Rajputana
Charter Act of 1793
1820 Thomas Munro as governor of Madras
Sir John Shore—governor general
1823 Lord Amherst governor general
Lord Ellenborough became governor general
1842
1824 Barrackpore Mutiny Oriental Bank Corporation established in Bombay

1st Burmese War

1824-26 Treaty of Yandabo War with the Amirs of Sind

Annexation of Assam, Arakan and Tennasserim Annexation of Sind,

1843
Battle of Maharajpur between British and Maratha forces in Gwalior
1826 to 1849
Suppression of slavery

1826 Fall of Bharatpur

1828 Lord William Bentinck as governor general

1844 Lord Hardinge became governor general

Akbar II, Mughal Emperor of Delhi

1829
Bengal Sati Regulation Act, 1829 1st Sikh War
1845-46
1829-37 Suppression of Thuggee by Sleeman Treaty of Lahore

Annexation of Cachar
Raja Ramohan Roy visited England Kashmir is ceded to the British East India Company
1830 1846
Mysore rebellion
The Koh-i-Noor diamond is surrendered to Queen Victoria
Thuggee and Dacoity Department

Assumption of Mysore administration by the English

Journey of Alexander Burnes up the Indus
Lord Dalhousie became governor general
1831 Meeting at Rupar – Ranjit Singh and William Bentinck
Death of Henry Louis Vivian Derozio Revolt of Mulraj in Punjab
1848
1832 Annexation of Jaintia Doctrine of Lapse policy started by British

1833 Charter Act 1833

Annexation of Satara
East India Company monopoly on China trade ends
Tea Committee to assess the potential of Assam tea

Annexation of Coorg 2nd Sikh War

1834 Institution of law member in Supreme Council with Lord 1848-49
Annexation of the Punjab
Macaulay as the first incumbent

Foundation of Calcutta Medical College

1835 Bethune School for girls started in Calcutta

English Education Act 1835 – Macaulay’s Minute

2 Feb 1835 1849 Annexation of Jaitpur and Sambalpur
English replace Persian – official language of India
Great Indian Peninsula Railway was incorporated
Charles Metcalfe as governor general
20 Mar
Abolition of Press restrictions

Assam Rifles, was founded in India

24 Mar
Lease of the Darjeeling by British from the Kingdom of Sikkim 1850 to 1857
1836 Lord Auckland as governor general
1850 Penal annexation of a part of Sikkim
1837-38 Famine in North India Nov 1850 1st experimental electric telegraph line Calcutta and
Diamond Harbour

1838 Tripartite treaty – English with Shah Shuja and Ranjit Singh
1851 1st freight train is operated in Roorkee

New treaty forced on the Amirs of Sind

1852 2nd Burmese War and annexation of Pegu
1839 Death of Ranjit Singh Death ex-Peshwa Baji Rao II & stoppage of his pension

Cyclone- port city Coringa Andhra Pradesh 300,000 people die

16 April 1853 1st railway in India from Bombay to Thane, 35 km
Laying of telegraph line from Calcutta to Agra
1st Afghan War Annexation of Nagpur & Jhansi
1839-42
Cession of Berar by the Nizam
1st Opium War in China
Charter Act 1853
Entrance into I.C.S. through open to competition
1840 1st tea gardens in at Chittagong
7 July 1854 2nd cotton mill – Bombay Spinning and Weaving Indian Councils Act
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Company by Cowasjee Nanabhoy Davar
High Courts Act
Education Dispatch of Charles Wood- Wood’s despatch
Civil Service Act
1861
1st all India stamp issued Calcutta Survey
Famine in N.W. India
15 Aug 1854 1st passenger train – Howrah to Hooghly
Enactment of the Code of Criminal Procedure

1855 British annexed Thanjavur Maratha kingdom Delhi Department of Police is founded

1855-57 Santhal rebellion 1862 Lord Elgin I as Governor-General

2 July 1862 Establishment of Calcutta High Courts

1856 Annexation of Oudh
Supreme & Sadar Courts merged into high courts
Measured height of ‘Peak XV’ – Mount Everest

The Indian Universities Act 1863 1st to join Indian Civil Service – Satyendranath Tagore

Religious Disabilities Act

John Lawrence as Governor-General
Lord Canning as Governor General
Shimla was declared as the summer capital
1864
26 July 1856 Hindu Widow’s Remarriage Act
Bhutan War
End of Crimean War
Indian Forest service was set up
General Service Order
Orissa famine
Persian War
1865 Opening of telegraphic communication with Europe
2nd Opium War (1856-60)
Indian Forest Acts – British claims over forests in India
Introduction of the Enfield rifle

1867 Fiscal year April–March

1857 Foundation of Calcutta, Bombay & Madras Universities

Opening of railway from Ambala to Delhi

1857 – 58 Sepoy Mutiny
1868 Bank of Bombay established
29 Mar 1857 Revolt of Mangal Pandey at Barrackpore
Tata Group is founded by Jamsetji Tata
10 May Revolt began at Meerut

11 May Revolt began in Delhi 1869 Lord Mayo became Viceroy

20 Sept 1857 British forces recapture Delhi 2 Oct 1869 Birth of Gandhiji

Jan-Mar 1858 Trial of Emperor Bahadur Shah

Infanticide is banned in India
1870
June 1858 The last rebels surrender in Gwalior
1st submarine telegraph cable from UK to Bombay
July 1858 Proclamation of peace by Lord Canning
1871 Criminal Tribes Act – hereditary criminals

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Murder of Lord Mayo by Sher Ali Afridi in A&N Islands
1872
1858 to 1875
Lord Northbrook appointed viceroy

2 Aug 1858 Government of India Act 1858 1873 Famine in Bihar

1 Nov 1858 Darbar was held at Allahabad

1874 Agra Canal opens
Queen’s Proclamation – assumed the govt. of India
1875 Deposition of Malhar Rao Gaekwad
Lord Canning appointed as 1st Viceroy
31 Oct 1975 Birth of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Withdrawal of Doctrine of Lapse
1859 Visit of Edward, Prince of Wales
Execution of Tatya Tope

1876 to 1899
1859-60 Indigo revolt in Bengal

Lord Lytton I became viceroy

1876
1860 Enactment of Indian Penal Code Royal Titles Act
Occupation of Quetta
 Outbreak of famine in the Deccan
Lord Elgin Il as Viceroy
1894
1 Jan 1877 2nd Delhi Durbar Punjab National Bank was founded by Lala Lajpat Rai

Queen Victoria proclaimed empress of India

Plague epidemic in Bombay

1896 No-tax campaign in Maharashtra by Bal Gangadhar Tilak

1878 – 80 2nd Afghan War
Famine started in Bundelkhand

1878 Vernacular Press Act

Famine Commission

1880 Lord Ripon as viceroy 1897 Battle of Saragarhi

Formation of Indian Education Service

Rendition of Mysore

1881 1st Factory Act

1897-98 Frontier War – Tirah campaign – between British and Afghan
1st General Census

Repeal of Vernacular Press Act 1898 1st volume of the Linguistic Survey of India is published in Calcutta
1882
Hunter Education Commission

1899 Lord Curzon became Viceroy

Beginning of local self-government in India

1883
Ilbert Bill – allow Indian judges to try Europeans 1900 to 1910

1884 Lord Dufferin as viceroy Land Alienation Act

1900
India’s first participation in the summer Olympics

1885 3rd Burmese War

Death of Queen Victoria and accession of King Edward VIl
25 Dec 1885 1st meeting of the Indian National Congress 1901
North West Frontier Province created
Bengal Local Self-Government Act
1902 United Provinces of Agra and Oudh is established

Annexation of Upper Burma 1903 – 04 Tibetan expedition – Younghusband mission

1886
Restoration of Gwalior fort
Ancient Monuments Preservation Act

1904 Indian Universities Act

Lord Lansdowne became viceroy Co-operative Society Act

1888
1st ever temple for the untouchables in Aruvippuram, Kerala
Partition of Bengal announced
19 July 1905

Viceroy – Lord Curzon

2nd Factory Act
Home Secretary – Herbert Hope Risley

1891 Age of Consent Act Governor of Western Bengal – Andrew Fraser

16 Oct 1905
Anglo-Manipur War
Partition took place

Lord Mito II became Viceroy

1892 Indian Councils Act
Morely – Secretary of State for India

Swadeshi and boycott movement

Durand Line – Boundary between British India and Afghanistan
1893 Indian Railway Board founded
Vivekanada in U.S.A. – World’s Parliament of Religions
1906 Officially adaptation of Indian Standard Time
 April 1916 Home Rule League – Tilak – Belgaum
30 Dec 1906 Foundation of the Muslim League
Sept 1916 Home Rule League – Annie Besant – Madras
INC President Dadabhai Naoroji declared ‘Swaraj’
Sept 1916 Foundation of the Women’s University at Poona

1907 Anglo-Russian Convention

Dec 1916 Lucknow Pact – Congress & Muslim League

26 Dec 1907 Surat split

1917 INC demands self-government for India
Newspapers Act
April 1917 Champaran Satyagraha
Tata steel started manufacturing
20 Aug 1917 August Declaration, in the British House of Commons
Ani Besent – president of Thiosafical society

1918 Indians declared eligible for King’s Commission

12 Mar 1908 Tinnevely riot
Indian National Liberal Federation
May 1908 Trial of Alipore bomb case (1908-09)
Publication of Montague Chelmsford Report
29 April Muzaffarpur Conspiracy – Khudiran & P. Chaki
Kheda Satyagraha – 1st Non-Cooperation

Nasik conspiracy
11 Nov 1918 End of first world war

1909 Indian Councils Act (Morley-Minto Reforms)

10 Mar 1919 Rowlatt Act or Black Act
1st Indian to Viceroy’s Executive Council – S.P Sinha
6 April Rowlatt Satyagraha

1910 Lord Hardinge as Viceroy

9 April Saifuddin Kitchlew & Dr. Satyapal arrested

Sri Aurobindo began his spiritual pursuits

13 April 1919 Jallianwala Bagh Massacre in Amritsar, Punjab

14 Oct Hunter Commission

1911 to 1919
23 Dec 1919 Government of India Act, 1919

Feb 1911 1st official air mail flight – Allahabad to Naini

11 Dec 1911 Coronation of George V in New Delhi

1920 to 1929
12 Dec Delhi Durbar

12 Dec Partition of Bengal nullified July 1920 House of Commons adopts Hunter report

12 Dec Transfer of capital to Delhi announced The Khilafat Movenwnt

27 Dec 1911 Jana Gana Mana – free India’s National Anthem 1 Aug 1920 Death of Bal Gangadhar Tilak

31 Aug 1920 Non-cooperation Movement – Nagpur session

22 Mar 1912 State of Bihar and Orissa formed out of Bengal
23 Dec 1912 Bomb at Hardinge – Delhi conspiracy case Lord Sinha – Governor of Bihar and Orissa
Introduced registration of motor vehicles
1921 Permanent Advisory Council of Princes
15 July 1913 Ghadar Party founded in Astoria, Oregon
July 1921 Moplah or Malabar rebellion
Nobel Prize for Rabindranath Tagore
Raja Harishchandra – 1st full-length Indian film
Visit of Edward, Prince of Wales

4 April 1914 Komagata Maru incident – 4 April to 27 Sept Lord Reading became viceroy

28 July 1914 1st World War, Declaration of War 23 Dec Rabindranath founded Visva-Bharati

26 sept Landing of Indian troops in France 4 Feb 1922 Chauri Chaura incident

McMahon Line – Simla Accord

10 Mar 1922 Withdrawal of Non-cooperation Movement

9 Jan 1915 Gandhiji returns to India from South Africa 11 Mar Gandhiji is arrested in Bombay for sedition

Feb 1915 Ghadar Mutiny Peshawar Conspiracy

19 Mar 1915 Defence of India Act

9 Jan 1923 Foundation of Swaraj Party

1916 Lord Chelmsford as Viceroy Certification of Salt Tax

Sadler University Commission Decision to Indianise regiments of Indian army

9 Sept 1924 Kohat riots May 1932 Riots between Hindus and Muslims in Bombay

4 Dec 1924 Gateway of India in Bombay 16 Aug Communal Award – Ramsay MacDonald

Vaikom Satyagraha in Kereral 20 Sept 1932 Gandhiji begins a hunger strike in Poona prison

23 Sept Pahartali European Club attack – P. Waddedar

Feb 1925 1st electric train in Bombay
24 Sept Poona Pact – B. R. Ambedkar and Gandhi
Pink’s War in North West Frontier
Foundation of Indian Military Academy
June Death of C R Das

9 Aug 1925 Kakori conspiracy – HRA 28 Jan 1933 Pakistan Declaration published

Formation of the Inter-University Board Joint Select Committee on Indian Constitution

Lord Lytton II became viceroy Gandhi transfers charge of Congress to Nehru

Dyarchy suspended in Bengal

7 April 1934 Civil Disobedience Movement called off

Lord Irwin as Viceroy July 1934 Communist Party of India is declared unlawful
1926
Devaluation of the rupee Factories Act

Royal Indian Navy created

Nov 1927 Appointment of Simon Commission

1 April 1935 Reserve Bank of India is founded

3 Feb 1928 Simon Commission reached in Bombay – Hartal
2 Aug 1935 Government of India Act
May 1928 Hockey Gold Medal – Amsterdam Olympics

10 Aug Nehru Report – Lucknow conference of all parties Lord Linlithgow became Viceroy
1936
30 Oct Simon Commission in Lahore Temple Entry Proclamation

17 Nov 1928 Lala Lajpat Rai died in a protest

Feb 1937 Final results of the elections were declared
Board of Control for Cricket in India is formed
1 April 1937 Provincial autonomy begins

Aug 1929 Meerut Conspiracy Case – (1929-33) Formation of Congress Ministries in 6 provinces

31 Oct 1929 Deepavali Declaration – Irwin Burma and Aden are separated from India

19 Dec Lahore Session and ‘Poone Swaraj‘ Resolution New Viceroy’s speech is boycotted by Congress

31 Dec 1929 Indian flag hoisted by Nehru – Ravi river Federal court started

26 Jan 1930 INC declares day for Poorna Swaraj 29 April 1939 S. C. Bose resigns as president of Congress

12 Mar 1930 Dandi / Salt March started 1 Sept 1939 2nd World War (1939-45)

5 April Civil Disobedience Movement started at Dandi 17 Oct Congress demand a definition of war aims

18 April 1930 Chittagong armory raid by Surya Sen Viceroy announced – Dominion Status after war

23 April Qissa Khwani Bazaar massacre Nov 1939 Resignation by Provincial Congress Ministries

30 April Vedaranyam Salt satyagraha in South India 22 Dec 1939 Day of Deliverance by Muslim League

May 1930 Report of Simon Commission

24 Mar 1940 Pakistan Resolution – Fazlul Haq – Muslim League
Rebellion in Burma
8 Aug 1940 August Offer by Linlithgow’s
Oct 1930 1st Round Table Conference

8 Dec 1930 Battle of Writers’ Building

1941 to 1947
5 Mar 1931 Irwin – Gandhi Pact
16 Jan 1941 Great escape – Netaji went over land to Germany
23 Mar 1931 Bhagat Singh, Rajguru & Sukhdev were hanged
8 Mar 1942 Japanese army enters Rangoon
7 Sept 2nd Round Table Conference
22 Mar 1942 Cripps Mission
Lord Wellingdon as Viceroy
Chakra was adopted on centre of the flag by INC 8 Aug 1942 Quit India resolution – Bombay session of AICC
9 Aug Indian leaders & Gandhi was arrested

Aug 1942 Ballia parallel govt. in UP – Chittu Pandey

Aug 1942 Indian National Army formed – Mohan Singh

Dec Jatiya Sarkar in Tamluk, WB (1942-44)

1943 Bengal famine

23 Mar 1943 Pakistan day observed

Wavell became governor general

25 Aug Netaji became supreme of INA

Prati Sarkar at Satara, MH (1943-45, longest)

21 Oct Netaji formed Govt. of Free India in Singapore

5 Dec Japanese attack the Port of Kolkata

30 Dec 1943 Netaji sets up Indian govt. at Port Blair.

Netaji hoisted Tricolor flag at Port Blair.

8 Mar 1944 Battle of Imphal – British vs. Japan & INA

Mar 1944 Rajagopalchari Formula

14 April 1944 INA hoisted Tricolour flag at Moirang.

12 Jan 1945 Desai liaquat pact

25 June 1945 Simla Conference – Wavell Plan

15 Aug Japan surrendered

2 Sept End of World War II

Nov 1945 INA trials began at the Red Fort

Dec 1945 General elections in India

Congress largest party 59 seats of the 102

Jan 1946 Royal Air Force Mutiny

18 Feb 1946 Royal Indian Navy Mutiny

23 Mar Cabinet Mission in India

2 April Cabinet Mission in Delhi

16 Aug 1946 Direct Action Day by Muslim League

20 Aug Communal riots in Dhaka

2 Sept 1946 Formation of the Interim Govt.

26 Oct Muslim League joined the Interim Govt.

9 Dec 1946 1st session of the Constituent Assembly

20 Feb 1947 Atlee announced freedom of India

21 Feb Mountbatten became governor-general

15 Mac Communal riots in the Panjab

17 May Tripura is officially ceded to India

3 June 1947 Mountbatten Plan – Partition of India

18 July Royal assent on Independence of India Act