Important Dates in Indian History

• 2300 B.C- 1750 B.C- Indus Valley Civilization.
• 563 B.C- Birth of the Gautama Buddha.
• 483 B.C- Death of the Buddha.
• 540 B.C- Birth of the Mahavir.
• 486 B.C- Death of the Mahavir.
• 326 B.C- Invasion of the Alaxender The Great.
• 305 B.C- Defeat of Selecus at the hand of the Chandragupta Maurya.
• 261 B.C- Kalinga war.
• 58 B.C- Beginning of the Vikram era.
• 78 A.D- Beginning of the Saka era.
• 319-320 A.D- Commencement of the Gupta era.
• 712 A.D- First invasion in Sindh by Arabs (Mohammad-bin-Qasim).
• 1025 A.D- Destruction of Somnath Temple by Mahmud Ghazni.
• 1191 A.D- First battle of Tarain.
• 1192 A.D- Second battle of Tarain.
• 1327 A.D- Transfer of capital from Delhi to Devgiri (Daulatabad) in Deaccan by the Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq.
• 1398 A.D- Timur’s invasion of India.
• 1526 A.D- First battle of Panipat, Babur defeated Ibrahim Lodi, and laid the foundation of the Mughal Empire.
• 1498 A.D- Vasco da Gama came to India.
• 1527 A.D- Battle of Khanwa- Babur defeated Rana Sanga.
• 1539 A.D- Sher Shah defeated Humanyun in the battle of Chausa.
• 1556 A.D- Second battle of the Panipat, (Bairam Khan defeated Hemu).
• 1576 A.D- Battle of Haldighati, Akbar defeated Rana Sanga.
• 1600 A.D- English East India Co. established.
• 1739 A.D- Nadir Shah invades India.
• 1757 A.D- Battle of Palssey 
• 1761 A.D- Third Battle of Panipat.
• 1764 A.D- Battle of Buxar.
• 1793 A.D- Permanent settlement of Bengal.
• 1829 A.D- Prohibition of practice of Sati.
• 1853 A.D- First railway line opened between Bombay and Thane and a Telegraph line in a Kolkata.
• 1905 A.D- Partition of the Bengal by the Lord Curzon.
• 1911 A.D- Delhi becomes the capital of India.
• 1920 A.D- Khilafat movement launched.
• 1930 A.D- Civil disobedience movement, Dandi march.
• 1931 A.D- Gandhi-Irwin Pact.
• 1935 A.D- Government of India act.
• 1848 A.D- Doctrine of Lapse