2500 -1500 BC
- Mohenjo-daro and Harrapa flourished in the Indus Valley.
1500 BC - The first wave of Aryan immigration into India began
326 BC - Alexander the Great invaded India.
322-182 BC - Mauryan dynasty, the first historical dynasty in the history of India.
1498 - Vasco-da-Gama lands at Calicut.
1510 - Portuguese capture Goa
2500 -1500 BC
- Mohenjo-daro and Harrapa flourished in the Indus Valley.
1500 BC - The first wave of Aryan immigration into India began
326 BC - Alexander the Great invaded India.
322-182 BC - Mauryan dynasty, the first historical dynasty in the history of India.
1498 - Vasco-da-Gama lands at Calicut.
1510 - Portuguese capture Goa
1526 - First battle of Panipat. Establishment of the Mughal Dynasty.
1526 - 1857 - Mughal rule in India.
1600 - East India Company constituted
1757 - Battle of Plassey
1857 - First War of Independence
1858 - India comes under direct rule of the British crown after failed Indian mutiny.
1885 - Indian National Congress founded
1905 - First partition of Bengal
1906 - Formation of Muslim League
1919 - The massacre at Jalianwallabagh
1930
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Salt Satyagraha, First Round Table Conference
1942-43
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Quit India movement
1947
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India gains freedom, and Jawaharlal Nehru is sworn in as the first Prime Minister of independent India.
1947-48
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Hundreds of thousands die in widespread communal bloodshed after partition.
1948
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Mahatma Gandhi assassinated by Nathuram Godse.
1950
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India becomes a Republic. Dr Rajendra Prasad is the first President of India.
1952
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First general elections; Congress government comes to power
1956
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The states are reorganized on a linguistic basis
1962
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War with China and India loses
1964
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Death of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru
1965
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War with Pakistan; ceasefire declared
1966
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Tashkent Agreement reached. Shastri dies at Tashkent. Indira Gandhi becomes prime minister.
1971
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Third war with Pakistan
1971
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Twenty-year treaty of friendship signed with Soviet Union.
1972
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Shimla agreement signed between India and Pakistan.
1974
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India's first atomic device exploded at Pokhran in Rajasthan.
1975
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Indira Gandhi declared state of emergency.
1977
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Indira Gandhi's Congress Party loses general elections. Janata Party comes to power
1979
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Janata Party splits; Seventh general elections held
1980
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Indira Gandhi returns to power heading Congress party splinter group, Congress (Indira).
1984
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Operation Blue Star. Indira Gandhi assassinated; son Rajiv Gandhi becomes Prime Minister
1987
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India deploys troops for peacekeeping operation in Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict. Goa becomes the 25th state of India.
1989
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Rajiv Gandhi's Congress defeated in ninth general elections; minority government led by Janata Dal's V.P Singh comes to power
1990
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Indian troops withdrawn from Sri Lanka.
1991
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V.P Singh's government falls . Rajiv Gandhi assassinated. Congress government return to power with P.V. Narasimha Rao as Prime Minister
1992
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The dome of Babri Masjid in Ayodhya demolished by hindu fanatics; triggering widespread Hindu-Muslim violence.
1996
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Congress suffers worst ever electoral defeat as Hindu nationalist BJP emerges as largest single party. In May 16 AB Vajpayee is PM, until May 28; United Front Coalition forms government under Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda
1997
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Congress withdraws support to coalition government; I.K. Gujaral sworn in Prime Minister.
1998
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BJP forms coalition government under Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
1999
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Vajpayee makes historic bus trip to Pakistan to meet Premier Nawaz Sharif and to sign bilateral Lahore peace declaration.
1999
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Intense fighting in Kargil
2004
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Congress Party win in general elections. Dr. Manmohan Singh is sworn in as Prime Minister.
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