India - Important Events for All Competitive Exams

3000 Indus Valley Civilization, Mohen-jo-Daro & Harappa
563 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.
1939 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.
1988 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.