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BC
16th 15th 14th 13th 12th 11th 10th 9th 8th 7th 6th 5th 5th 4th 3rd
Centuries
2nd 1st
AD
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18th 19th 20th 21st
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2,000,000
- 100,000
BC
Event
A skull fragment found in Hathnora in the Narmada Valley in central India indicate that
India might have been inhabited in the Middle Pleistocene era around 250,000 years
ago. Anek R. Sankhyan describes it as "debated and conveniently interpreted as
"evolved" Homo erectus or "archaic".[1] Tools crafted by proto-humans that have been
dated back two million years have been discovered in the northwestern part of the
subcontinent.[2][3] The earliest archaeological site in the subcontinent is the palaeolithic
hominid site in the Soan River valley.[4] Soanian sites are found in the Sivalik region
across what are now India, Pakistan, and Nepal.[5][6][7]
Some of the Bhimbetka shelters were inhabited by Homo erectus more than 100,000
years ago.[8][9]
Dravidian Culture is a prehistoric (aka Paleolithic) culture of South India.[10] It
flourished in the Lower Paleolithic, the earliest subdivision of the Stone Age, about 2.5
million years ago. It is called the Dravidian culture because artifact tools thought to be
related to this culture were first found at sites in Attirampakkam (Attrambakkam=13
13' 50", 79 53' 20"), which is located near Chennai (formerly known as
Madras),Tamil Nadu.[11] Thereafter, tools related to this culture have been found at
various other locations in this region. Bifacial handaxes and cleavers are typical
assemblages recovered of this culture.[12] Flake tools, microliths and other chopping
tools have also been found. Most of these tools were composed of the metamorphic
rock quartzite.[11] The stone tool artifacts in this assemblage have been identified as a
part of the second inter-pluvial period in India.[13]
Evidence for presence of Hominins with Acheulean technology 150,000-100,000 BCE
in Tamil Nadu.[14]
Paleolithic industries in South India Tamil Nadu 30,000 BCE[15]
90th century BC
Year
9,000
BC
Date
Event
Early Neolithic culture with first confirmed semi permanent settlements appeared 9000 years
ago in the Bhimbetka rock shelters in modern Madhya Pradesh, India. Some of the Stone
Age rock paintings found among the Bhimbetka rock shelters are approximately 30,000
years old.[16]
The ancient history of the region includes some of South Asia's oldest settlements[17] and
some of its major civilisations.[18][19]
60th century BC
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6000
BC
Event
Stone carvings of Edakkal Caves in Kerala.
35th century BC
Year
Date
3300
BC
Event
Phase of the Indus Valley Civilization begins. The civilization used an early form of the Indus
signs, the so-called Indus script.
27th century BC
Year
Date
Event
2600
BC
The cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-daro become large metropolises and the civilization
expands to over 2,500 cities and settlements across the whole of Pakistan, much of northern
India, and large parts of Afghanistan,[20] covering a region of around one million square
miles, which was larger than the land area of its contemporaries Egypt and Mesopotamia
combined, and also had superior urban planning and sewage systems. The civilization began
using the mature Indus script for its writing system.
2600
BC
End of the Early Dynastic II Period and the beginning of the Early Dynastic IIIa Period in
Mesopotamia.
2900
BC
2334
BC
26th century BC
Year
Date
Event
Mature Harappan phase of the Indus Valley Civilization begins. The cities of Harappa,
Lothal, Kalibangan, Dholavira, Rakhigarhi and Mohenjo-daro become large metropolises
and the civilization expands to over 2,500 cities and settlements. The civilization began using
the mature Indus script
2600
BC
25th century BC
Year
2500
BC
Date
Event
Dravidian Civilization begins in South India.
18th century BC
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Date
Event
1800
BC
1800
BC
Indo-Aryan migration
15th century BC
Year
Date
1500
BC
Event
Early Vedic Period (to 1000 BC)
13th century BC
Year
Date
1300
BC
Event
Cemetery H culture comes to an end
12th century BC
Year
Date
1200
BC
Event
Rigveda (to 1000 BC)
11th century BC
The other Vedas come into existence.
10th century BC
1000 BC Middle and Late Vedic period (to 500 BC)
Iron Age India
1000 - 300 BCE-Kanchi district, gold mine of Megalithic sites in South India, Tamil Nadu[21]
Iron Age kingdoms rule India Panchala, Kuru, Kosala, Videha.
9th century BC
Year
877
BC
Date
Event
Birth of Parsvanatha, 23rd Jain Tirthankara (traditional date)
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Year
Date
700
BC
Event
The Upanishads, a sacred text of Hinduism, are written.
6th century BC
Year
Date
600
BC
Event
Sixteen Maha Janapadas ("Great Realms" or "Great Kingdoms") emerge.
Vedic period ends.
The capital of the Early Pandyan Kingdom was initially Korkai, all around 600 BCE, and
was later moved to Koodal (now Madurai) during the reign of Nedunjeliyan I.
599
BC
563
BC
Siddhrtha Gautama, Buddha-to-be, is born in Lumbini into a leading royal family in the
republic of the Shakyas, which is now part of Nepal.
543
BC
The odisha based Prince Vijaya (c. 543 BCE) married a daughter of the Pandyan king of
ThenMadurai, to whom he was sending rich presents every year. Sinhalese chronicle
Mahawamsa mentions this event
538
BC
Cyrus the Great, founder of the Persian Achaemenid Empire conquers northwestern parts of
the Indian subcontinent.
527
BC
Nirvana of Mahavira
5th century BC
Year
483
BC
Date
Event
Proposed Mahaparinirvana date of Gautama Buddha at Kushinagar.
4th century BC
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Event
400
BC
Siddharta Gautama 'Buddha' of the Shakya polity in S. Nepal, founds Buddhism (older date:
563483 BC)
350
BC
Panini, a resident of Gandhara, describes the grammar and morphology of Sanskrit in the text
Ashtadhyayi. Panini's standardized Sanskrit is known as Classical Sanskrit.
333
BC
Persian rule in the northwest ends after Darius III is defeated by Alexander the Great, who
establishes the Macedonian Empire after inheriting the Persian Achaemenid Empire.
326
BC
321
BC
305
BC
304
BC
3rd century BC
Year
Date
Event
273
BC
Ashoka the Great regarded as the greatest ancient Indian emperor, grandson of
Chandragupta Maurya, ascends as emperor of the Mauryan Empire.
266
BC
Ashoka conquers and unifies most of South Asia, along with most of Afghanistan and
Balochistan.[22]
265
BC
Kalinga War takes place between Ashoka and the kingdom of Kalinga.
261
BC
260
BC
After conquering Kalinga, Ashoka reportedly regrets what he had done, leading him to adopt
Buddhism, which then became the quasi-official state religion of the Mauryan Empire.
Conquest of Kalinga
Ashoka begins displaying religious tolerance, grants animal rights, builds hospitals for people
and animals, treats his subjects as equals regardless of caste or creed, and promotes nonviolence and republicanism.
Ashoka inscribes the Edicts of Ashoka, written down using Brahmi script.
232
BC
230
BC
Simuka declares independence from Mauryan rule and establishes the Satavahana Empire.
2nd century BC
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200
BC
Event
Kuninda Kingdom is established.
Tholkappiyam describes the grammar and morphology of Tamil; it is the oldest existing Tamil
grammar (dates vary between 200 BCE and 100 CE). (to 100 BC)
184
BC
The Mauryan Empire, which shrunk considerably, collapses after its emperor Brihadrata is
assassinated by his general Pushyamitra Shunga. Pushyamitra Shunga then establishes the
Shunga dynasty.
180
BC
1st century BC
Year
Date
Event
80
BC
65
BC
The Pandyan king sends ambassadors to the Greek and Roman lands.
57
BC
1st century
Year
Date
Event
10
35
68
78
Gautamiputra Satkarni becomes Satavahana emperor and starts Shalivahana era calendar
after defeating Scythian king Maues.
90
3rd century
Year
240
Date
Event
Sri-Gupta starts the Gupta Empire in Magadha, with its capital in Pataliputra
4th century
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Date
Event
320
335
380
5th century
Year
Date
450
Event
Invasions by the Huna.
6th century
Year
Date
554
Event
Collapse of Gupta Empire after the death of skandagupta.
7th century
Year
Date
Event
606
637
Badami Chalukya power at its peak. Pulakeshin II pushes north up to the Narmada and
defeats the invading Harshavardhana of Kanauj
8th century
Year
Date
Event
700
According to the Qissa-i Sanjan, the immigrants Parsi are granted permission to stay by the
local ruler Jadi Rana
712
736
753
788
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Date
Event
814
836
985
Rajaraja Chola ascends to the throne of Chola empire. He expands the empire to Sri Lanka
and to the north to include Kalinga kingdom
10th century
Year
Date
1000
Event
Invasion of Mahmud of Ghazni
11th century
Year
Date
Event
1014
Rajendra Chola I became the king of Chola empire after his father Rajaraja Chola. During
his reign, he extended the influences of the already vast Chola empire up to the banks of the
river Ganges in the north and across the ocean. Rajendras territories extended coastal
Burma, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Maldives, conquered the kings of
Srivijaya (Sumatra, Java and Malay Peninsula in South East Asia) and Pegu islands with his
fleet of ships. He defeated Mahipala, the Pala king of Bengal and Bihar, and to
commemorate his victory he built a new capital called Gangaikonda Cholapuram. The
Cholas became one of the most powerful dynasties in Asia during his reign. The Tamil Chola
armies exacted tribute from Thailand and the Khmer kingdom of Cambodia. Rajendra Chola
I was the first Indian king to take his armies overseas and make conquests of these
territories, even though there is epigraphical evidence of Pallava presence in these very areas.
1021
1025
1030
1058
Sumra Dynasty ends the Arab domination and establishes its own rule over Sindh.
12th century
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Date
Event
1120
Kalyani Chalukyas power at its peak. Vikramaditya VI ushers in Vikrama Chalukya era.
1134
1157
1175
1191
"Victory of Prithviraj Chauhan". First battle of Tarain between Mohammed Ghori and
Prithviraj III. Ghauri is defeated by Prithivi Raj Chauhan III.
1192
"Victory of Mohammed Ghauri". Second battle of Tarain fought between Ghauri and Prithivi
Raj Chauhan III. Prithvi Raj Chauhan III is defeated by Mhammed Ghori.
1194
Battle of Chandawar fought between Ghauri and Jaichand of Kannauj. Ghauri defeated
Jayachandra and killed him.
13th century
Year
Date
Event
1206 15 March Gakhars kill Muhammad Ghori during a raid on his camp on the Jhelum River
1206 12 June
1210
1221
1237
1240
14
Murder of Razia Sultan by Turkish nobles.
October
1267
1275
1290
14th century
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Date
Event
1310
Ala-ud-din Khilji's army under Malik Kafur occupies Devagiri ending the Seuna Yadava
Kingdom
1323
1336
1343
1347
Governor Hasan Gangu revolts against Muhammad bin Tughluq founding the Bahmani
Sultanate
1351
1370
Bukka, the Vijayanagara ruler and his son Kumara Kamapna capture the entire Tamil
speaking parts.
1398
15th century
Year
Date
Event
1401
1407
Zafar Khan: governor of Gujarat, declares himself as Sultan Muzaffar Shah founding the
Gujarat Sultanate/Muzaffarid dynasty
1414
Khizr Khan, deputized by Timur to be the governor of Multan takes over Delhi founding the
Sayyid dynasty
1424
Deva Raya II succeeded his father Veera Vijaya Bukka Raya as monarch of the
Vijayanagara Empire
1443
1446
1451 19 April Bahlul Khan Lodhi ascends the throne of the Delhi sultanate starting the Lodhi dynasty
1469 15 April Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism is born
1483
14
Birth of Babur in Andijan, Fergana Valley in Central Asia
February
1485
Saluva Narasimha Deva Raya drives out Praudha Raya ending the Sangama Dynasty
1486
1490
Ahmadnagar declares independence, followed by Bijapur and Berar in the same year thus
breaking up the Bahmani Sultanate.
1494 9 June
1498 20 May
Vasco de Gama's first voyage from Europe to India and back (to 1499)
16th century
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Event
1503
Kingdom of Kochi is taken over by the Portuguese creating the first European settlement in
India.
1508
The Christian-Islamic power struggle in Europe and the Middle East. Spills over into the
Indian Ocean as Battle of Chaul during the Portuguese-Mamluk War
1509
3
February
Battle of Diu marks the beginning of the dominance of the Europeans in the Asian naval
theater.
1510
1522
1526 21 April
Sultan Ibrahim Lodi, of the Delhi Sultanate, angers local nobles, who respond by inviting
Babur, the Mughal ruler of Kabul, to invade Delhi and Agra. The local population, plus the
possession of artillery, assists Babur in killing the Sultan (whose soldiers desert him) at the
Battle of Panipat.
1527 17 March
Babur bribes Mewar general Silhadi promising Silhadi a kingdom, if Silhadi betrays Mewar
King Rana Sanga in Battle of Khanwa, thus leading to the annexation of Mewar.
1530
1539
Battle of Chausa fought between Humayun and Sher Shah Suri in which Humayun defeated.
Guru Angad Dev becomes second guru of Sikhs.
1540
Battle of Kannauj fought between Humayun and Sher Shah Suri and Humayun was
completely defeated. Humayun lost the Mughal empire to Afghans (Suri Dynasty), and
passed 12 years in exile.
Birth of Maharana Pratap Singh of Mewar ( son of Maharana Udai Singh II )
1545 22 May
22
Death of Islam Shah Suri.
November
1555
Humayun regained the throne of Delhi from the hands of weak successors of Sher Shah.
1556
Humayun converts from Sunni Islam to Shia Islam, to gain the alliance of the Shah of Persia.
Humayun dies, and is succeeded by his son Akbar.
Hindu king Hemu establishes 'Hindu Raj' in North India and bestowed with title of
"Vikramaditya"; Second Battle of Panipat fought between Hemu and Akbar's forces in
which Hemu is killed.
Akbar the Great annexes Gujarat, also shifts the Mughal capital to Fatehpur Sikri where a
new township and citadel containing buildings of a unique all-India characterinspired by
the architecture of Bengal, Gujarat, Malwa, Kashmir as well as the Timurid worldis born.
1574 1
Guru Ram Das becomes fourth Guru of Sikhs.
September
Akbar annexes Bengal.
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1586
1
Guru Arjan Dev becomes fifth Guru of Sikhs.
September
Akbar annexes Kashmir.
31
1600 December East India company is formed in England. Gets exclusive trading rights with India.
17th century
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Date
Event
1605
27
October
1606 25 May
1612 30
British India (to 1947)
November
East India Company (to 1857 - Indian Rebellion of 1857, Meerut)
1628
Jehangir announces "Chain of Justice" outside his palace that anyone can ring the bell and
get a personal hearing with the emperor. Jehangir dies, and is succeeded by his son Shah
Jahan.
1627 February
1644 8 March
1658
Shah Jahan completes Taj Mahal, Jama Masjid, and Red Fort. Imperial treasuries drained
by architectural and military overexpenditures. Shah Jahan dies, and is succeeded by his son
Aurangzeb.
1659
Shivaji's ill-equipped and small Maratha army defeat mighty Adilshahi troops at the Battle of
Pratapgarh in a major upset in Indian history. Shivaji personally kills Adilshahi commander
Afzal Khan (general).
Forces led by Shivaji defeat Aurangzeb's troops, and establishes Maratha Empire.
1675
Guru Tegh Bahadur, the ninth Guru of Sikhs is executed in Delhi by the order of Aurangzeb
for his support for the Kashmiri Hindus to practice their religion.Guru Gobind Singh
becomes tenth Guru of Sikhs.
1680
3 April
20 July
1681
20
Danish India (to 1869)
November
1699
Guru Gobind Singh, the 10th Guru of Sikhs creates Khalsa, the saint-soldier at Anandpur
Sahib, Punjab.
1700 3 March
18th century
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1707 3 March
1721
March October
1314
Madras cyclone occurs
November
1749
The Maratha Peshwa (prime minister) usurps the Maratha kingdom, starting a new dynastic
rule based in Pune.
1757 23 June
Battle of Plassey
Company rule in India (to 1858)
1759
1760
Marathas comprehensively defeat the Nizam, Maratha Empire reaches its zenith.
1760
1761
The Marathas are routed in the Third Battle of Panipat on 14 January 1761, by the Afghans
led by Ahmad Shah Durrani, an ethnic Pashtun, also known as Ahmad Shah Abdali. The
battle is considered one of the largest battles fought in the 18th century.
1764
22
October
Battle of Buxar (British victory against allied Mughal, Bengal and Oudh forces)
First Anglo-Mysore War begins, in which Haidar Ali of Mysore defeats the combined
armies of the East India Company, the Marathas and the Nizam of Hyderabad.
1771
1772 22 May
1773
1774
Chief Justice of the Maratha Empire, Ram Shastri passes death sentence against the ruling
Peshwa Raghunathrao for murdering his nephew.
1775
1779
Maratha sardar Mahadji Shinde routs the East India Company army at the Battle of
Wadgaon War ends with the restoration of status quo as per Treaty of Salbai.
1780
1784
1786
District collectors in Bengal were made responsible for settling the revenue and collecting it.
1789
1790
The Marathas under Holkar and General de Boigne defeat the Rajputs of Jaipur and
Mughals at the Battle of Patan, where 3000+ Rajput cavalry is killed and the entire Mughal
unit vanquished. The defeat crushes Rajput hope of independence from external influence
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1798
1799
Fourth Anglo-Mysore War ends with the death of Tipu Sultan, the victory of the East India
Company, and the restoration of their ally, the Wodeyar dynasty of Mysore.
Polygar War
19th century
Year
Date
Event
1801
Maharaja Ranjit Singh establishes Khalsa rule of Punjab from Lahore. Khalsa army
liberates Kashmiri Pundits and invades Afghanistan through Khyber Pass.
1803
1805
1806
Vellore Mutiny
1809
East India Company signs the first Treaty of Amritsar with Ranjit Singh
1811 28 October
1814
1817
1818
Third Anglo-Maratha War ends with the defeat of Bajirao II and the end of the
Maratha Empire leaving the East India Company with control of almost the whole of
India
1820 September
1823
1824 12 February
1826
1836
1839
1845
1853
1853 16 April
1855 30 June
Santhal rebellion
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23 July
20 August
1857 10 May
1858 1 November
7 November
1859 18 April
1861 7 May
1863 12 January
1865 28 January
The high
courts of
Calcutta,
Madras, and
Bombay are
established.[24]
1867
1869 2 October
1877 1 January
1891 14 April
1897 23 January
Subhas Chandra Bose is born (to 1945)1st finger print bureau of India est in kolkata.
1899
20th century
Year
Date
Event
1902
1903
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30
December
1907
Surat Split
1908
1909
Morley-Minto Reforms
1911
1911 12
December
1912
1913
1914
HinduGerman Conspiracy
1915
Ghadar conspiracy
Provisional Government of India formed in Kabul.
Mahatma Gandhi returns to India.
1916
Lucknow Pact
1917
1919
1920
1925 9 August
Kakori conspiracy
Bardoli Satyagraha
1929
1930
Salt Satyagraha, the civil disobedience movement, begins with the Dandi march
Round Table Conferences (India) First
1931 March
23 March
GandhiIrwin Pact
Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev Martyred
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December Round Table Conferences (India) Second
1932 24
Poona Pact
September
16 August
Communal Award
November
Round Table Conferences (India) Third
December
1935 August
1937
1939
1940 23 March
Lahore Resolution
8 August
1942
1943
Arzi Hukumat-e-Azad Hind, the Provisional Government of Free India formed by Netaji.
1944
Subhas Chandra Bose calls Mahatma Gandhi as the Father of the Nation.
1945
1946 February
March
Cabinet Mission
16 August
1947 July
1948 30 January Mahatma Gandhi assassinated by a right wing Hindu nationalist Nathuram Godse.
War with Pakistan over disputed territory of Kashmir.
Telangana and other princely states integrated in Indian union
1950 26 January India became Republic.
1951
Congress Party wins first general elections under leadership of Jawaharlal Nehru. (to
1952)
1955
1962
1964 27 May
1965
623
Second war with Pakistan over Kashmir.
September
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1971
Third war with Pakistan over creation of Bangladesh, formerly East Pakistan.
Twenty-year treaty of friendship signed with Soviet Union.
1974
1975
Indira Gandhi declares state of emergency after being found guilty of electoral malpractice.
Nearly 1,000 political opponents imprisoned and programme of compulsory birth control
introduced. (to 1977)
1977
Indira Gandhi's Congress Party loses general elections. Janata Party comes to
power.Communist party of India comes into power in West Bengal.
1979
1980
Indira Gandhi returns to power heading Congress party splinter group, Congress (Indira).
1983
N. T. Rama Rao NTR's 9 month old Telugu Desam Comes in to Power in AP marks a
new Challenger post Loknayak Jayprakash Narayan against Indira
1984
Troops storm Golden Temple - Sikhs' most holy shrine (after Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale
amasses weapons inside this Holy Shrine)- to flush out Sikh terrorist pressing for self-rule,
called Operation Blue Star. "Anti-Sikh Riots 1984".
Indira Gandhi assassinated by Sikh bodyguards, following which her son, Rajiv, takes
over.
Many Sikhs were killed due to the assassination of Indira Gandhi. see 1984 anti-Sikh
riots.
1987
India deploys troops for peacekeeping operation in Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict.
1988
SEBI was established by The Government of India on 12 April 1988 and given statutory
powers in 1992 with SEBI Act 1992 being passed by the Indian Parliament.
1989
1989
National Front (India) Headed by V. P. Singh and led by Janata Dal formed and stormed
into power with outside support from BJP and CPI.
1990
1991
Rajiv Gandhi assassinated by suicide bomber sympathetic to Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers.
Economic reform programme begun by Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao.
1992
1995 July
West Bengal Chief Minister Jyoti Basu made the first call from Kolkata to inaugurate the
cellular services in India
1996
Congress suffers worst ever electoral defeat as Hindu nationalist BJP emerges as largest
single party.
1996 August
The Amarnath Yatra tragedy in which at least 194 pilgrims are reported to have frozen to
death in northern Kashmir after being stranded by violent rain and snow storms.
1998
BJP forms coalition government under Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
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Vajpayee makes historic bus trip to Pakistan to meet Premier Nawaz Sharif and to sign
bilateral Lahore peace declaration.
May
Tension in Kashmir leads to brief war with Pakistan-backed forces in the icy heights
around Kargil in Indian-held Kashmir.
October
2000 March
May
21st century
Year
Date
2001
Event
A high-powered rocket is launched, adding India to the club of
countries able to fire big satellites deep into space.
January
July
July
US lifts sanctions which it imposed against India and Pakistan after they
September staged nuclear tests in 1998. The move is seen as a reward for their
support for the US-led anti-terror campaign.
October
India and Pakistan fire at each other's military posts in the heaviest
firing along the dividing line of control in Kashmir for almost a year.[27]
October
Pakistani forces shelled the village of Arnia about three km (two miles)
from the border in the early hours of Monday June 6, killing five and
wounding at least two dozen civilians.[27]
December
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February
May
June
July
2003
August
November
December
India, Pakistan agree to resume direct air links and to allow overflights.
2004
January
May
September
At least 50
people are
killed in two
simultaneous
bomb blasts
in Bombay.
2006
2007
July
More than 1,000 people are killed in floods and landslides caused by
monsoon rains in Mumbai (Bombay) and Maharashtra region.
8 October
February
March
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February
18
February
March
April
May
May
At least nine people are killed in a bomb explosion at the main mosque
in Hyderabad. Several others are killed in subsequent rioting.
July
India says the number of its people with HIV or AIDS is about half of
earlier official tallies. Health ministry figures put the total at between 2
million and 3.1 million cases, compared with previous estimates of
more than 5 million.
July
July
Series of explosions kills 49 in Ahmedabad, in Gujarat state. The littleknown group Indian Mujahideen claims responsibility.
October
October
India successfully launches its first mission to the moon, the unmanned
lunar probe Chandrayaan-1.
2009
2010
December
February
India and Russia sign deals worth $700 million, according to which
Moscow will supply uranium to Delhi.
April
May
July
February
May
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16 May
2 June
2015
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2016
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January
See also
Timeline of Mumbai history
Timeline of Ahmedabad
Chronology of Tamil history
Timeline of Buddhism (563 BCE present)
Timeline of Ayyavazhi history
Timeline of Jainism
Sikh Gurus (14691666)
History of cricket (1066present)
Hindu units of time
Tamil units of measurement
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