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Important Dates in Indian History | PDF Download

February 15, 2018 by Study Mentor Leave a Comment

Qualifying any entrance exams needs excellent knowledge, of General Knowledge. Here I’m listing the important dates of Indian History with short description.  This list is very helpful in last moment of preparation. You can too download the important dates of India History PDF.

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  • Important Dates in Indian History

Important Dates in Indian History

Important Dates Description
B C. (Before Christ)
563Birth of Gautama Buddha, Nirvana (483 B C.)
599Birth of Mahavir, Nirvana (527 B C.)
327-26Alexander’s invasion of India. It opened a land route between India and Europe
273-232Asoka’s reign
58Beginning of Vikram Era
A D. (After Christ)
300-500Gupta Dynasty the golden age of Hindu India.
405-411Visit of Fahien (Chinese Traveller)
606-647Harsh Vardhan’s reign
1001First invasion of India by Mahmud Ghazni
1191Prithviraj defeats Mohd. Guari at last battle of Tarain
1192Mohammed Guari defeats Prithviraj Chauhan  at 2nd battle of Tarain.
1498Discovery of sea-route to India by Vasco-de-Gama
1526First battle of Panipat, Babar founded Mughal Empire in India.
1600East India Company established in India (31st Dec.)
1657-1659War of succession among the sons of Shah Jahan begins
1707Reign of Aurangzeb
1761Third battle of Panipat
1764Battle of Buxar (Bihar)
1773Regulating Act
1833Macaulay recommended English to be the medium of Instruction in India.
1853First Railway Line opened in India
1857Indian  Mutiny for independence, Calcutta, Bombay and Madras University founded
1869Birth of Mahatma Gandhi (2nd Oct.)
1885Indian National Congress founded.
1889Pt.  Jawaharlal Nehru born (14th Nov.)
1905Partition of Bengal
1911Partition of Bengal revoked
1919Jalianwalah Bagh tragedy
1920Non-co-operation Movement started by Mahatma Gandhi.
1928Visit of Simon Commission boycotted.
1929Resolution passed for Purna Swaraj for India at Lahore Congress under the president ship of Jawaharlal Nehru (31st Dec.)
1930First Round table Conference of London.
1937Provincial Autonomy, Congress forms Ministers
1942Arrival of Cripps Mission in India; Quit India resolution passed by Congress
1943-1944Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose forms provisional Azad Hind Hukumat
1947Division of India; India and Pakistan formed into separate independent Dominions; Independence Day
1948Mahatma Gandhi assassinated (Jan. 30)
1949Cease-fire in Kashmir; Indian Constitution signed and adopted
1950India becomes a Sovereign Democratic Republic; Death of Sardar Patel; Dr. Rajendra Prasad elected President   of India Republic.
1951First Five Year Plan commenced
1952First General Elections in the country; Congress Party comes to power.
1956States Reorganization Act
19572nd General Elections in India.
1961Liberation of Goa (Dec. 18)
1962Third General Election in India; Chinese attack on India (20th Oct.)
1964Death of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru (27th May), Lal Bahadur Shastri elected as the Prime Minister of India.
1965Indo-Pak War.
1966Tashkent Agreement signed between India and Pakistan (Jan. 10)
1967Fourth General Elections held.
1969Split in the Indian National Congress; death of President Dr. Zakir Hussain and election of V. V. Giri as President of India.
1971Mid-term elections for Lok Sabha; Indo-Soviet Treaty (9th August), Indo-Pak War (Dec. 3-17) Defeat of Pakistan; Bangladesh formed (Dec. 16)
1972Reorganization of the North-Easten region-Meghalaya, Manipur and Tripura became fully Fledged States and new Union Territories of Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram came into being (Jan. 20, 21).
1973Death of M.S. Golwalker (R.S.S. Chief); Indo-Pak Delhi Agreement (Aug.)
1974India’s Nuclear Blast; 36th Constitution (Amendment) Bill passed by Parliament making Sikkim as an associate State of India.
1975India lifts World Hockey Cup at Kualalumpur, India enters space age by launching ‘Aryabhatta’. Sikkim becomes the 22nd State of the Union.
1976Four Indian News Agencies changed into a single News Agency ‘Samachar’; India announces appointment of an ambassador to China (April 16)
1977Death of President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (Feb. 11); Polling for the Sixth Lok Sabha begins (March 16); Janata Party comes into existence (May 1); Janata Party comes into power; Seventh Finance Commission appointed.
1978Inauguration of National Adult Education Programme (2nd Oct.); 44th Constitution Amendment Bill, as amended by the Rajya Sabha passed by the Lok Sabha (Dec.)
1979Agreement between India and Canada on the setting up of Joint Commission for economic trade and technological co-operation; India’s Second Satellite Bhaskara launched into space.
1980Reservation for Scheduled Caste and Tribes in the Lok Sabha and State Legislative Assemblies extended for a further period of ten years by the 45th Constitution Amendment Act (April 14); Six more commercial banks nationalized (April 15)
1981Sixth Plan draft finalized fixing the target for growth at 5.2 per cent (23rd Jan.); Rohini Satellite in orbit (May 31); Bhasker-2 launched in orbit (Nov. 1st)

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