Timeline: India (the subcontinent)
Years: c. 2500 BCE - 2009 | Subject: Encyclopedias, Geographical reference |
Publisher: HistoryWorld | Online Publication Date: 2012 |
Current online version: 2012 | eISBN: 9780191735950 |
Year | Event |
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c. 2500 BCE | Go to Indus civilization in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Mohenjo-Daro in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Harappā in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
c. 2000 BCE | Go to Indus civilization in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Indus Valley civilization in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
c. 1500 BCE | Go to Aryans in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Brahmans in A Dictionary of Asian Mythology (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Veda in The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy (2 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
c. 600 BCE | Go to āśrama in A Dictionary of Hinduism (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
c. 550 BCE | Go to Taprobane in The Oxford Classical Dictionary (3 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Sushruta in A-Z of Plastic Surgery (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Āyurveda in A Dictionary of Hinduism (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
c. 470 BCE | Go to Jainism in A Dictionary of Asian Mythology (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
c. 430 BCE | Go to Buddha in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
c. 424 BCE | Go to Buddhism in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to bodhi in A Dictionary of Buddhism (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
c. 420 BCE | Go to Buddhism in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
c. 400 BCE | Go to Upanishads in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Magadha in A Dictionary of Buddhism (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
c. 350 BCE | Go to Mahabharata in The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
327 BCE | Go to Alexander III (“The Great”) in The Oxford Guide to People and Places of the Bible (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
325 BCE | Go to Alexander the Great (356–323 bc) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
321 BCE | Go to Mauryan empire (c. 325–185 bc) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
c. 300 BCE | Go to Hinduism in The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy (2 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Ramayana in The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
272 BCE | Go to Aśoka in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
c. 250 BCE | Go to Aśoka in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Berruguete, Alonso (c.1488–1561) in The Oxford Dictionary of the Renaissance (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Aśoka in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
c. 200 BCE | Go to stirrups in The Oxford Companion to Military History (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
c. 100 BCE | Go to Ardhanārī in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
c. 50 BCE | Go to Sanchi in The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Jainism in A Dictionary of Asian Mythology (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
c. 100 | Go to Gandhara in The Oxford Classical Dictionary (3 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
c. 120 | Go to Kuṣāṇa in A Dictionary of Buddhism (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
c. 320 | Go to Gupta in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
c. 380 | Go to Kalidasa in The Oxford Companion to Theatre and Performance (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
c. 550 | Go to chess in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
c. 600 | Go to Ajanta, India in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
712 | Go to Sind in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
c. 800 | Go to mathematics in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
c. 900 | Go to Tamils in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Parsis in A Dictionary of Hinduism (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
c. 1000 | Go to Ellorā in A Dictionary of Buddhism (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Ghazni (Afghanistan) in The Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Rajput in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1025 | Go to Somnāth in A Dictionary of Hinduism (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
c. 1150 | Go to Tamils in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1211 | Go to sultanate in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
c. 1336 | Go to Vijayanagara in A Dictionary of Hinduism (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1346 | Go to Novgorod (Novgorod/Russia) in The Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1398 | Go to Tamerlane (1336–1405) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1498 | Go to da Gama, Vasco (c. 1469–1524) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
c. 1500 | Go to Nanak (1469–1539) in The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1502 | Go to da Gama, Vasco (c. 1469–1524) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1505 | Go to Sri Lanka in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1510 | Go to Goa (India) in The Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1526 | Go to Babur (1483–1530) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1527 | Go to Babur (1483–1530) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1530 | Go to Babur (1483–1530) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1534 | Go to Bombay in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1542 | Go to Francis Xavier, St (1506–52) in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (2 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1543 | Go to Humayun (1508–56) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1555 | Go to Humayun (1508–56) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1556 | Go to Akbar (b. 1542) in A Dictionary of Hinduism (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1571 | Go to Fatehpur Sīkri (Uttar Pradesh/India) in The Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1573 | Go to Humayun (1508–56) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
c. 1590 | Go to gurdwara noun in Oxford Dictionary of English (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1605 | Go to Jahangir (1569–1627) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1613 | Go to East Flanders in Oxford Dictionary of English (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1615 | Go to Jahangir (1569–1627) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Jahangir (1569–1627) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1632 | Go to Shah Jahan (1592–1666) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Taj Mahal in The Oxford Dictionary of Islam (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1644 | Go to East Flanders in Oxford Dictionary of English (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1646 | Go to Maratha in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1658 | Go to Shah Jahan (1592–1666) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1668 | Go to Catherine of Braganza (1638–1705) in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1673 | Go to Aurangzeb Sixth emperor of Mughal India (1658–1707) in The Oxford Dictionary of Islam (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
c. 1690 | Go to Pondicherry (India) in The Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1696 | Go to Calcutta in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1699 | Go to Five Ks in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1704 | Go to Ādi Granth in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1707 | Go to Aurangzeb Sixth emperor of Mughal India (1658–1707) in The Oxford Dictionary of Islam (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1739 | Go to Nadir Shah (1688–1747) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1746 | Go to Austrian Succession, War of the (1740–48) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1751 | Go to Clive, Robert (1725–74) in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1756 | Go to Black Hole of Calcutta in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1757 | Go to Clive, Robert (1725–74) in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1799 | Go to Ranjit Singh in Oxford Dictionary of English (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Tipu Sultan (c. 1753–99) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1809 | Go to Ranjit Singh (1780–1839) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1817 | Go to Ajaṇṭā in A Dictionary of Buddhism (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1819 | Go to Ranjit Singh in Oxford Dictionary of English (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1845 | Go to Sikh Wars (1845–49) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1846 | Go to Sikh Wars (1845–49) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1848 | The second Anglo-Sikh war begins when a British army invades the Punjab to suppress a local uprising Go to Sikh Wars (1845–49) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1849 | Go to Sikh Wars (1845–49) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1857 | Go to Indian Mutiny (1857–58) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: After being besieged for five months in Lucknow, the remnants of the British garrison finally escape Go to Lucknow in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1858 | Go to Lucknow in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Indian Mutiny (1857–58) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to India Acts in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Mogul Empire (1526–1857) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1903 | Go to Edward VII (1841–1910) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1906 | The All-India Muslim League is set up at a meeting of the Muhammadan Educational Conference in Dhaka Go to Muslim League in The Oxford Dictionary of Islam (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1909 | Go to Gandhi, Mahatma (1869–1948) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1911 | Go to George V (1865–1936) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1912 | Go to Tagore, Rabindranath (1861–1941) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1913 | Go to Lutyens, Sir Edwin Landseer (1869–1944) in A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1914 | Go to Emden in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Maritime History (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1915 | Go to Gandhi, Mahatma (1869–1948) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1919 | Go to Amritsar Massacres (1919) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
c. 1921 | Go to Indus Valley civilization in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1922 | Go to Gandhi, Mahatma (1869–1948) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1925 | Go to Rāṣṭrīya Svayamsevak Saṅgh(a) in A Dictionary of Hinduism (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1930 | Go to Salt March in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
c. 1931 | Go to Abdullah, Sheikh Muhammad (1905–82) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1934 | Go to Jinnah, Mohammed Ali (1876–1948) in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1935 | Go to Narayan, R. K. (1906–2001) in The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1940 | Go to Jinnah, Mohammed Ali (1876–1948) in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1942 | Go to Gandhi, Mahatma (1869–1948) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Gandhi, ‘Mahatma’ (1869–1948) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1947 | Go to Partition in A Dictionary of Hinduism (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Mountbatten, Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900–79) in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Nehru, Jawaharlal (1889–1964) in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Jinnah, Mohammed Ali (1876–1948) in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Kashmir in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Kashmir in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1948 | Go to Gāndhī, Mohandas Karamchand (1869–1948) in A Dictionary of Hinduism (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1949 | Go to Kashmir in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1950 | Go to Chandigarh in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1952 | Go to Teresa, Mother (1910–1997) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1953 | Go to Hillary, Sir Edmund Percival (1919–2008) in A Dictionary of Sports Studies (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1955 | Go to Ray, Satyajit (1921–1992) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1958 | Go to Ayub Khan, Muhammad (b. 14 May 1907) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1959 | Go to Dalai Lama (1935– ) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Bandaranaike, S. W. R. D. (1899–1959) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1960 | Go to Bandaranaike, Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias (1916–2000) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1962 | Go to Indo‐Chinese War in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1965 | Go to Indo-Pakistan Conflict in Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern World (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Indo-Pakistan Conflict in Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern World (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1966 | Go to Gandhi, Indira (b. 19 Nov. 1917) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Mujibur Rahman, Sheikh (b. 1920) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1969 | Go to Yahya Khan, Agha Mohammed (b. 4 Feb. 1917) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1970 | Mujibur Rahman and his Awami League win on an independence platform in the election in East Pakistan Go to Mujibur Rahman, Sheikh (b. 1920) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Bhutto, Zulfiqar Ali (5 Jan. 1928) in A Dictionary of Political Biography (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Yahya Khan, Agha Mohammed (b. 4 Feb. 1917) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1971 | Go to Shankar, Ravi (7 April 1920) in The Oxford Companion to Music (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Bangladesh in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Bangladesh in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Bangladesh in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Indo‐Pakistan Wars in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Bangladesh in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Bhutto, Zulfiqar Ali (5 Jan. 1928) in A Dictionary of Political Biography (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1972 | Go to Mujibur Rahman, Sheikh (b. 1920) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1975 | Go to Mujibur Rahman, Sheikh (b. 1920) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1977 | Go to Zia‐ul‐Haq, General Mohammed (b. 1924) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1979 | Go to Bhutto, Zulfikar Ali (b. 5 Jan. 1928) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1980 | Go to Bharatiya Janata Party in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1983 | Go to Tamil Tigers in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1984 | Go to Punjab in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Gandhi, Indira (1917–1984) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Gandhi, Indira (1917–1984) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Gandhi, Rajiv (20. Aug. 1944) in A Dictionary of Political Biography (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Bhopal in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1988 | Go to Bhutto, Benazir (21 June 1953) in A Dictionary of Political Biography (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1990 | Go to Bhutto, Benazir (21 June 1953) in A Dictionary of Political Biography (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1991 | Go to Gandhi, Rajiv (20. Aug. 1944) in A Dictionary of Political Biography (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1993 | Go to Bhutto, Benazir (21 June 1953) in A Dictionary of Political Biography (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1996 | Go to Bhutto, Benazir (21 June 1953) in A Dictionary of Political Biography (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1997 | Go to Roy, Arundhati (1961– ) in The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
1999 | Go to Musharraf, Pervez (b. 11 Aug. 1943) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
2001 | Go to India in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Nepal in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
2005 | Go to earthquake in A Dictionary of Environment and Conservation (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
2006 | Go to Mumbai in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
2009 | Go to Tamils in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |