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1000 BC Archaeological evidence obtained from inscriptions excavated in 2005 dates the Tamil language, a classical language spoken in India.
500 BC Foundation of first republic
in Vaishali Bihar
India.
11 In India, Satakarni begins his reign as Emperor of the Andhra Empire (11-29).
18 In India, the Indo-Parthians control Taxila.
52 Saint Thomas, one of the twelve disciples of Jesus
, believed to have landed in Kodungallur, India to preach the Gospel; the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, the Indian Orthodox Church, and the Assyrian Church of the East claim descent from him.
78 Indian Prince Aji Caka introduces Sanskrit
language and Pallawa script, used to inscribe Javanese words and phrases, to the Indonesia
n islands.
78 Kanishka I (78-144), reigns over the Tocharian Empire of Kusana (Afghanistan
and Northern India). He is a renowned conqueror and wise administrator.
96 A schism in Buddhism
, creates a new, popular religion in India, mahâyâna (Grand Vehicle).
102 The presence of sugar
in the urine is interpreted as a sign of illness in India.
104 In India, figures of Buddha
replace abstract motifs on decorative items.
107 An Indian
ambassador is received by Trajan.
120 The Scythians dominate western India: Punjab
, Sind, the Nord of Gujerat and a portion of central India.
125 Gautamiputra Satakarni, a king of the Andhra dynasty, destroys the kingdom of Maharashtra
near Bombay. He now controls central India from coast to coast.
130 Huviska becomes king of the Kush
in India.
145 Ajmere, India is founded.
159 In India, reign of Shivashri Satakarni as King Satavahana
of Andhra begins.
162 Arrian
publishes Indica, a work on India and its people.
173 During the reign of Lha Thothori Nyantsen, Buddhism
, coming from India, is introduced to Tibet
.
185 Reign in India of Vasudeva, Kush
emperor.
189 Pantaenus, who was sent by the bishop of Alexandria
to India to preach Christianity
, meets with little success.
192 Syrian Christians
establish a Christian community in Kerala
, India.
203 Reign in India of Vijaya, Satavahana
king of the Andhra.
209 In India, beginning of the reign of Chandashri, Satavahana
king of the Andhra.
219 In India, the beginning of the reign of Pulona, Satavahana
king of Andhra.
220 An Indian delegation visits roman emperor Elagabalus
.
232 Relics of St. Thomas are brought to Edessa
from India.
273 An Indian
delegation visits Aurelian.
300 A Sanskrit
collection of fables and fairy tales, the Panchatantra is written in India.
300 Wootz steel is produced in India (approximate date).
320 Chandragupta I
founds the Gupta dynasty in northern India.
348 In India, victory of Samudragupta
over Rudrasena.
350 The Huns
invade Persia and India.
351 In India, a new procedure permits the extraction of sugar
from sugar cane.
360 In India, Prithivisena reigns over the Vakataka
Empire.
376 Beginning of reign of Chandragupta II, king of India.
390 Rudrasena becomes emperor of Vakataka
in the Deccan Plateau of India.
399 Fa-Hien, a Chinese
Buddhist
monk
, travels to India
406 Approximate date of Chinese traveler Fa Xian's arrival in India.
414 Faxian
returns from India and begins translating Buddhist
works into Chinese
.
460 The Hepthalites conquer the Kushans and enter India.
497 Aryabhata, an Indian astronomer
and mathematician, calculates pi
(p) as ˜ 62832/20000 = 3.1416, correct to four rounded-off decimal places.
528 Yasodharman of Malwa defeats the Hun invaders in India.
630 Chinese
Buddhist monk Xuan Zang reaches India.
650 First surgical developments in India, with bladder, peristalsis and plastic operations.
711 Arabs led by Muhammad bin Qasim invade India, establishing a sultanate in Sind.
809 Nagabhatta defeated in India.
900 Merchants from southwest Asia
and India settle on the east-African
coast, trading gold
, beads and metal for ivory and slaves.
1270 The independent state of Kutch is founded in present-day India.
1291 In the spring of this year, Vandino and Ugolino Vivaldi set sail from Genoa
with the goal of reaching India; they never return.
1336 Foundation of Vijayanagara
on the southern part of the Deccan plateau in India by the brothers Harihara and Bukka Raya.
1357 Rao Kanhadev becomes Rathore ruler of Marwar (now part of India).
1358 Mohammed Shah I becomes Bahmani Sultan of Deccan (now part of southern India) after the death of Sultan Aladdin Hassan Bahman Shah.
1364 Rana Kshetra Singh succeeds Rana Hamir Singh as ruler of Mewar (now part of western India).
1364 Anavema Reddy succeeds Anavota Reddy as ruler of the Reddy Dynasty in Andhra Pradesh
(now part of southern India).
1365 In present-day southern India, Bahmani Sultan Mohammed Shah I invades the Vijayanagara Empire
.
1366 War continues between the Hindu Vijayanagar Empire and the Muslim Bahmani Sultanate in present-day southern India. Tens of thousands of civilians massacred by each side.
1459 City of Jodhpur, in western India, founded by Rao Jodha of Marwar.
1488 City of Bikaner in western India founded by Rao Bika.
1497 Vasco da Gama
begins his expedition to India.
1498 Vasco da Gama
arrives at Calicut (now Kozhikode), India, becoming the first European to get there by sailing around Afri
1503 Vasco da Gama
established India's first Portuguese
fortress at Cochin.
1526 First battle of Panipat - Babur
becomes Moghul (or Mughal) emperor of India, captures Delhi
, and invades Northern India, beginning the Mughal Empire
which would last until 1857.
1556 Second Battle of Panipat - Fifty miles north of Delhi
, a Mogul Army defeats Hindu
forces of General Hemu to ensure Akbar the throne of India.
1583 First documented battle of India's independence against an European colonial ruler was fought by the ''Desai''s of Cuncolim in Goa
against the Portuguese
.
1608 The first official English
representative to India lands at Surat.
1612 Forces of the British East India Company
and Portugal
engage in the Battle of Swally off the coast of India, which the British
win.
1619 England
establishes its first outpost in India.
1648 In India, building of the Red Fort is completed.
1659 Drought
in India.
1739 Nadir Shah occupies Delhi
in India and sacks the city stealing the jewels of the Peacock Throne, including the Koh-i-Noor.
1757 Battle of Plassey: 3000 British
troops under Robert Clive defeat a 50,000 strong Indian army under Siraj-ud-Dawlah at Plassey.
1761 British
capture Pondicherry, India from the French
.
1792 Tipu Sultan
invades Kerala
in India, but is repulsed.
1803 The Battle of Assaye in India - British-lead troops defeat Maratha forces
1812 Cholera
in Jessore, India.
1818 Lord Hastings, governor-general of India, gives approval to Sir
Stamford Raffles to establish trading station at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula (modern-day Singapore
).
1826 Cholera
epidemic
begins in India
1829 India: In the face of fierce opposition, British
Lord William Bentinck carries a regulation declaring that all who abetted suttee in India were guilty of culpable homicide
.
1835 ''Cachar Levy'', forerunner of Assam Rifles, is founded in India
1839 Disastrous cyclone
slams India with terrible winds and a giant 40 foot storm surge, wiping out the port city of Coringa. 300,000 people die.
1857 Indian rebellion of 1857: In India, the Mutiny
of XI Native Cavalry of the Bengal
Army in Meerut, revolt against the British East India Company
.
1857 Indian combatants capture Delhi
from the East India Company
.
1864 Cyclone
kills 70.000 in Calcutta, India
1874 Opening of the Agra canal in India.
1876 Catastrophic cyclone
strikes the east coast of India. 200,000 people lose their lives.
1877 Queen Victoria
proclaimed Empress of India by the Royal Titles Act, introduced by United Kingdom
Prime Minister
Benjamin Disraeli.
1885 72 Indian lawyers, academicians and journalists gather in Bombay to form the Congress Party
1900 It is reported that millions are starving in India.
1905 In India, an earthquake
near Kangra, kills 20,000.
1911 The capital of India was shifted to New Delhi
from Calcutta (now Kolkata).
1913 Mohandas Gandhi is arrested while leading a march of Indian miners in South Africa
.
1914 Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi returns to India from South Africa
to spearhead the Indian independence movement.
1922 In India, Mohandas Gandhi is sentenced to six years in prison for sedition
. He would serve only two years.
1924 British authorities in India arrest Subhas Chandra Bose and jail him for the next two and half years
1929 All India Congress in Lahore
demands Indian independence
1931 New Delhi
becomes the capital of India
1939 In Bombay, Mohandas Gandhi begins to fast in protest of the autocratic rule in India.
1940 The '''Pakistan Resolution''' is rallied by the All-India Muslim League, Muslims from every corner of India meet up around Iqbal Park, Lahore
, now in modern-day Pakistan
.
1941 Hungary
and Romania
declare war on the United States
. India declares war on Japan
. United States
seizes French
ship Normandie.
1942 Quit India resolution was passed by the Bombay session of the All India Congress Committee (AICC), which led to the start of a historical civil disobidience movement across India
1942 Indian leader, Mohandas Gandhi is arrested in Bombay by British
forces.
1943 Subhash Chandra Bose
raises the flag of Indian independence at Port Blair.
1944 Mohandas Gandhi released in India.
1945 Mohandas Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru
demand that British troops leave India
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1946 Clement Attlee
promises independence to India as soon as they can agree on constitution
1946 Nehru elected leader of the Congress Party in India
1946 Cold War
: Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru
appeals to the United States
and the Soviet Union
to end nuclear testing
and to start nuclear disarmament, stating that such an action would "save humanity from the ultimate disaster."
1947 Following decades of nonviolent resistance and periodic civil unrest from 1919, India gains independence from the British Empire. Pakistan splits from India. Jawaharlal Nehru | 
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