Timeline of Indian History:
| 7500 BC | Civilization at Gulf of Khambar | |||
| 2500-1500 BC | Indus Valley Civilisation. | |||
| 2000-1500 | Aryans arrive from central Asia. | |||
| 1500-1000 | The Early Vedic Age – Rigveda. | |||
| 1000-500 | Later Vedic Period – Samaveda, Yajurveda and Atharvaveda, Brahmanas, Aranyakas, Samhitas, early Upanishads and Sutras. | |||
| 563-483 | Gautama Buddha – born at Lumbini (Nepal); attainment of knowledge – Bodh Gaya (Bihar); first sermon – Sarnath, near Varanasi (UP); Nirvana – Kusinagar (Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh). | |||
| 540-468 | Mahavira – born at Kundagrama near Vaishali (Bihar) and nirvana at Pavapuri (Patna, Bihar). | |||
| 492-460 | Rule of Ajatasatru, son of Bimbisara, king of Magadha. | |||
| 364-321 | Rule of Nandas of Magadha | |||
| 326 | Invasion of India by Alexander Battle of Hydaspes. | |||
| 322-298 | Reign of Chandragupta Maurya, the founder of the Mauryan dynasty. | |||
| 273-232 | Reign of Ashoka , son of Bindusara | |||
| 261 | Kalinga war. | |||
| 257 | Asoka’s conversion to Budhism by Upagupta. | |||
| 250 | Third Buddhist council at Pataliputra | |||
| 90 | Sakas invade India. | |||
| 58 | The Vikrama Samvat (vikram era) introduced by King Vikramaditya of Ujjain. | |||
| 20-46 AD | Gondophernes, the king of Indo- Parthians. | |||
| 78 | Accession of Kanishka, The Saka era begins. | |||
| 100-300 | The Sangam Age in south India. | |||
| 50 BC-250 AD | Satavahana dynasty in the Deccan | |||
| 320-335 | Reign of Chandragupta-I. | |||
| 335-380 | Reign of Samudragupta known as Indian Napoleon. | |||
| 380-414 | Reign of Chandragupta II (Vikramaditya). | |||
| 405-411 | The visit of the Chinese pilgrim Fa-hien to India. | |||
| 500-527 | Rule of Huns over North India. | |||
| 606-647 | Harsha Vardhana of Kanauj. Hiuen-Tsang visited India (AD 630-644). | |||
| 500-757 | First Chalukya dynasty of Vatapi | |||
| 630 | Harsha’s clash with PulakesinII | |||
| 973-1190 | Chalukya dynasty of Kalyani | |||
| 760-1142 | Palas of Eastern India. | |||
| 985-1014 | Reign of Rajaraja, the Great. Starts a great land survey (AD 1000). | |||
| 1014-1044 | Reign of Rajendra Chola. Naval campaign against Sri Vijaya kingdom. | |||
| 788-820 | Sankaracharya and his philosophy of Advaita. | |||
| 712 | Arabs occupy Sindh. | |||
| 871-1173 | Imperial cholas of Tanjore. | |||
| 916-1203 | Construction of Khajuraho Temples. | |||
| 1000-1027 | Invasion of Mahmud of Ghazni. | |||
| 1191 | Prithviraj III, defeated Muhammad Ghori in the first battle of Tarain . | |||
| 1192 | Mohammad Ghori defeated Prithviraj in theSecond Battle of Tarain in 1192. | |||
| 1206 | Foundation of the Sultanate of Delhi by Qutub-ud-din Aibak. | |||
| 1210 | Death of Qutub-ud-din Aibak. | |||
| 1210-1236 | Reign of Iltutmish. | |||
| 1221 | Mongol invasion under Chenghis Khan. | |||
| 1231 | Iltumish completed the construction of Qutub Minar at Delhi. | |||
| 1236-1240 | Reign of Empress Raziya, daughter of Iltutmish, the first and last woman ruler of Medieval India. | |||
| 1266-1287 | Reign of Sultan Balban. | |||
| 1288-1293 | Visit of Marco Polo in India. | |||
| 1290-1296 | Sultan Jalal-ud-din Firuz Khalji, founder of the Khalji dynasty. | |||
| 1296 | Alauddin Khalji invades Devagiri. | |||
| 1296-1316 | Reign of Sultan Alauddin Khalji. | |||
| 1309-1311 | Malik Kafur’s expedition into South India. | |||
| 1320-1325 | Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq (Ghazi Malik), founder of the Tughlaq dynasty. | |||
| 1325-1351 | Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq. Transferred the capital from Delhi to Daulatabad- 1327 Issue of token currency – 1329. | |||
| 1333 | Ibn Batuta arrives in India. | |||
| 1351-1388 | Sultan Firuz Tughlaq. | |||
| 1398 | Invasion of Timur during the reign of Sultan Nasiruddin Mahmud | |||
| 1414-1451 | Reign of Sayyid dynasty. | |||
| 1420 | Visit of Nicolo Conti. | |||
| 1451-1526 | Bahlul Lodhi (1451-89), Sikandar Lodhi (1489-1517), and Ibrahim Lodhi (1517-26) | |||
| 1526 | The first Battle of Panipat (1526) Babur defeats Ibrahim Lodhi. | |||
| 1336 | Foundation of the empire of Vijayanagar by Harihara and Bukka | |||
| 1438-1468 | Reign of Rana kumbha in Mewar. | |||
| 1509-1530 | Reign of Krishnadeva Raya, the greatest king of Vijayanagar. | |||
| 1565 | Battle of Talikota, decline of the empire of Vijayanagar. | |||
| 1346 | Foundation of the Bahmani kingdom by Ala-ud-din Hasan Bahman Shah (1347-1358).1498 | Vasco da Gama arrives at Calicut | ||
| 1505 | De Almeida, the first Viceroy of Portuguese in India | |||
| 1510 | Conquest of Goa from the Adilshahi Sultan of Bijapur – 1510. | |||
| 1526 | Babur defeats Ibrahim Lodhi at the first battle of Panipat. Formation of Mughal empire. | |||
| 1527 | Battle of Khanwa. Babur defeats Rana Sanga of Mewar. | |||
| 1530 | Accession of Humayun. | |||
| 1538 | Death of Guru Nanak. | |||
| 1539 | Sher Shah defeats Humayun at Chausa and assumes sovereignty. | |||
| 1540 | Humayun’s defeat near Kanauj. | |||
| 1542 | Birth of Akbar. | |||
| 1545 | Battle of Kalinjar. | |||
| 1545 | Death of Sher Shah. | |||
| 1555 | Battle of Sirhind. Sikandur Suri was defeated by Humayun, Humayun recovers the throne of Delhi. | |||
| 1556 | Death of Humayun and accession of Akbar. Second Battle of Panipat. | |||
| 1556-1605 | Akbar’s reign. | |||
| 1564 | Abolition of Jezyah. | |||
| 1565 | Battle of Talikota Vijayanagar destroyed. | |||
| 1571 | Foundation of Fatehpur Sikri. | |||
| 1576 | Battle of Haldighati and defeat of Maharana Pratap. | |||
| 1579 | Infalliability decree issued by Akbar. | |||
| 1581 | Din-i-Ilahi promulgated by Akbar. | |||
| 1600 | Deccan expedition and siege of Ahmadnagar Charter to British East India company. | |||
| 1605 | Death of Akbar and accession of Jahangir. | |||
| 1605-1627 | Reign of Jahangir. | |||
| 1609 | William Hawking visited Jahangir. | |||
| 1615 | Sir Thomas Roe in the court of Jahangir. | |||
| 1627 | Death of Jahangir. | |||
| 1628 | Shah Jahan proclaimed Emperor. | |||
| 1631 | Death of Mumtaz Mahal. | |||
| 1636 | Treaties with Bijapur and Golcunda. | |||
| 1658 | Coronation of Aurangzeb. | |||
| 1659 | Murder of Afzal Khan by Shivaji. | |||
| 1663 | Death of Mir Jumla. | |||
| 1663 | Attack on Poona by Shivaji. | |||
| 1663 | Shaista Khan appointed Governor of Bengal. | |||
| 1665 | Conclusion of the treaty of Purandhar – signed between Sivaji and Jai Singh. | |||
| 1666 | Death of Shah Jahan. | |||
| 1674 | Sivaji’s Coronation and assumption of the title of Chatrapati. | |||
| 1675 | Execution of Guru Tegh Bahadur. | |||
| 1679 | Jeziah imposed on the Hindus by Aurangzeb. | |||
| 1680 | Death of Sivaji. | |||
| 1686 | Conquest of Bijapur by Aurangzeb. | |||
| 1687 | Golconda annexed to the Mughal empire. | |||
| 1707 | Death of Aurangzeb at Ahmadnagar. | |||
| 1739 | Invasion of Nadirshah. | |||
| 1740-1761 | Peshwaship of Balaji Baji Rao (Nana Saheb). | |||
| 1746-48 | First Carnatic war. | |||
| 1748-54 | Second Carnatic war. | |||
| 1756-63 | Third Carnatic war. | |||
| 1757 | Battle of Plassey. | |||
| 1760 | Battle of Wandiwash. | |||
| 1761 | Third Battle of Panipat: The Marathas defeated by the combined troops of Ahmad Shah Abdali; the Mughals, and other Muslim chiefs of India. | |||
| 1764 | Battle of Buxar. The English defeat Shah Alam, Shuja-ud-daulah and Mir Qasim. | |||
| 1765 | Grant of the ‘Diwani’ of Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa to the East India Company by Shah Alam II under Treaty of Allahabad. | |||
| 1765 | Clive, Company’s Governor in Bengal. | |||
| 1765-72 | Dual Government of Bengal. | |||
| 1767-69 | The First Anglo Mysore War. | |||
| 1770 | The Great Bengal Famine. | |||
| 1771 | Marathas occupy Delhi and restore Shah Alam who was till then under English protection at Allahabad. | |||
| 1772-73 | Warren Hastings as Governor of Bengal. | |||
| 1772-73 | Abolition of Dual Government of Bengal(1772). | |||
| 1773 | The Regulating Act was passed, bringing the company partially under Parliament’s control and the Presidencies under Calcutta’s control. | |||
| 1773-85 | Warren Hastings Governor-General. | |||
| 1773-85 | Establishment of Supreme Court,Calcutta. | |||
| 1775-82 | The First Anglo-Maratha War. | |||
| 1776 | Treaty of Purandar | |||
| 1780-84 | Second Mysore War. | |||
| 1783 | Fox’s India Bills give more powers to Parliament and to the Governor-General. | |||
| 1784 | Treaty of Mangalore between Tipu and the English. | |||
| 1784 | Pitt’s Act passed, Setting up Board of Control for East India Company. | |||
| 1784 | Asiatic Society of Bengal founded by Sir William Jones. | |||
| 1786-93 | Lord Cornwalis, Governor-General. | |||
| 1790-92 | Third Mysore War. | |||
| 1792 | Treaty of Srirangapatnam signed between Tipu and English. | |||
| 1793-98 | Sir John Shore, Governor-General. | |||
| 1793 | The Permanent Zamindari Settlement of Bengal. | |||
| 1798 | Lord Wellesley as Governor-General and brought subsidiary alliance. | |||
| 1799 | Fourth Mysore War. Fall of Srirangapatnam. Death of Tipu. | |||
| 1800 | Establishment of the College of Fort William. | |||
| 1802 | The Treaty of Bassein between Peshwa and English. | |||
| 1803 | Occupation of Delhi by Lord Lake. | |||
| 1803-05 | Second Anglo-Maratha War. | |||
| 1807-13 | Lord Minto as Governor-General. | |||
| 1809 | Treaty of Amritsar-Ranjit Singh and British sign treaty of perpetual amity. | |||
| 1813-23 | Lord Hastings as Governor-General. | |||
| 1814-16 | Anglo-Gurkha War. | |||
| 1817-18 | Pindari War – Peshwa defeated at Kirkee. | |||
| 1818-19 | Last Anglo-Maratha War. | |||
| 1823-28 | Lord Amherst Governor-General. | |||
| 1824-26 | First Burmese War. | |||
| 1828-35 | Lord William Bentinck as Governor-General. | |||
| 1829 | Prohibition of Sati. | |||
| 1829-37 | Suppression of Thuggee. | |||
| 1833 | Renewal of Company’s charter. Abolition of the Company’s trading rights. | |||
| 1835-36 | Sir Charles Metcalf Governor-General. | |||
| 1835 | Macaulay’s Education Resolution. English made official language instead of Persian. | |||
| 1835 | Foundation of Calcutta Medical College. | |||
| 1836-1842 | Lord Auckland as Governor-General. | |||
| 1839 | Death of Ranjit Singh. | |||
| 1842-44 | Lord Ellenborough as Governor-General. | |||
| 1844-48 | Lord Hardinge as Governor-General. | |||
| 1845-46 | First Anglo-Sikh War. Treaty of Lahore. | |||
| 1848-49 | Second Anglo-Sikh War. Defeat of Sikhs and annexation of the Punjab. | |||
| 1848-49 | Opening of a Hindu Girls’ School in Calcutta by Bethune. | |||
| 1848-56 | Lord Dalhousie as Governor-General. | |||
| 1852 | Second Anglo-Burmese War. | |||
| 1853 | Railway opened from Bombay to Thana. Telegraph line from Calcutta to Agra. | |||
| 1854 | Charles Wood’s despatch on Education. | |||
| 1855 | Santhal insurrection in Bihar. | |||
| 1856 | Annexation of Awadh. Indian University Act. Hindu Widow’s Remarriage Act. | |||
| 1856-58 | Lord Canning – Governor-General. | |||
| 1857-58 | Revolt of 1857. Revolt at Meerut begins on May 10, 1857. | |||
| 1858 | British India placed under the direct government of the Crown. Queen Victoria’s Proclamation. | |||
| 1858-62 | Lord Canning as Viceroy. | |||
| 1861 | Indian Councils Act. | |||
| 1861 | Archaeological Survey of India set up. | |||
| 1861 | Indian Civil Service Act. | |||
| 1861 | Introduction of the Penal code. | |||
| 1862-63 | Lord Elgin as Viceroy. | |||
| 1864-69 | Sir John Lawrence Viceroy. | |||
| 1865 | Telegraphic communication with Europe opened. | |||
| 1869-72 | Lord Mayo as Viceroy. | |||
| 1875 | Visit of the Prince of Wales. | |||
| 1875 | Arya Samaj founded by Swami Dayananda. | |||
| 1877 | Lord Lytton held Durbar at Delhi where Queen Victoria was proclaimed Empress of India. | |||
| 1878 | Vernacular Press Act. | |||
| 1879 | Theosophical Society at Adayar, (was set up) Madras. | |||
| 1880-84 | Lord Ripon as Viceroy. | |||
| 1881 | Factory Act. | |||
| 1883 | Indian National Conference held in Calcutta. | |||
| 1883-84 | Ilbert Bill controversy. | |||
| 1884-88 | Lord Dufferin Viceroy. | |||
| 1885 | First session of the Indian National Congress held at Bombay. | |||
| 1887 | Queen Victoria’s Jubilee. | |||
| 1888-93 | Lord Landsdowne Viceroy. | |||
| 1892 | Indian Councils Act. | |||
| 1894-99 | Lord Elgin II Viceroy. | |||
| 1896 | Ramakrishna Mission founded. | |||
| 1899-1905 | Lord Curzon Viceroy. | |||
| 1905 | Partition of Bengal. | |||
| 1905-10 | Lord Minto II Viceroy. | |||
| 1906 | Muslim League formed at Dacca. | |||
| 1907 | Surat Congress, moderates-extremists clash. | |||
| 1908 | Newspapers Act. Tilak convicted of sedition. | |||
| 1909 | Morley-Minto Reforms. | |||
| 1909 | Indian Councils Act passed. | |||
| 1910-16 | Lord Hardinge II Viceroy. | |||
| 1911 | Delhi Durbar. | |||
| 1911 | Partition of Bengal annulled. Census of India. | |||
| 1911 | Transfer of Capital to Delhi announced | |||
| 1914 | Gandhi arrives in India. | |||
| 1916 | Lucknow Pact of Indian National Congress and All-India Muslim League. | |||
| 1916 | Foundation of Women’s University at Poona. | |||
| 1916 | The Home Rule League founded. | |||
| 1916-21 | Lord Chelmsford as Viceroy. | |||
| 1919 | Montague-Chelmsford Reforms. | |||
| 1919 | Rowlatt Act passed. | |||
| 1919 | Massacre at Jallianwala Bagh, Amritsar (April 13). | |||
| 1920 | Khilafat Movement and Non Co-operation Movement. | |||
| 1921 | Moplah Rebellion and Wagon Tragedy. | |||
| 1921-26 | Lord Reading Viceroy. | |||
| 1921 | Harappa excavations begin. | |||
| 1922 | Mohenjodaro excavations begin. | |||
| 1922 | Chauri Chaura incident. | |||
| 1923 | Swarajists in Indian Councils. | |||
| 1926-31 | Lord Irwin Viceroy | |||
| 1927 | Appointment of Simon Commission. | |||
| 1928 | Simon Commission comes to India. | |||
| 1928 | Death of Lala Lajpat Rai following police assault. Nehru Report. | |||
| 1929 | Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt drops bombs in the Legislative Assembly. | |||
| 1929 | Congress on December 31 at Lahore declaring its objective of Poora Swaraj for India. | |||
| 1930 | Gandhiji’s Dandi March. Civil Disobedience Movement. | |||
| 1930-31 | First Round Table Conference. | |||
| 1931 | Gandhi-Irwin Pact signed. | |||
| 1931 | Second Round Table Conference. | |||
| 1931-36 | Lord Wellingdon Viceroy. | |||
| 1932 | Third Round Table Conference. | |||
| 1932 | Communal Award announced. | |||
| 1932 | Poona Pact signed. | |||
| 1934 | Civil Disobedience Movement called off. | |||
| 1935 | Government of India Act, 1935 passed by British Parliament. | |||
| 1936-44 | Lord Linlithgow Viceroy. | |||
| 1937 | Inauguration of Provincial Autonomy. Congress Ministries formed in seven out of eleven provinces. | |||
| 1938 | Haripura session of the Congress. | |||
| 1939 | Second World War begins (September). | |||
| 1940 | Pakistan resolution passed by Muslim League at Lahore. | |||
| 1941 | Subhash Chandra Bose escapes from India. | |||
| 1942 | Cripps comes to India with his proposals in March. | |||
| 1942 | Congress rejects Cripps Proposal (11April). | |||
| 1942 | “Quit India” resolution passed by Congress on August 8. | |||
| 1944-47 | Lord Wavell Viceroy. | |||
| 1944 | INA reaches Indian soil. | |||
| 1945 | Labour Government in Britain. INA surrenders to the British (May). First trial of INA men (November 5). | |||
| 1946 | Cabinet Mission’s plans announced (June 16). | |||
| 1947-48 | Lord Mountbatten Viceroy | |||
| 1947 | Announcement of Lord Mountbatten’s plan for Partition of India (June 3). | |||
| 1947 | Indian Independence Act passed (July). | |||
| 1947 | Creation of free India and Pakistan on midnight of August 14/15, 1947 as dominions. | |||
| 1947-64 | Jawaharlal Nehru Prime Minister of India. | |||
| 1948 | Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi (January 30). | |||
| 1948 | Raja-gopalachari appointed first Indian Governor-General (June 21). | |||
| 1949 | New Constitution of India adopted and signed (November 26). | |||
| 1950 | India become a Republic. New Constitution comes into force (January 26). | |||
| 1950 | Dr. Rajendra Prasad, first President of Indian Republic. | |||
| 1950 | Planning Commission was set up | |||
| 1951 | Inauguration of First Five Year Plan. | |||
| 1952 | First General Election in India | |||
| 1952 | National Development Council (NDC) set up. | |||
| 1952 | Family Planning is launched. | |||
| 1953 | Conquest of Mount Everest. | |||
| 1953 | University Grants Commission (UGC) is set up | |||
| 1953 | CBI is set up | |||
| 1953 | Formation of Andhra Pradesh on linquiestic basis | |||
| 1954 | Chou En-lai, the Chinese Premier visits India. | |||
| 1954 | Panchashila signed between China and India. | |||
| 1955 | Hindu Marriage Act and Indian Citizenship Act. | |||
| 1956 | Reorganisation of Indian States on linguistic basis | |||
| 1956 | 2nd Five Year Plan launched. | |||
| 1956 | Nationalisation of insurance companies. | |||
| 1957 | Second General election. Introduction of decimal system of coinage. | |||
| 1957 | National Calender based on Saka era adopted. | |||
| 1959 | Dalai Lama reaches India for political asylum, Indo-Chinese relations worsen. | |||
| 1959 | Panchayat Raj introduced in Rajasthan. | |||
| 1961 | Goa, Daman and Diu liberated from Portu guese possession. | |||
| 1961 | Arjuna Award introduced | |||
| 1962 | Indo-China War. | |||
| 1964 | Death of Jawaharlal Nehru | |||
| 1964 | Lal Bahadur Shastri becomes Prime Minister. | |||
| 1965 | Indo-Pak War. | |||
| 1966 | Tashkent Declaration | |||
| 1966 | Death of Lal Bahadur Shastri | |||
| 1966 | Indira Gandhi becomes Prime Minister. | |||
| 1969 | First Nationalisation of 14 Banks. | |||
| 1969 | First Dada Sahib Phalke Award was given to Davika Rani | |||
| 1971 | Indo-Pak War | |||
| 1971 | Birth of Bangladesh. | |||
| 1972 | Shimla Agreement between India and Pakistan. | |||
| 1973 | Project Tiger | |||
| 1974 | Underground nuclear explosion carried out at Pokhran (May 18). | |||
| 1975 | Emergency declared in the country. | |||
| 1975 | Aryabhatta goes to orbit. | |||
| 1977 | Janata Party comes to power. | |||
| 1977 | Vajpayee address UNO in Hindi. | |||
| 1978 | Denomination of high value notes of Rs 1,000, Rs. 5,000 and Rs. 10,000 demonetised. | |||
| 1979 | Morarji Desai resigns as Prime Minister. | |||
| 1979 | Charan Singh becomes Prime Minister. | |||
| 1979 | Death of Loknayak Jayprakash Narayan. | |||
| 1979 | Bhakara I launched | |||
| 1980 | Mother Theresa gets Bharat Ratna. | |||
| 1980 | Six more commercial banks nationalised. | |||
| 1981 | Apple was launched | |||
| 1981 | First Indian Antartic Expedition to Qusim. Dakshin Gangothri, India’s first permanent station at Antartica was set up. | |||
| 1983 | Bharat Ratna posthumously awarded to Acharya Vinoba Bhave. | |||
| 1983 | INSAT-IB successfully launched. | |||
| 1984 | Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma becomes first Indian cosmonaut to go into space. | |||
| 1984 | Bachendri Pal becomes first Indian woman to scale Mount Everest. | |||
| 1984 | Indira Gandhi assassinated | |||
| 1984 | Rajiv Gandhi sworn in as new Prime Minister. | |||
| 1984 | Bhopal Gas tragedy | |||
| 1985 | Centenary celebrations of Indian National Congress held. | |||
| 1985 | Dhronachary Award instituted | |||
| 1986 | Centre and Laldenga sign Mizo Accord. | |||
| 1987 | Frontier Gandhi, Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan given Bharat Ratna. First foreigner to get Bharatratna. | |||
| 1988 | Bharat Ratna conferred on M.G. Ramachandran. | |||
| 1988 | Contingent of Indian Army flown to Maldives to help President Abdul Gayoom. | |||
| 1988 | Lok Sabha passes Constitutional Amendment Bill reducing voting age from 21 to 18 years. | |||
| 1989 | V.P. Singh sworn in as seventh Prime Minister with Devi Lal as his Deputy. | |||
| 1990 | Nelson Mandela honoured with Bharat Ratna. | |||
| 1990 | V.P. Singh resigns after losing vote of confidence in Lok Sabha. | |||
| 1990 | Chandra Shekhar is sworn as New Prime Minister. | |||
| 1991 | Rajiv Gandhi is assassinated at Sriperum budur in Tamil Nadu. | |||
| 1991 | Bharat Ratna is conferred on Morarji Desai. Rajiv Gandhi and Sardar Patel are awarded Bharat Ratna posthumously. | |||
| 1992 | Maulana Azad posthumously awarded Bharat Ratna. | |||
| 1992 | Kar Sevaks demolished Babri Masjid in Ayodhya | |||
| 1993 | Battle tank “Arjun” inducted into Indian Army. | |||
| 1993 | Job Quota for OBC’s becomes operative. | |||
| 1993 | Earth quake at Lathur, Maharashtra | |||
| 1994 | Panchayati Raj Act becomes operational. | |||
| 1995 | Morarji Desai, dies. Bombay becomes mumbai. | |||
| 1996 | Atal Behari Vajpayee becomes Prime Minister on May 16 and resigns on May 28. | |||
| 1996 | H.D. Deve Gowda becomes Prime Minister on June 1. Madras becomes Chennai. | |||
| 1997 | Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C1) is launched from Sriharikota (AndhraPradesh). | |||
| 1997 | Arundhati Roy bagged the 29th Booker Prize, | |||
| 1997 | Kalpana Chawla became the first Indianborn US woman to go into space. | |||
| 1998 | India’s second (May 11) and third (May 13) nuclear explosion at Pokhran. | |||
| 1998 | M.S. Subhalekshmi and Jaya Prakash Narayan win Bharat Ratna. | |||
| 1998 | Vajpayee becomes 12 Prime Minister of India. | |||
| 1998 | Param 10000 India’s new super computer unveailed. | |||
| 1998 | Konkan Railway (760 km) inaugurated. | |||
| 1999 | INSAT 2E was launched on April 3 | |||
| 1999 | PSLV-C2 launched IRS P4. | |||
| 1999 | India becomes leading producer of milk in the world. | |||
| 1999 | Amarthya Sen wins Bharat Ratna. | |||
| 1999 | India launched Operation Vijay to repel the Pak intruders from Kargil. | |||
| 2000 | Bill Clinton visits India. | |||
| 2000 | Lara Dutta of India becomes Miss Universe. | |||
| 2000 | Formation of the states of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Uttaranchal. | |||
| 2000 | Karnam Malleswary wins bronze medal in Sydney olympics. | |||
| 2000 | Priyanka Chopra of India becomes Miss world. | |||
| 2001 | GSLV D1 launches GSAT. Indian parliament attacked. | |||
| 2002 | Ms. Poornima Advani is appointed Chairperson of the National Commission for women. | |||
| 2002 | Former Indian Air Force Chief, Arjan Singh, is made the first ever marshal of the IAF. | |||
| 2002 | A.P.J. Abdul Kalam 11th President | |||
| 2002 | Bhairon Singh Shekhawat is sworn in the 12th Vice-President. | |||
| 2002 | The first exclusive 1,060 kg. meteorological satellite (METSAT) is successfully launched from the Sriharikotta by PSLV. | |||
| 2002 | Justice V.N. Khare is sworn in Chief Justice of India. | |||
| 2003 | L.K. Advani is appointed Deputy Prime Minister. | |||
| 2003 | INSAT 3E, was launched (September 28) | |||
| 2003 | Air Marshal T.M. Asthana is named the first Commander-in-Chief of the Strategic Forces Command. | |||
| 2003 | The Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee Christens METSAT, Kalpana I after Kalpana Chawla. | |||
| 2003 | Mehbooba Mufti takes over as president of the Peoples Democratic Party thus becoming the first woman to head a political party in J and K. | |||
| 2003 | INS Talwar the Navy’s first stealth warship is inducted into western fleet. | |||
| 2003 | G. Madhavan Nair assumes office as Chairman, Space Commission and ISRO | |||
| 2003 | The government constitutes the 17th Law Commission with Justice M. Jayannatha Rao as Chairman. | |||
| 2003 | The LokSabha passes the POTA Amendment Bill, 2003, providing for safeguard against misuse. | |||
| 2003 | Rajya Sabha passes dual citizenship bill. | |||
| 2004 | India becomes the first developing country to import LNG. | |||
| 2004 | India wins its first ever test series in Pakistan. | |||
| 2004 | Major Rajya Vardhan Singh Rathore gets the silver medal for India in shooting (double trap category) at the Olympic Games. | |||
| 2004 | EDUSAT – India’s first exclusive satellite for educational services, placed in orbit. | |||
| 2004 | Tata Motors becomes the first company in the Indian engineering sector to list its securities on the New York Stock Exchange. | |||
| 2004 | Kerala’s Palakkad district collectorate is the first in India to be totally computerised. | |||
| 2004 | The Mahatma Gandhi International Peace Award to the former Botswana President Sir Ketimile Masire. | |||
| 2004 | Over 80,000 people are killed following an undersea earthquake off Sumatra in Indonesia, over 19,000 people are killed in India | |||
| 2004 | ‘Lakshya’ pilotless target aircraft, test flown. | |||
| 2005 | Cabinet decided to offer dual citizenship for all overseas Indians who migrated after January 26, 1950. | |||
| 2005 | President’s rule was imposed on Goa and the Assembly kept under suspended animation, even after the Pratapsingh Rane Government wins the trust vote. | |||
| 2005 | Tamil writer D. Jayakanthan is selected for the 38th Jnanapith Award for 2002. He is the second Tamil author after P.V. Akhilandan to receive the honour. | |||
| 2005 | Dandi March route (384 km) is declared a heritage path and the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, announces a Rs 10 crore package for Sabarmati Gandhi Ashram renovation, on the 75th anniversary day of the breaking of the salt act by Mahatma Gandhi. | |||
| 2005 | India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLVC-6 is launched from the spaceport in Sriharikota, and it injects two satellites CARTOSAT – 1 and HAMSAT into | |||
| 2005 | The Lok Sabha passes the Right to information Bill. | |||
| 2005 | The Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, launches the National Knowledge Commission. | |||
| 2005 | The Government comes out with the first ever Outcome Budget. | |||
| 2005 | The trial-run, of the first Amritsar- Lahore service begins linking the two cities for the first time nearly six decades. | |||
| 2006 | India’s first rubber dam is installed across the Janjhavati river in Andhra Pradesh’s Vizianagaram district. | |||
| 2006 | Booker Prize winner Arundhati Roy is awarded the 2005 Sahitya Akademi Award for English for her book of essays begins. The Algebra of Infinite Justice. | |||
| 2006 | The first-ever-Lahore- Amritsar bus service | |||
| 2006 | The world’s longest rail is flagged off from Bhilai steel plant. | |||
| 2006 | The President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, returns the Office of Profit Bill for reconsideration | |||
| 2006 | A.P.J. Abdul Kalam becomes the first President to make a sortie in a combat aircraft after flying in a Sukhoi-30 MKT after take off from Lahegaon airbase, Pune. | |||
| 2006 | N. Gopalaswami takes over as the new Chief Election Commissioner. | |||
| 2006 | The GSLV – FO2 launch from Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh ends in failure after the vehicle crashes into the Bay of Bengal. | |||
| 2006 | Social activist Arvind Kajriwal is elected for the 2006 Ramon Magsaysay Award in the Emergent Leadership category. | |||
| 2006 | The President A.P.J Abdul Kalam, confers the 39th Jnanapith Award on Marathi writer Vinda Karandikar. | |||
| 2006 | Actor Shabana Azmi is chosen for the Gandhi International Peace Prize 2006. | |||
| 2006 | The protection of women from Domestic Violence Act 2006 comes into effect. | |||
| 2006 | The Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, presents the 21st Indira Gandhi Prize for National Integration to lyricist Javed Akhtar. | |||
| 2006 | Sri Lankan President, Mahinda Rajapaksa inaugurates the three – day first Asian Mayor’s meet in Dehra Dun. | |||
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