Timelines of Indian History : Static GK for CLAT

Year	Event	Remarks
320 A.D	Commencement of Gupta Era
1001	First Invasion on India by Mahmud Gazni	Successful by defeating Jaipal ruler of Punjab
1025	Destruction of Somnath Temple by Mahmud Gazni.
1191	First Battle of Tarain	Fought between Mohmd Gauri and Rajput Army led by Prithviraj Chauhan and was won by Rajput Army
1192	Second Battle of Tarain	Same parties but this time Rajput lost the battle
1206	Mohd Gauri was killed
1206	Qutub ud din Aibak adorned throne of delhi
1210	Qutub ud din Aibak Died
1221	Mongol Invasion started by Changez Khan
1316	Alla ud din Khilji died
1336	Foundation of Vijaynagar in South India
1469	Birth of Guru Nanak
1483	Babar was born
1497-98	Vasco da gama’s voyage. Reached India in 1498
1526	First battle of Panipat between Babar and Humayun	Babar won
1527	Battle of Khanwa	Babar defeated Rana Sanga
1539	Sher shah Suri defeated Humayun and Guru Angad Dev became second Guru of Sikhs
1556	Second Battle of Panipat	Akbar defeated Humayun
1565	Battle of Talikota
1600	East India Company was established
1605	Akbar died
1627/1630	Birth of Sivaji
1680	Death of Sivaji
1707	Death of Aurangzeb
1757	Battle of Plessey
1761	Third Battle of Panipat	Ahmed Shah Abdali won against Marathas
1764	Battle of Buxar
1767-69	First Mysore War
1780-84	Second Mysore War
1789/90-92	Third Mysore War
1798-99	Fourth Mysore War	Death of Tipu Sultan
1853	Postal service to Calcutta and Rail service from Bombay to Thane
1857	Indian Rebellion or first war for Independence
1861	Birth of Shri Rabindranath Tagore
1869	Birth of Mahatma Gandhi
1905	First battle of Bengal under lord Curzon and partition of Bengal
1906	Foundation of Muslim league
1914	World War-I begins
1916	Lucknow Pact signed between Muslim league and congress
1918	World War –I ended
1919	Jallianwala Bagh Massacre and Rowlatt Act
1927	Simon commission was boycotted
1928	Bardoli Satyagrah
1930	Civil Disobedience was passed
1931	Gandhi Irwin pact and Martyr day (23rd March)
1935	Government of India Act
1939	World War II begins
1942	Quit India movement and Cripps Mission
1945	World War-II ends
1947	Indian Independence act and Partition of India
1948	Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi; Integration of Princely states; War with Pakistan over Kashmir issue
1950	Republic day
1962	Indo-China War; India Won Diu, Daman and Goa from Portuguese	India loses brief war against China
1965	Second War with Pakistan for Kashmir issue
1971	Third War with Pakistan and creation of Bangladesh
1975	State of emergency declared
1984	Operation Blue Star
1999	Kargil War