Modern India

Year	Event
1628	Jehangir dies, and is succeeded by his son Shah Jahan.
1658	Shah Jahan completes Taj Mahal, Jama Masjid, and Red Fort. Shah Jahan dies, and is succeeded by his son Aurangzeb.
1659	Shivaji defeats Adilshahi troops at the Battle of Pratapgarh.
1674	Forces led by Shivaji defeat Aurangzeb's troops, and establishes Maratha Empire.
1675	Guru Tegh Bahadur, the ninth Guru of Sikhs is executed in Delhi by the order of Aurangzeb for his support for the Kashmiri Hindus to practice their religion. Guru Gobind Singh becomes tenth Guru of Sikhs.
1680	Shivajidies of fever at Raigad. Sambhaji becomes 2nd Chhatrapati of the Maratha Empire.
1681	Aurangzeb invades the Deccan
1689	Chatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj dies.
1699	Guru Gobind Singh, the 10th Guru of Sikhs creates Khalsa, the saint-soldier at Anandpur Sahib, Punjab.
1707	Death of Aurangzeb the Mughal emperor.
1708	Guru Granth Sahibbecomes Guru of Sikhs.
1757	Battle of Plassey
1761	The Marathas are routed in the Third Battle of Panipat on 14 January 1761, by the Afghans led by Ahmad Shah Durrani.
1764	Battle of Buxar(British victory against allied Mughal, Bengal and Oudh forces)
1767	First Anglo-Mysore Warbegins, in which Haidar Ali of Mysore defeats the combined armies of the East India Company, the Marathas and the Nizam of Hyderabad.
1771	Marathasre-captures Delhi and parts of North India.
1773	Regulating Act of 1773
1773	Warren Hastingsappointed as first Governor-General of India
1775	First Anglo-Maratha War
1779	Maratha Sardar Mahadji Shinde routs the East India Company army at the Battle of Wadgaon. War ends with the restoration of status quo as perTreaty of Salbai.
1780	Second Anglo-Mysore Warbegins.
1784	Second Anglo-Mysore Warends with the Treaty of Mangalore.
1786	District collectorsin Bengal were made responsible for settling the revenue and collecting it.
1789	Third Anglo-Mysore Warbegins.
1792	Third Anglo-Mysore Warends.
1798	Fourth Anglo-Mysore Warbegins.
1799	Fourth Anglo-Mysore Warends with the death of Tipu Sultan, the victory of the East India Company, and the restoration of their ally, the Wodeyar dynasty of Mysore.
1799	Polygar War
1800	Death of Nana Fadnavis
1801	Maharaja Ranjit Singh establishes Khalsa rule of Punjab from Lahore. Khalsa army liberates Kashmiri Pundits and invades Afghanistan through Khyber Pass.
1803	Second Anglo-Maratha Warbegins
1805	Second Anglo-Maratha Warends
1806	Vellore Mutiny
1809	East India Company signs the first Treaty of Amritsar with Ranjit Singh
1814	"Atmiya Sabha" Established Later on known as "Prarthana Samaj" By Raja Ram Mohan Roy
1817	Third Anglo-Maratha Warbegins
1818	Third Anglo-Maratha Warends with the defeat of Bajirao II and the end of the Maratha Empire leaving the East India Company with control of almost the whole of India
1839	First Anglo-Afghan War
1845	First Anglo-Sikh Wars
1853	Started Post Service
1853	First Railway established between Bombay and Thane
1855	Santhal rebellion
1856	Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act, 1856
1857	Indian Rebellion of 1857
1857	Established first three University of Mumbai, University of Madras and University of Calcutta in India
1867	"Prarthana Samaj" Established Earlier known as "Atmiya Sabha"
1875	"Arya Samaj" Established
1877	Delhi DurbarFirst time
1885	Indian National CongressEstablished
1899	"Mithra Mela"Established by V.D.Savarkar.
1902	Anushilan Samiti, organized revolutionary association formed.
1903	British Expedition to Tibet
	Delhi DurbarSecond Time.
1905	Partition of Bengal
1906	Jugantarformed.
1906	Muslim Leagueformed in Dacca.
1908	Alipore bomb case
1909	Morley-Minto Reforms
1911	Cancellation of Partition of Bengal
1911	Delhi DurbarThird Time
1911	British government change capital city from Calcutta to Delhi.
1912	Delhi conspiracy case
1913	Gadar Partyformed.
1913	Rabindranath Tagorewon Nobel Prize in Literature
1914	Hindu–German Conspiracy
1915	Ghadar conspiracy
	Provisional Government of Indiaformed in Kabul.
	Mahatma Gandhireturns to India.
1916	Lucknow Pact
1917	Champaran and Kheda Satyagraha
1919	Jallianwala Bagh massacre
	Montagu–Chelmsford Reforms
	Rowlatt Actis passed
1920	Non-cooperation movement Khilafat Movement
1922	Chauri Chaura incident
1924	Hindustan Socialist Republican Associationis formed
1925	Kakori conspiracy
1927	Simon Commission
1928	Bardoli Satyagraha
1929	Central Assembly Bombed by Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt.
	Purna Swarajresolution.
1930	Salt Satyagraha, the civil disobedience movement, begins with the Dandi march
	Round Table Conferences (India)First
1931	Gandhi–Irwin Pact
	Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev Martyred
	Round Table Conferences (India)Second
1932	Poona Pact
	Communal Award
	Round Table Conferences (India)Third
1935	Government of India Act 1935
1937	Indian provincial elections, 1937
1939	All India Forward BlocEstablished by Subhas Chandra Bose
1940	Lahore Resolution
	August offer 1940
1942	Quit India Movement
	Cripps' mission
	Indian National ArmyEstablished by Subhas Chandra Bose
1943	Arzi Hukumat-e-Azad Hind, the Provisional Government of Free India formed by Netaji.
1944	Subhas Chandra Bose calls Mahatma Gandhi as the Father of the Nation.
1945	Wavell Plan Simla Conference.
1946	Royal Indian Navy Mutiny
	Cabinet Mission
	Direct Action Day/Great Calcutta Killings
1947	Indian Independence Act 1947by British Raj.
	Partition of Indiaand Pakistan becomes an independent state on 14 August 1947.[16]
	Freedom from British Raj.
	Hundreds of thousands die in widespread communal bloodshed after partition. (to 1948)
1948	Mahatma Gandhiassassinated by a right wing Hindu nationalist Nathuram Godse.
	War with Pakistanover disputed territory of Kashmir.
	Telangana and other princely states integrated in Indian union
1950	India became Republic.
1951	Congress Party wins first general elections under leadership of Jawaharlal Nehru. (to 1952)
1962	war over disputed territory of Kashmir [16] with China.
	Indiawon Diu, Daman and Goa from Portuguese India.
1964	Death of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
1965	Second warwith Pakistan over Kashmir.
1966	Nehru's daughter Indira Gandhi becomes prime minister.
1971	Third warwith Pakistan over creation of Bangladesh, formerly East Pakistan.
	Twenty-year treaty of friendship signed with Soviet Union.
1974	India explodes first nuclear device in underground test.
1975	Indira Gandhideclares state of emergency after being found guilty of electoral malpractice.
	Nearly 1,000 political opponents imprisoned and programme of compulsory birth control introduced. (to 1977)
1977	Indira Gandhi's Congress Party loses general elections. Janata Party comes to power.Communist party of India comes into power in West Bengal.
1979	Janata Party Splits. Chaudhary Charan Singh becomes Prime Minister.
1980	Indira Gandhireturns to power heading Congress party splinter group, Congress (Indira).
1983	N. T. Rama RaoNTR's 9 month old Telugu Desam Comes in to Power in AP marks a new Challenger post Loknayak Jayaprakash Narayan against Indira Gandhi.
1984	Troops storm Golden Temple - Sikhs' most holy shrine - to flush out Sikh militants pressing for self-rule, called Operation Blue Star. "Anti-Sikh Riots 1984".
	Indira Gandhiassassinated by Sikh bodyguards, following which her son, Rajiv, takes over.
	Many Sikhs were killed due to the assassination of Indira Gandhi, and the government did not do anything.
1987	India deploys troops for peacekeeping operation in Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict.
1989	Falling public support leads to Congress defeat in general election.
1989	National Front (India)Headed by V. P. Singh and led by Janata Dal formed and stormed into power with outside support from BJP and CPI.
1990	Muslim separatist groups begin campaign of violence in Kashmir.
1991	Rajiv Gandhiassassinated by suicide bomber sympathetic to Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers.
	Economic reform programme begun by Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao.
1992	Hinduextremists demolish mosque in Ayodhya, triggering widespread Hindu-Muslim violence.
	Over 200 people die in Cuttack in Odisha, after drinking illegally brewed liquor in the 1992 Odisha liquor deaths incident.
1995	West Bengal Chief Minister Jyoti Basu made the first call from Kolkata to inaugurate the cellular services in India
1996	Congress suffers worst ever electoral defeat as Hindu nationalist BJP emerges as largest single party.
1996	The Amarnath Yatra tragedy in which at least 194 pilgrims are reported to have frozen to death in northern Kashmir after being stranded by violent rain and snow storms.
1998	BJP forms coalition government under Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
	India carries out nuclear tests, leading to widespread international condemnation.
1999	Vajpayeemakes historic bus trip to Pakistan to meet Premier Nawaz Sharif and to sign bilateral Lahore peace declaration.
	Tension in Kashmir leads to brief war with Pakistan-backed forces in the icy heights around Kargil in Indian-held Kashmir.
	Cyclone devastates eastern state of Odisha, leaving at least 10,000 dead.
2000	US President Bill Clinton makes a ground breaking visit to improve ties.
	India marks the birth of its billionth citizen.
2001	A high-powered rocket is launched, adding India to the club of countries able to fire big satellites deep into space.
	Massive earthquakes hit the western state of Gujarat, leaving at least 30,000 dead.
	US lifts sanctions which it imposed against India and Pakistan after they staged nuclear tests in 1998. The move is seen as a reward for their support for the US-led anti-terror campaign.
	India and Pakistan fire at each other's military posts in the heaviest firing along the dividing line of control in Kashmir for almost a year.[18]
2002	War of words between Indian and Pakistani leaders intensifies. Actual war seems imminent.
	India successfully test-fires a nuclear-capable ballistic missile - the Agni - off its eastern coast.
2004	India, along with Brazil, Germany and Japan, launches an application for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council.
	Thousands are killed when tsunami tidal waves, caused by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake off the Indonesian coast, devastate coastal communities in the south and in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
2006	India's largest-ever rural jobs scheme is launched, aimed at lifting around 60 million families out of poverty.
	US and India sign a nuclear agreement during a visit by US President George W Bush. The US gives India access to civilian nuclear technology while India agrees to greater scrutiny for its nuclear programme.
2007	India and Pakistan sign an agreement aimed at reducing the risk of accidental nuclear war.
	India's first commercial space rocket is launched, carrying an Italian satellite.
	Pratibha Patilbecomes first woman to be elected president of India.
2008	India successfully launches its first mission to the moon, the unmanned lunar probe Chandrayaan-1.
	Nearly 200 people are killed and hundreds injured in a series of coordinated attacks by gunmen on the main tourist and business area of India's financial capital Mumbai. India blames militants from Pakistan for the attacks and demands that Islamabad take strong action against those responsible.
2009	India and Russia sign deals worth $700 million, according to which Moscow will supply uranium to Delhi.
	Delhi court decriminalizes gay sex
2011	After 34 years of Left Front Government, Trinamool Congress and Congress alliance come to power in West Bengal
2012	Pranab Mukherjee, the former Finance Minister is elected as the 13th president of India.
2013	Mars Orbiter Mission, is successfully launched into Earth orbit by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).