This document lists the main dates in the history of India. It all begins between -3000 BC. JC and -2000, when the first civilizations settled in the valley of the Indus. from 1500 onwards, Aryan peoples from the Northwest invaded the north of India and mingled with the population or repelled the Dravidians towards the South.
- -1000
- Priests dominate society. The caste system appears. It was at this time that the Vedas, sacred texts of Hinduism, were written.
- -500
- Appearance of Buddhism and jainism
- -400
- The Mahabharata is written
- -327
- Incursion of the troops of Alexander the Great in the north of India
- -321
- Chandragupta Maurya founds the empire of Maurya
- -297
- Bindusara, son of Chandragupta, continues the expansion of the kingdom
- -273
- Ashoka Maurya takes the succession, until -232, and is converted to the Buddhism of -262. It extends the empire which reaches its apogee. At his death, the empire was torn apart and the conquerors infiltrated the north. Little by little, all the tribes integrate and gather around hinduism
- 50
- Kushans and Kanishkas control northern India
- 320
- Chandragupta I founded the Gupta dynasty in eastern India
- Vers 400
- The Gupta unify India and allow the development of Indian classical art. This brilliant civilization will last for two centuries before the invasion of the Huns. However, some southern empires resist and retain their regional influence (Chera, Pallava, Chola ...)
- 711
- The first Muslims, led by Muhammad Bin Qasim, arrive in India
- Vers l’an 1000
- Arab incursions became more frequent and sink more and more, while in the south the Chola extended their influence. At the end of the twelfth century the Arab presence became permanent in the north of India
- 1206
- Qutb-ud-din, the first Sultan of Delhi
- 1290
- Jalaludin Firuz Khalji founds the Khalji dynasty and makes Delhi its capital
- 1320
- Ghiyasuddin Tughluq upsets the Khalji
- 1328
- Mohammed Tughluq upsets the Hoysala kingdom
- 1336
- Foundation of the Hindu Kingdom of Vijayanagar at Deccan
- 1451
- The Lodi dynasty controls Delhi
- 1510
- Portuguese disembark in Goa and take control of the region
- 1526
- Babur, founder of the Mughal dynasty, overthrew the Lodi after the battle of Panipat
- 1556-1605
- Reign of Akbar. A great monarch, he decides on the rapprochement between Hindus and Muslims. It extends its power by winning many battles against its neighbors
- 1565
- Muslims destroy the Vijayanagar Empire.
- 1609
- The Dutch open a counter in Pulicat
- 1612
- The English establish their first counter in Surat
- 1631
- Shah Jahan, grandson of Akbar, built a mausoleum for his wife: the Taj Mahal
- 1639
- The English build Fort St. George in Madras
- 1672
- The French found the counter of Pondichéry
- 1707
- The end of the reign of Aurangzeb also marks the end of the Mughals in India
- 1757
- The British beat the French in Plassey, Bengal, and extend their influence
- 1803
- India is now under British control almost entirely. The country is administered by the East India Company, which abuses its power
- 1829
- The English prohibit the practice of sati, a Hindu tradition that a widow is sacrificed with her husband
- 1838
- A tripartite treaty is signed between the British, Shah Shuka and Ranjit Singh
- 1848
- After years of fighting, the British defeated the Sikhs and annexed the Punjab
- 1857
- Revolt of the Sepoys. This mutiny puts an end to the administration of the East India Company. Creation of the Empire of the Indies under British control. The Indian economy regains a certain boom
- 1877
- Victoria, Queen of England, was proclaimed Empress of the Indies
- 1885
- David Hume created the Congress party. Indians call for more power
- 1905
- Bengale score
- 1911
- The British make Delhi the capital of the Empire of India. Construction of New Delhi
- 1915
- Mohandas Gandhi returns to his native country
- 1922
- Gandhi initiates the Civil Disobedience Movement
- 1942
- The Congress Party votes the Quit India Resolution. As the name suggests, it provides for the departure of the English for the benefit of the Indians. Party leaders arrested
- February 1947
- Lord Mountbatten was elevated to the rank of Vice-King of India
- 15 August 1947
- After several years of struggle, the independence of India is proclaimed. Nehru became Prime Minister. The majority Muslims in the Indus Basin decide to secede and form, in blood, Pakistan
- 30 January 1948
- Mahatma Gandhi is assassinated by a Hindu extremist
- 1964
- Death of Jawaharlal Nehru
- 1965
- India and Pakistan clash in Kashmir
- 1966
- Indira Gandhi, daughter of Nehru, was elected Prime Minister until 1977
- 1971
- Bangladesh becomes independent. Resumption of the conflict with Pakistan
- 1980
- Return to power of Indira Gandhi
- 31 october 1984
- Indira Gandhi is murdered by two of her Sikh bodyguards. They thus avenge the attack of the Golden Temple of Amritsar, sacred place of Sikhs
- 3 December 1984
- Chemical disaster in Bhopal: several thousand dead
- 21 may 1991
- Rajiv Gandhi is assassinated after succeeding his mother in power. The murder is claimed by the Tamils of Sri Lanka
- 1992-93
- Terrorist wave in Bombay and Delhi after the destruction of a mosque by Hindus in Ayodhya
- 1997
- Kocheri Raman Narayanam was elected President of the Republic until 2002
- 1998
- The Hindu party, the BJP, returned to power in favor of a parliamentary alliance. Its leader, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, becomes Prime Minister
- 1999
- Kocheri Raman Narayanam provokes new general elections after a parliamentary crisis. The BJP obtains the relative majority. A. Vajpayee is re-elected Prime Minister in October
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