Important Battles Indian History

Important Battles of Indian History
BC
327-26	Alexander invades India. Defeats Porus in the Battle of Hydaspes (Jhelum) 326 BC
305	Chandragupta Maurya defeats the Greek King Seleucus.
216	The Kalinga War. Conquest of Kalinga by Ashoka.
c. 155	Menander's invasion of India
c. 90	The Saka invade India
AD
454	The first Huna invasion
495	The second Huna invasion
711-712	The Arab invasion of Sind under Mohammed-bin-Qasim
1000-27	Mahmud Ghazni invades India 17 times
1175-1206	Invasions of Muhammad Ghori. First Battle of Tarain. 1191 - Prithvi Raj Chauhan defeats Muhammad Ghori; Second Battle of Tarain, 1192 - Muhammad Ghori defeats Prithvi Chauhan; Battle of Chandawar, 1194 - Muhammad Ghori defeats Jayachandra Gahadvala of Kanauj.
1294	Alauddin Khilji invades the Yadava kingdom of Devagiri. The first Turkish invasion of the Deccan.
1398	Timur invades India. Defeats the Tughlaq Sultan Mahmud Shah; the Sack of Delhi
1526	Babur invades India and defeats the last Lodi Sultan Ibrahim Lohi in the first Battle of Panipat.
1539-40	Battles of Chusa or Ghaghra (1539) and Kanauj or Ganges (1540) in which Sher Shah defeats Humayun.
1545	Battle (siege) of kalinjar and death of Sher Shah Suri.
1556	Second Battle of Panipat. Akbar defeats Hemu.
1565	Battle of Rakatakshasi-Tangadi (Talikota) in which the forces of the empire of Vijanagar under King Sadasiva Raya and his regent Rama Raya are routed by the confederate forces of the Deccani states of Bijapur, Golkonda, Ahmadnagar, and Bidar.
1576	Battle of Haldighati, Akbar defeats Rana Pratap of Mewar.
1632-33	Conquest of Ahmadnagar by Shah Jahan.
1658	Battles of Dharmat (April-May 1658) and Samugarh (June 8, 1658). Dara Shikoh, elest son of Shah Jahan, defeated by Aurangzeb.
1665	Shivaji defeated by Raja Jai Singh and Treaty of Purandhar.
1739	Invasion of India by Nadir Shah.
1746	First Carnatic War.
1748-54	Second Carnatic War.
1756-63	Third Carnatic War.
1757	Battle of Plassey. Siraj-ud-Daulah, the Nawab of Bengal, defeated by Clive.
1760	Battle of Wandiwash, in which the English under Sir Eyre Coote defeated the French under Lally.
1762	Third Battle of Panipat. Marathas defeated by Ahmad Shah Abdali.
1764	Battle of Buxar. The English (under Munro) defeated Mir Kasim, the Nawab of Bengal and Nawab Shuja-ud-daulah of Awadh.
1767-69	First Mysore War.
1774	The Rohilla War between the Rohillas and the Nawab of Awadh supported by the East India Company.
1775-82	First Maratha War
1780-82	Maratha War
1780-84	Second Mysore War
1792	Third Mysore War
1799	Fourth Mysore War, Defeat and death of Tipu Sultan
1802-04	Second Maratha War
1817-18	Third Maratha War
1845-46	first Sikh War
1846	Battle of Aliwal between the English and the Sikhs. The Sikhs were defeated.
1848-49	Second Sikh war and annexation of the Punjab to British India.
1857	The Revolt of 1857 (The First War of Indian Independence)

Important Dates Indian History

Important Dates Indian History

Periods	Events/Significance
BC
300-5000	Indus Valley Civilisation
563	Birtd of Gautama Buddha (or 576 BC in some sources)
527-540	Birtd of Mahavir; Nirvana
327-326	Alexander's invasion of India. It opened a land route between India and Europe
313	Accession of Chandragupta Maurya, according to Jain traditions.
305	Defeat of Seleucus at tde hands of Chandragupta Maurya
273-232	Ashoka's reign
261	Conquest of Kalinga
145-101	Reign of Elara, tde Chola king of Sri Lanka
58	Beginning of Vikrami Era
AD
78	Beginning of Saka Era
120	Accession of Kanishka
320	Commencement of Gupta Era, tde golden age of Hindu India
380	Accession of Vikramaditya
405-411	Visit of Chinese traveller Fahien
415	Accession of Kumara Gupta I
455	Accession of Skanda Gupta
606-647	Harshavardhan's reign
712	First invasion in Sindh by Arabs
836	Accession of King Bhoja of Kannauj
985	Accession of Rajaraja tde Chola ruler
998	Accession of Sultan Mahmud
1001	First invasion of India by Mahmud Ghazni who defeated Jaipal, ruler of Punjab.
1025	Destruction of Somnatd Temple by Mahmud Ghazni
1191	First Battle of Tarain
1192	Second Battle of Tarain
1206	Accession of Qutub-ud-Din Aibak to tde tdrone oof Delhi
1210	Deatd of Qutub-ud-Din Aibak
1221	Changez Khan invaded India (Mongol invasion)
1236	Accession of Razia Sultan to tde tdrone of Delhi
1240	Deatd of Razia Sultan
1296	Accession of Ala-ud-Din Khilji
1316	Deatd of Ala-ud-Din Khilji
1325	Accession of Muhammad-bin Tughlaq
1327	Shifting of Capital from Delhi to Daulatabad in Deccan by tde Tughlaqs
1336	Foundation of Vijayanagar empire in Soutd
1351	Accession of Feroze Shah
1398	Invasion of India by Timur
1469	Birtd of Guru Nank
1494	Accession of Babur in Farghana
1497-98	First Voyage of Vasco de Gama to India (discovery of sea route to India via Cape of Good Hope) I
1526	First Battle of Panipat; Babur defeated Ibrahim Lodhi; foundation of Mughal dynasty by Babur
1527	Battle of Kanwaha-Babur defeated Rana Sanga
1530	Death of Babur and Accession of Humayun
1539	Sher Shah Suri defeated Humayun and became India's empreor
1555	Humayun recaptured the throne of Delhi
1556	Second battle of Panipal
1565	Battle of Talikota
1576	Battle of Haldighati - Rana Pratap defeated by Akbar
1582	Din-e-IIahi founded by Akbar
1600	East India Company established
1605	Death of Akbar and accession of Jehangir
1606	Execution of Guru Arjun Dev
1611	Jehangir marries Nur Jahan
1616	Sir Thomas Roe visits Jehangir
1627	Birth of Shivaji and death of Jehangir
1628	Shah Jahan becomes emperor of India
1631	Death of Mumtaz Mahal
1634	The English permitted to trade in India (in Bengal)
1659	Accession of Aurangzeb, Shahjahan imprisoned
1665	Shivaji imprisoned, by Aurangzeb
1666	Death of Shah Jahan
1675	Execution of Guru Teg Bahadur, the ninth Guru of Sikhs
1680	Death of Shivaji
1707	Death of Aurangzeb
1708	Death of Guru Gobind Singh
1739	Nadir Shah Invades India
1757	Battle of Plassey, establishment of British political rule in India at the hands of Lord Clive
1761	Third Battle of Panipat; Shah Alam II becomes India's emperor
1764	Battle of Buxer
1765	Clive appointed Company's Governor of India
1767-69	First Mysore War
1780	Birth of Maharaja Ranjit Singh
1780-84	Second Mysore War
1784	Pitt's India Act
1790-92	Third Mysore War
1793	The Permanent Settlement of Bengal
1799	Fouth Mysore War - Death of Tipu Sultan
1802	Treaty of Bassein
1809	Treaty of Amritsar
1829	Practice of Sati Prohibited
1830	Raja Ram Mohan Roy visits England
1833	Death of Raja Ram Mohan Roy
1839	Death of Maharaja Ranjit Singh
1839-42	First Afghan War
1845-46	First Anglo-Sikh War
1852	Second Anglo-Burmese War
1853	First Railway line opened between Bombay and Thane and a Telegraph line in Calcutta
1857	The Sepoy Mutiny of First War of Independence
1861	Birth of Rabindranath Tagore
1869	Birth of Mahatma Gandhi
1885	Foundation of Indian National Congress
1889	Birth of Jawaharlal Nehru
1897	Birth of Subhash Chandra Bose
1904	Tibet Expedition
1905	First Battle of Bengal under Lord Curzon
1906	Foundation of Muslim League
1911	Delhi Darbar; King and Queen visit India; Delhi becomes the Capital of India
1914	World War I begins
1916	Lucknow Pact Signed by Muslim League and Congress
1918	World War I ends
1919	Montague-Chemsford Reforms introduced; Jallianwala Bagh Massacre at Amritsar
1920	Khilafat Movement launched
1927	Boycott of Simon Commission; broadcasting started in India
1928	Death of Lala Lajpat Rai
1929	Lord Irwain's Pact; resolution of complete independence passed at Lahore Congress
1930	Civil disobedience movement launched; Dandi March by Mahatma Gandhi (6 April, 1930)
1931	Gandhi Irwin Pact
1935	Government of India Act enacted
1937	Provincial Autonomy; Congress forms ministries
1939	Word War II begins (September 1)
1941	Escape of Subhash Chandra Bose from India and death of Rabindranath Tagore
1942	Arrival of Cripps Mission in India; Quit India Movement launched (August 8)
1943-1944	Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose forms provisional Azad Hind Fauj and Indian National Army; Bengal Famine
1945	Trial of Indian National Army at Red Fort; Shimla Conference; World War II ends
1946	British Cabinet Mission visits India; Interim government formed at centre
1947	Division of India; Indian and Pakistan seperate independent dimensions
1948	Mahatma Gandhi assassinated (Jannuary 30); integration of princely states

MODERN HISTORY

ANTI HINDI AGITATION DURING PRE INDEPENDENCE DAY WAS FOUGHT BY PERIYAR

Modern india

1765—DIWANI RGTS

AFGHAN WAR

AFTER 2^ND WAR ABDUL RAHMAN WAS RECOGNISED AS AMIR OF AFGHANISTAN.

BURMESE WAR-

TRAERTY OF YANDABOO—1^ST BURMESE WAR

GOVERNOR GENERAL—

ELLENBOROUGH

SIND ANNEXED BY BRITISH

WILLIAM BENTICK

THUGS  (WILLIAM SLEEMAN), VELLORE MUTINY

WELLESLEY

SUSIDIARY ALLIANCE

METCALFE

LIBERATOR OF PRESS

DALHOUSIE

FOUNDED PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT

CHARTER ACT 1813—COMPANY WAS ALLOCATE RS ONE LAKH FOR DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATION.

1855---TANJORE WAS ANNEXED

TIPU WAS KILLED IN1799

FIRST WOMEN UNIVERSITY IN INDIA FOUNDED BY KARVE- 19 16.

SIR EYRE COOTE--- BATTLE OF WANDIWASH DEFEATED FRENCH FORCES AND END FOR THEM

PINDARIS SUPPRESED BY LORD HASTINGS

WOODS DESPATCH MAGNA CARTA FOR ENGLISH EDUCATION

NEEL DARPAN--- FIRST BENGALI DRAMA WHICH PRESENTED THE STORY OF THE BRUTALITY OF ENGLISH INDIGO PLANTERS

POONA SARVAJINIK SABHA-- RANADE

SATYA SHODAK SAMAJ--- PHULE

THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY--- 1875 IN NEW YORK

TREATY OF BASSEIN ---PESHWA AND ENGLISH

1887--- M. G. RANADE FOUNDED INDIAN NATIONAL SOCIAL CONGRESS

1^ST EUROPEAN TO TRANSLATE BHAGAVAT GITA TO ENGLISH---CHARLES WILKINS

LORD DUFFERIN—INC AS MICROSCOPIC MINORITY OF INDIA

 LEADER --------NEWSPAPER

ABUL KALAM AZAD--- AL HILAL

LEADER------------ THOUGHTS

AUROBINDO GHOSH----POLITICAL FREEDOM IS THE LIFE BREADTH OF A NATION

1883 HUNTER COMMISION CAME TO REVIEW EDUCATION

SADDLER COMMISION APPT BY CHELMSFORD

ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL--- SIR WILLIAM JONES

1909--- MEMBER IN CENTRE INCREASED FROM 16 TO 60, FORMALLY INTRODUCED THE PRINCIPLE OF ELECTION

1911—GEORGE 5 VISITED, PARTION OF BENGAL ABOLISHED,

1942 HEROINE OF QUIT INDIA MOVEMENT ARUNA ASAF ALI

1931---GANDHI IRWIN PACT MARCH 5

1932--- GANDHI FOUNDED ALL INDIA HARIJAN SANGH

AMEBHKAR STARTED INDEPENDENT LABOUR PARTY

ISWAR CHANDRA VIDYASAGAR--- MOVEMENT FAVOUR OF WIDOW REMARRIAGE ACT

1940 MUSLIM  LEAGUE 1^ST ASKED FOR SEPARATE STATE---

1919—HIGH COMMISIONER FOR INDIA APPT IN LONDON

1936--- ALL INDIA PEASANT ORGANISATION(KISAN SABHA)  FORMED

AUGUST OFFER LORD LINLITH GOW

RANI GAIDINLIU FEARLESS FREEDOM FIGHTER OF NAGALAND

ACTS

ANCIENT MONUMENTS PRESERVATION ACT--1904

HINDU MARRIAGE VALIDATING ACT—1949

HINDU MARRIAGE ACT—1955

UNTOUCHABILITY ACT---1955

WIDOW RE MARRIAGE ACT---1856

SCHOOL OF INDUSTRIAL ACT—1850

CIVIL ENGG COLLEGE—1834

MADRAS MEDICAL COLLEGE--- 1835

MADRAS UNIVERSITY---1857

1929 SARADA ACT

1945-46--- FAMOUS INA TRIALS TOOK PLACE AT REDFORT

1946 AUG 16^TH--- MUSLIM LEAGUE OBSERVED DIRECT ACTION DAY

1935 ACT SEPARATED BURMA FROM INDIA

1937—WARDHA SCHEME OF EDUCATION INTRODUCED BY MATHMA GANDHI

Ancient monuments preservation act-1904

John Nicholson captured delhi from the rebels

Colin Campbell

Hugh wheeler

Hugh rose

Ryotwari settlement executed in tamilnadu by Thomas munroe

Dadabai naroji

1^st Indian to be elected to british parliament-dadabhai naoroji

Simla agreement was signed in1972 

List of presidents of the party

Name of President		Life Span	Year of Presidency	Place of Conference
Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee		29 December, 1844–1906	1885	Bombay
Dadabhai Naoroji		4 September, 1825–1917	1886	Calcutta
Badaruddin Taiyabji		10 October, 1844–1906	1887	Madras
George Yule		1829–1892	1888	Allahabad
Sir William Wedderburn		1838–1918	1889	Bombay
Sir Pherozeshah Mehta		4 August, 1845–1915	1890	Calcutta
Anandacharlu		August 1843– 1908	1891	Nagpur
Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee		29 December, 1844–1906	1892	Allahabad
Dadabhai Naoroji		4 September, 1848–1925	1893	Lahore
Alfred Webb		1834–1908	1894	Madras
Surendranath Banerjee		10 November, 1848–1925	1895	Poona
Rahimtulla M. Sayani		5 April, 1847–1902	1896	Calcutta
Sir C. Sankaran Nair		11 July, 1857–1934	1897	Amraoti
Anandamohan Bose		23 September, 1847–1906	1898	Madras
Romesh Chunder Dutt		13 August, 1848–1909	1899	Lucknow
Sir Narayan Ganesh Chandavarkar		2 December, 1855–1923	1900	Lahore
Sir Dinshaw Edulji Wacha		2 August, 1844–1936	1901	Calcutta
Surendranath Banerjee		10 November, 1825–1917	1902	Ahmedabad
Lalmohan Ghosh		1848–1909	1903	Madras
Sir Henry Cotton		1845–1915	1904	Bombay
Gopal Krishna Gokhale		9 May, 1866–1915	1905	Benares
Dadabhai Naoroji		4 September, 1825–1917	1906	Calcutta
Rashbihari Ghosh		23 December, 1845–1921	1907	Surat
Rashbihari Ghosh		23 December, 1845–1921	1908	Madras
Madan Mohan Malaviya		25 December, 1861–1946	1909	Lahore
Sir William Wedderburn		1838–1918	1910	Allahabad
Pandit Bishan Narayan Dar		1864–1916	1911	Calcutta
Raghunath Narasinha Mudholkar		1857–1921	1912	Bankipur
Nawab Syed Muhammad Bahadur		?- 1919	1913	Karachi
Bhupendra Nath Bose		1859–1924	1914	Madras
Lord Satyendra Prasanna Sinha		March 1863– 1928	1915	Bombay
Ambica Charan Mazumdar		1850–1922	1916	Lucknow
Annie Besant		1 October, 1847–1933	1917	Calcutta
Madan Mohan Malaviya		25 December, 1861–1946	1918	Delhi
Syed Hasan Imam		31 August, 1871–1933	1918	Bombay (Special Session)
Pandit Motilal Nehru		6 May 1861– 6 February, 1931	1919	Amritsar
Lala Lajpat Rai		28 January 1865– 17 November, 1928	1920	Calcutta (Special Session)
C. Vijayaraghavachariar		1852– 19 April 1944	1920	Nagpur
Hakim Ajmal Khan		1863– 29 December 1927	1921	Ahmedabad
Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das		5 November 1870– 16 June, 1925	1922	Gaya
Mohammad Ali Jouhar		10 December 1878– 4 January, 1931	1923	Kakinada
Abul Kalam Azad		1888– 22 February 1958	1923	Delhi (Special Session)
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi		2 October 1869– 30 January, 1948	1924	Belgaum
Sarojini Naidu		13 February 1879– 2 March, 1949	1925	Kanpur
S. Srinivasa Iyengar		September 11, 1874– 19 May 1941	1926	Gauhati
Dr. M A Ansari		25 December 1880– 10 May, 1936	1927	Madras
Pandit Motilal Nehru		6 May 1861– 6 February, 1931	1928	Calcutta
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru		14 November 1889– 27 May, 1964	1929 & 30	Lahore
Vallabhbhai Patel		31 October 1875– 15 December, 1950	1931	Karachi
Madan Mohan Malaviya		25 December, 1861–1946	1932	Delhi
Madan Mohan Malaviya		25 December, 1861–1946	1933	Calcutta
Nellie Sengupta		1886–1973	1933	Calcutta
Dr. Rajendra Prasad		3 December 1884– 28 February, 1963	1934 & 35	Bombay
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru		14 November 1889– 27 May, 1964	1936	Lucknow
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru		14 November 1889– 27 May, 1964	1936& 37	Faizpur
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose		23 January 1897– ???	1938	Haripura
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose		23 January 1897– ???	1939	Tripuri
Abul Kalam Azad		1888– 22 February 1958	1940–46	Ramgarh
Acharya J.B. Kripalani		1888– 19 March 1982	1947	Delhi
Dr Pattabhi Sitaraimayya		24 December 1880– 17 December, 1959	1948 & 49	Jaipur
Purushottam Das Tandon		1 August 1882– 1 July, 1961	1950	Nasik
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru		14 November 1889– 27 May, 1964	1951 & 52	Delhi
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru		14 November 1889– 27 May, 1964	1953	Hyderabad
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru		14 November 1889– 27 May, 1964	1954	Calcutta
U. N. Dhebar		21 September, 1905–1977	1955	Avadi
U. N. Dhebar		21 September, 1905–1977	1956	Amritsar
U. N. Dhebar		21 September, 1905–1977	1957	Indore
U. N. Dhebar		21 September, 1905–1977	1958	Gauhati
U. N. Dhebar		21 September, 1905–1977	1959	Nagpur
Indira Gandhi		19 November 1917– 31 October, 1984	1959	Delhi
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy		19 May 1913– 1 June, 1996	1960	Bangalore
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy		19 May 1913– 1 June, 1996	1961	Bhavnagar
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (?)		19 May 1913– 1 June, 1996	1962 & 63	Patna
K. Kamaraj		15 July 1903– 2 October, 1975	1964	Bhubaneswar
K. Kamaraj		15 July 1903– 2 October, 1975	1965	Durgapur
K. Kamaraj		15 July 1903– 2 October, 1975	1966 & 67	Jaipur
S. Nijalingappa		10 December 1902– 9 August, 2000	1968	Hyderabad
S. Nijalingappa		10 December 1902– 9 August, 2000	1969	Faridabad
Jagjivan Ram		5 April 1908– 6 July, 1986	1970 & 71	Bombay
Dr Shankar Dayal Sharma		19 August 1918– 26 December, 1999	1972– 74	Calcutta
Dev Kant Baruah		22 February, 1914–1996	1975– 77	Chandigarh
Indira Gandhi		19 November 1917 – 31 October, 1984	1978 – 83	Delhi
Indira Gandhi		19 November 1917 – 31 October, 1984	1983-84	Calcutta
Rajiv Gandhi		20 August 1944 – 21 May, 1991	1985-91	Bombay
P. V. Narasimha Rao		28 June 1921 – 23 December, 2004	1992-96	Tirupati
Sitaram Kesri		November 1919 – 24 October 2000	1997-98	Calcutta
Sonia Gandhi		9 December 1946–	1998–present	Calcutta