# Chronological Timeline of Indian History
1727: First post office opened in India (Bombay Post Office)
1757: Battle of Plassey; British East India Company gains control over Bengal
1761: Third Battle of Panipat; Marathas defeated by Afghans
1764: Battle of Buxar; British consolidate power in India
1773: Regulating Act passed by British Parliament to control East India Company
1780: First newspaper in India (Hicky's Bengal Gazette)
1803: Second Anglo-Maratha War; British expand control
1813: Charter Act ends East India Company's trade monopoly in India
1829: Sati Regulation Act
1833: Charter Act allows Christian missionaries in India; promotes education
1835: English Education Act; English becomes medium of instruction in schools
1845: First Anglo-Sikh War; British annex parts of Punjab
1851: First telegraph line in India (Calcutta to Agra)
1853: First passenger train ran in India (Bombay and Thane)
1856: Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act ( supported by rani rasmani)
1857: First War of Independence (Sepoy Mutiny) against British rule
1858: British Crown takes direct control of India after dissolving East India
Company
1859: Indigo Revolt in Bengal against British planters
1861: Indian Councils Act expands legislative powers of provinces(beginning of
constitutional development in India)
1862: The first High Court of India was established in Calcutta (Sir Barnes Peacock
as its first Chief Justice,Justice Sumboo Nath Pandit was the first Indian to
assume office as a Judge in it<this is not related to the year but to the HC>)
1863: Satyendranath Tagore qualify for the Indian Civil Services
1875: Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College founded (Sir Syed Ahmed Khan)
1875: Arya Samaj founded (Swami Dayananda Saraswati)
1876: Queen Victoria declared Empress of India
1878: Vernacular Press Act restricts Indian-language newspapers
1880: Famine Commission established to address recurring famines
1881: First Indian Factory Act passed, regulating labor conditions (Indian Factory
Act, 1881)
1885: Indian National Congress founded (A.O. Hume)
1891: Age of Consent Act raises marriage age for girls to 12
1893: Swami Vivekananda's speech at World Parliament of Religions
1897: Ramakrishna Mission founded (Swami Vivekananda)
1905: Partition of Bengal by Lord Curzon; sparks nationalist protests
1906: Muslim League founded in Dhaka
1907: Surat Split in Indian National Congress
1909: Morley-Minto Reforms introduce limited elections in India
1911: Delhi Durbar; King George V announces Delhi as India's capital
1913: First Indian to win Nobel Prize (Rabindranath Tagore)
1913: First Indian film (Raja Harishchandra)
1915: Mahatma Gandhi returns to India from South Africa
1916: Banaras Hindu University founded (Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya)
1917: Champaran Satyagraha; Gandhi's first major protest in India
1919: Rowlatt Act passed; leads to widespread unrest
1919: Jallianwala Bagh massacre in Amritsar; 379 killed by British troops
1920: Non-Cooperation Movement launched by Gandhi
1921: Malabar Rebellion; anti-British and anti-landlord uprising
1922: Chauri Chaura incident; Gandhi suspends Non-Cooperation Movement
1927: Founded in 1927, Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University is located in Agra.
1928: Simon Commission arrives; faces nationwide protests
1929: Child Marriage Restraint Act
1929: Lahore Session; Congress demands complete independence
1930: Salt March led by Gandhi; defies British salt tax
1931: Gandhi-Irwin Pact signed; civil disobedience temporarily paused
1932: First Indian Test cricket match
1932: Poona Pact signed; ensures Dalit representation
1935: Government of India Act establishes federal structure
1935: Reserve Bank of India established
1940: Lahore Resolution; Muslim League demands separate state
1942: Quit India Movement launched; demands immediate independence
1943: Bengal Famine kills millions due to British mismanagement
1946: Cabinet Mission proposes plan for Indian independence
1947: Indian Independence Act passed; India and Pakistan created
1947: Partition of India; millions displaced, thousands killed
1948: Mahatma Gandhi assassinated by Nathuram Godse
1950: Abolition of Untouchability (Article 17)
1950: First President of India (Dr. Rajendra Prasad)
1951: First IIT established (IIT Kharagpur)
1951: First Five-Year Plan launched for economic development
1951–52: First General Elections in India
1952: First general elections held; Congress wins majority
1953: Andhra Pradesh formed; first linguistic state
1955: Hindu Marriage Act
1955: State Bank of India started
1956: States Reorganisation Act redraws state boundaries by language
1957: Decimal currency (rupee and paise) introduced
1958: Mihir Sen swim across the English Channel
1961: Dowry Prohibition Act
1961: Maternity Benefit Act
1961: Goa liberated from Portuguese rule
1962: Sino-Indian War; India loses border conflict with China
1964: Jawaharlal Nehru, first PM, dies; Lal Bahadur Shastri succeeds
1965: Indo-Pak War over Kashmir; ends in Tashkent Agreement
1966: First woman Prime Minister of India (Indira Gandhi)
1967: Naxalbari uprising; start of Naxalite movement
1969: Banks nationalized under Indira Gandhi's government, first commercial atomic
power station of India commissioned
1971: Indo-Pak War; Bangladesh created; India aids liberation
1972: First woman IPS officer (Kiran Bedi)
1972: Wildlife Protection Act enacted
1973: Project Tiger launched
1974: India conducts first nuclear test, "Smiling Buddha"
1975: First satellite of India (Aryabhata)
1975: Emergency declared by Indira Gandhi; civil liberties suspended
1976: Sterilization campaign peaks during Emergency
1977: Janata Party defeats Congress; first non-Congress government
1979: First launch from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) take place (Rohini
Technology Payload)
1979: Mother Teresa got Nobel Peace Prize for humanitarian work from India
1980: Indira Gandhi returns as PM after Janata Party's collapse
1982: NABARD started
1983: India wins Cricket World Cup, defeating West Indies
1984: First Indian in space (Rakesh Sharma)
1984: First woman to climb Mount Everest (Bachendri Pal)
1986: Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act
1986: Prohibition of Child Labour Act
1987: Indian peacekeeping forces sent to Sri Lanka (IPKF)
1988: SEBI started
1989: Kashmir insurgency intensifies; militancy rises
1990: Mandal Commission report implemented; OBC reservations
1991: Economic liberalization begins under PM P.V. Narasimha Rao
1992: Project Elephant launched
1992: Babri Masjid demolished; sparks communal riots
1993: Mumbai bomb blasts; 257 killed in terrorist attack
1995: Persons with Disabilities Act
1996: First phase of metro rail begins in Kolkata
1998: India conducts Pokhran-II nuclear tests; becomes nuclear power
1999: IRDAI started
1999: Kargil War; India repels Pakistani intrusion in Kashmir
2000: Juvenile Justice Act
2001: Parliament attacked by terrorists; 14 killed
2002: Gujarat riots; communal violence kills over 1,000
2003: India's first IT park, Technopark, fully operational
2004: Indian Ocean tsunami kills 12,000 in India
2005: Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act
2006: Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) passed
2007: India wins first T20 Cricket World Cup
2008: Mumbai terror attacks; 166 killed by Pakistani terrorists
2008: National Biodiversity Action Plan launched
2009: Right to Education Act
2010: Commonwealth Games hosted in Delhi
2011: India wins Cricket World Cup, defeating Sri Lanka
2011: Anti-corruption movement led by Anna Hazare gains momentum
2012: Mars Orbiter Mission (Mangalyaan) approved by ISRO
2013: Mangalyaan launched; India's first Mars mission
2014: Narendra Modi becomes PM; BJP wins landslide victory
2014: National Mission for Clean Ganga launched
2015: Atomic Energy Amendment Bill passed
2015: Digital India initiative launched to boost connectivity
2016: Demonetization of ₹500 and ₹1,000 notes announced
2017: Goods and Services Tax (GST) implemented nationwide
2018: India becomes world's fastest-growing major economy
2019: Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act
2019: The Great Indian Bustard Conservation Project launched
2019: Article 370 revoked; Jammu & Kashmir reorganized
2020: COVID-19 lockdown imposed; one of world's strictest
2020: Farmers' protests begin against new agricultural laws
2021: India surpasses 1 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses administered
2021: India launches world's largest vaccination drive
2022: India overtakes UK as world's fifth-largest economy
2022: 5G network rollout begins across major cities
2023: India becomes most populous country, surpassing China
2023: Chandrayaan-3 lands on Moon's south pole; global first
2023: Aditya-L1, India's first solar mission, launched
2024: India hosts G20 Summit in New Delhi
2024: India achieves 100% village electrification
