Ancient India for History for UPSC Exam in Chronological Order

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Prehistoric India

• Palaeolithic or Old Stone Age (Before 10000 B.C)
• Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age (10000 B.C. to 6000 B.C.)
• Neolithic Age (6000 B.C to 4000 B.C)
• Metal Age (After Neolithic Age)
• Harappan Civilization (3300 to 1300 BCE)
• Indus Valley Civilisation (BC 2700 – BC 1900)
• Decline of the Harappan Culture (After 1300 BCE)

Vedic Culture

• Aryan Origin
• Rig Vedic Age or Early Vedic Period (1500 – 1000 B.C.)
• Later Vedic Period (1000 – 600 B.C.)

Rise of New Thinkers

• Vardhamana Mahavira (539- 467 B.C.)
• Jainism
• Gautama Buddha (567- 487 B.C.)
• Buddhism

Sixteen Mahajanapadas

Sixteen great kingdoms called the Sixteen Mahajanapadas. These are Anga, Magadha, Kasi, Kosala, Vajji, Malla, Chedi, Vatsa, Kuru, Panchala, Matsya, Surasena, Asmaka, Avanti, Gandhara and Kambhoja.

• Bimbisara (546 – 494 B.C.)
• Ajatasatru (494 – 462 B.C.)
• Saisunaga dynasty
• Nanda Dynasty

First Invasion by Foreigners

• Cyrus (558 – 530 B.C)
• Darius I (522 – 486 B.C.)
• Xerxes (465-456 B.C.)
• Alexander’s Invasion of India (327-325 B.C.)
• Battle of Hydaspes

Starting Empire

• Mauryan Empire
• Chandragupta Maurya (322 – 298 B.C.)
• Bindusara (298 – 273 B.C.)
• Asoka the Great (273 – 232 B.C.)

Dynasty After the Maurayan Empire

• Sunga Dynasty (North)
• Satavahanas (Deccan)
• Saka Kingdom
• Kushanas
• Kanishka (78 – 120 A.D.)

Sangam Age

• Cheras
• Cholas
• Pandyas
• End of the Sangam Age (3rd Century)

Gupta Empire

• Chandragupta I (320 – 330 A.D.)
• Samudragupta (330-380 A.D.)
• Chandragupta II (380-415 A.D.)
• Fahien’s Visit

Between AD 606-647

• Harshavardhana (606 – 647 A.D.)
• Hiuen Tsang
• Nalanda University

South India From 600 – 800 AD

• Pallavas
• Chalukyas (543 – 755 A.D.)
• Mahendravarman I (600 – 630 A.D.)
• Pulakesin II (608-642 A.D.)
• Narasimhavarman I (630-668 A.D.)
• Narasimhavarman II or Rajasimha (695 -722 A.D.)
• Rashtrakutas (755 A.D.)

North India From 600 – 800 AD

After the death of Harsha, there was no political unity in north India for about five centuries.

• Rajput Kingdoms
• Arab Conquest of Sind (712 A.D.)

South India From 900 – 1200 AD

• Cholas
• Rajaraja I (985 – 1014 A.D.)
• Rajendra I (1012-1044 A.D.)

Arab Conquest 700 – 1200AD

• Mahmud of Ghazni and his Invasions
• Mahmud of Ghazni (A.D. 997-1030)
• Muhammad Ghori
• The Battle of Tarain (1191-1192)

Delhi Sultanate (A.D. 1206 to 1526)

• Slave Dynasty (A.D. 1206 to 1290)
• Qutbuddin Aibak (1206-1210)
• Iltutmish (1211-1236)
• Raziya (1236-1240)
• Balban (1246-1287)
• The Khalji Dynasty (1290-1320)
• Alauddin Khalji (1296-1316)
• Tughlaq Dynasty (1320-1414)
• Muhammad bin Tughlaq (1325-1351)
• Firoz Tughlaq (1351-1388)
• Sayyids (1414-1451)
• Lodis (1451-1526)

Bhakthi Movement

• Sufism
• Bhakti Movement

South India Vijayanagar from A.D. 1336 to 1672

• Harihara and Bukka of the Sangama dynasty (founded Vijayanagar in 1336)
• Krishna Deva Raya (1509 – 1530)
• Bahmani Kingdom
• Mahmud Gawan

Mughals in India (1526-1857)

• First Battle of Panipat 1526
• Babur (1526-1530)
• Battle of Kanauj 1540
• Humayun (1530-1540)
• Sur Interregnum (1540-1555)
• Sher Shah Sur (1540-1545)
• Second Pattle of Panipat 1556
• Humayun (1555-1556)
• Akbar (1556-1605)
• Jahangir (1605-1627)
• Shah Jahan (1627-1658)
• Aurangazeb (1658-1707)
• Battle of Talaikotta 1965

Contemporaries of the Mughals

• Rise of the Marathas
• Shivaji (1627-1680)
• Treaty of Purandar 1665
• Balaji Viswanath (1713-1720)
• Baji Rao I (1720-1740)
• Balaji Baji Rao (1740-1761)

Europeans In India

• Portuguese 1498
• Dutch 1602
• English 1609
• Denmark  1620
• French 1664
• The Carnatic Wars 1740
• Establishment of British Power
• Battle of Plassey, 23 June 1757

India Under the English East India Company History for UPSC Exam in Chronological Order

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1772-1785

• Warren Hastings
• Abolition of the Dual System
• The Regulating Act of 1773
• The Rohilla War (1774)
• First Anglo-Maratha War (1775-82)
• The Second Anglo-Mysore War (1780-84)
• Pitt’s India Act, 1784

1786-1793

• Tipu Sultan
• Third Mysore War (1790-92)
• Treaty of Srirangapattinam

1798-1805

• The Subsidiary System Introduced
• Fourth Anglo-Mysore War (1799)
• Palayakkara Rebellion 1802
• The Second Maratha War (1803-1805)
• Vellore mutiny (1806)

1813-1823

• War with Gurkhas (1814-16)
• Third Maratha War (1817-1819)

1828-1835

• Ranjit Singh
• Charter Act of 1833
• Abolition of Sati
• Issues with Thugs 1833

1848-1857

• Annexation of Punjab (1849-1858)
• Second Burmese War 1852
• Doctrine of Lapse 1848
• Annexation of Oudh  1856
• Introduction of Railway and Telegram
• Ryotwari and Mahalwari Settlement
• Widow Remarriage Act, 1856
• Great Revolt of 1857

Events After the Great Revolt 1857

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• Lord Canning was appointed as the Viceroy – 1858
• Indian Council Act of 1861
• Indian Civil Service Act of 1861
• Lord Elgin as Viceroy – 1894 to 1899
• Sir John Lawrence as Viceroy – 1864 to 1869
• East India Association by Dadabhai Naoroji – 1866
• Poona Sarvajanik Sabha was founded by M.G.Ranade – 1870
• Lord Mayo as Viceroy – 1869
• Arya Samaj by Swami Dayananda – 1875
• Indian National Association was formed by Surendranath Banerjea and Ananda Mohan Bose – 1876
• Vernacular Press Act was passed – 1878
• Lord Ripon as Viceroy – 1880 to 1884
• Ilbert Bill Controversy – 1884
• Lord Dufferin as Viceroy – 1884 to 1888
• First session of the Indian National Congress – 1885
• Lord Lansdowne as Viceroy
• Indian Councils Act of 1892 was passed
• Lord Elgin II as Viceroy
• Lord Curzon as Viceroy
• Partition of Bengal
• Lord Minto II as Viceroy
• Swaraj was declared the goal of the Congress by Dadabhai Naoroji
• Formation of the Muslim League
• Surat Split of the Congress
• Seditious meeting act was passed Indian
• Newspapers Act was passed
• Morley-Minto Reforms
• Indian Councils Act of 1909 was passed
• Indian Press Act was passed
• Lord Hardinge IIas Viceroy
• Annulment of Bengal Partition of 1905
• First World War
• The arrival of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi in India
• Lord Chelmsford as Viceroy
• Home Rule League was set up by Tilak and Annie Besant
• Lucknow pact between Congress and Muslim League
• Readmission of Extremists into Congress at Lucknow session of Congress
• August declaration was made by Edwin Samuel Montagu
• Champaran Satyagraha
• Ahmedabad Mill Strike
• Kheda Satyagraha – 1918
• Montagu-Chelmsford Reform was introduced – 1919
• Government of India Act of 1919 was passed
• Rowlatt Act was passed – 1919
• Jallianwala Bagh Massacre – 1919
• Khilafat and Non-Cooperation Movement – 1919-1922
• Lord Reading as Viceroy – 1921 to 1926
• Chauri Chaura incident – 1922
• Lord Irwin as Viceroy – 1926 to 1931
• All India Women’s Conference was founded by Margaret Cousins – 1927
• Appointment of Simon Commission – 1927
• Nehru Report – 1928
• Jinnah’s Fourteen points were proposed -1929
• Gandhiji’s Dandi March – 1930
• Civil Disobedience Movement -1930
• First-round Table Conference -1930
• Second Round Table Conference -1931
• Gandhi-Irwin Pact – 1931
• Lord Wellingdon as Viceroy – 1931 to 1936
• Third Round Table Conference – 1932
• Announcement of communal award – 1932
• Poona Pact was signed – 1932
• Government of India Act of 1935 was passed
• Lord Linlithgow as Viceroy – 1935
• Second World War – 1939 to 1945
• August Offer was announced – 1940
• Cripps Mission, headed by Sir Stafford Cripps, was sent to India – 1942
• Quit India Movement – 1942
• The Bengal Famine – 1943
• Lord Wavell as Viceroy – 1943- 1947
• Wavell Plan – 1945
• Cabinet Mission was sent to India – 1946
• Mountbatten Plan – 1947
• Indian Independence Act -1947
• Partition of India into India and Pakistan – 1947
• Assasination of Gandhi – 1948
• The Constitution of India was adopted – 1949
• The Constitution of India came into force -1950

History for UPSC Exam Mahatma Gandhi and Events in Chronological Order 

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History of Mahatma Gandhi

• Born October 2, 1869, Porbandar, father Karamchand Gandhi, who was the dewan of Porbandar.
• 13-year-old Mohandas was married to 14-year-old Kasturbai Makhanji Kapadia.
• After returing for London Mahatma Gandhi aged 23, set sail for South Africa.

Activities in Africa

• First Sathyagraha In South Africa 1906
• Asiatic Registration Act :  Under the act every male Asian had to register himself and produce on demand a thumb-printed certificate of identity.
• Established Tolstoy Farm near Johannesburg.

Activities in India

• Champaran Sathyagraha 1917
• Kheda Satyagraha (1917 -1918)
• Khilafat movement (1919)
• Non-Cooperation Movement (1920)
• Salt Satyagraha (1930, 12 March to 6 April)
• Civil-Disobedience Movement (1930 March)
• Gandhi–Irwin Pact (1931)
• The Round Table Conferences
• Resigned from Congress Politics
• Quit India movement
• Partition and independence