The Dravidian civilization arose around 2500 BC in India. Major empires and dynasties followed, including the Mauryan Empire from 324-185 BC and the Gupta Empire from 320-550 AD. Islam was introduced in the 700s AD and the Delhi Sultanate was established in 1206 AD. European trade influence grew from the 1500s onward as the Mughal Empire rose. Britain established control through the East India Company from 1600-1858 when India became a British colony. After World War 2 and independence movements, India was partitioned and gained independence in 1947.

2. 2500 BC – Dravidian
civilization
518 BC – Persians
conquered Pakistan
1400 BC – The Vedas was
written
1500 BC – Aryans invade
India and conquered the
Dravidians
800 - 600 BC – the
Upanishads was written

3. 500 BC – Buddhism was
founded in India by
Siddhartha Gautama
324 BC – The Mauryan
Empire was established
by Chandragupta Maurya
including Afghanistan and
parts of central Asia
272 BC – Ashoka, the
grandson of
Chandragupta Maurya,
326 BC – Alexander the becomes the emperor of
Great moved into India India

4. 1206 AD – Qutb ub-din
185 BC – The Maurya Aybak establishes the
Empire ended 320 AD – The Gupta Delhi Sultanate
Indian dynasty reunited
northern India initiating
the “Golden Age” in India
50 AD – The Kushans 700s AD – Muslim armies
established an empire in from Arabia invade India
northern India

5. 1398 AD – Timur
1500s AD – Christianity
conquered India resulting
was introduced to India
in the decline of the Delhi
by the Europeans and in
Sultanate
the early 1500s Sikhism
was founded by Nana
1498 AD – Vasco da
Gama becomes the first
European explorer to
reach India 1526 AD – Babur
established the Mughal
Empre

6. 1600 AD – Queen Elizabeth I granted a
charter to the East India Company
established trading posts in Bombay,
Calcutta, and Madras 1658 AD – The Strict
Muslim, Aurangzeb, ruled
India and tried to force
Hindus to convert to
Islam
1628 AD – Shah Jahan,
the ruler of the Mughal
Empire, builds the Taj
Mahal 1757 AD – The Battle of Plassey: Robert
Clive, an agent of the East India
Company, leads forces which defeated
the Mughal govenor of Bengal

7. 1885 AD – Burma became an
1774 AD – Warren Hastings India province
appointed the first govenor -The Indian National Congress
general of India by the East was formed
India Company
1858 AD – The British
government ruled India
via an Indian Viceroy –
called the British Raj
1876 AD – Queen Victoria
was given the title
Empress of India by the
British Parliament
1857 AD – The Sepoy
Rebellion

8. 1935 AD – The
1905 AD – The British
Government of India Act
government divided
and the creation of a new
Bengal into separate
constitution
Hindu and Muslim
sections
1919 AD – April 13th: The
Amritsar Massacre
1914 – 1918 AD- World
War I
1920 AD – Mohandas Gandhi became
the leader of the Indian independence
movement and the Indian National
Congress

9. 1945 AD – August: World War II ended
with United States dropped atomic
bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
1939 AD – September 3rd:
The United Kingdom
declared war on Germany
and World War II began
1946 AD – The Bristish
government agreed to grant India
independence
-August 16th: Indian Muslims help
nation-wide demonstrations
1940 AD – Muhammad Ali Jinnah calling for the establishment of
demanded that a new contry be Pakistan
formed from India for the Muslims,
which would be called Pakistan

10. 1950 AD – January 26th: A new Indian
Constitution was ratified and
Jawaharlal Nehru became the Indian
1947 AD – British and first prime minister
Indian leaders agreed to
divide the country into
India and Pakistan
1966 AD – Indira Gandhi
1947 AD – August 15th:
becomes Prime Minister
India became
independent
1948 AD – January 30th:
Gandhi was assassinated

11. 2004 - 2005 AD – Many
natural disasters , including
floods, earthquakes, and
tsunamis, brings destruction
1998 AD – India tests its to southern communities
first nuclear weapon
2000 AD – India’s
population exceeds 1
billion
2007 AD – Pratibha Patil
becomes the first female
President of India

12. Sources
• http://www.history-timelines.org.uk/places-
timelines/22-history-india-timeline.htm
• http://www.timeforkids.com/destination/indi
a/history-timeline