First War of Independence and Early Nationalism
1. 1857–1858 – First War of Indian Independence (Sepoy Mutiny)
2. 1858 – End of the Mutiny, British Government takes over from East India
Company
3. 1876 – Queen Victoria Proclaimed Empress of India
4. 1885 – Indian National Congress (INC) Formed
5. 1893 – Swami Vivekananda's Speech at the Parliament of Religions in Chicago
6. 1905 – First Partition of Bengal
7. 1911 – Delhi Durbar (Capital moved from Calcutta to New Delhi)
8. 1915 – Mahatma Gandhi Returns to India from South Africa
World War I and Early Nationalist Movements
9. 1917 – Champaran Satyagraha (Gandhi's first major movement)
10. 1919 – Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
11. 1919 – Rowlatt Act Passed
12. 1919 – Non-Cooperation Movement Launched by Gandhi
Post-Non-Cooperation and Civil Disobedience Movements
13. 1920–1922 – Non-Cooperation Movement
14. 1930–1934 – Civil Disobedience Movement (Salt March)
15. 1931 – First Round Table Conference (London)
16. 1935 – Government of India Act
17. 1937 – Provincial Elections under the Government of India Act
18. 1942 – Quit India Movement Launched by Gandhi
19. 1946 – Direct Action Day (Communal riots between Hindus and Muslims)
Path to Independence and Partition
20. 1947 – Indian Independence Act Passed by the British Parliament
21. August 15, 1947 – India Gains Independence
22. August 15, 1947 – Partition of India and Creation of Pakistan
23. 1947 – Radcliffe Line Drawn (Border between India and Pakistan)
24. 1947 – Mass Migration and Communal Violence Due to Partition
Post-Independence Developments
25. 1947–1948 – First Indo-Pakistani War Over Kashmir
26. 1949 – Constitutional Assembly of India Completes Work
27. 1950 – Adoption of the Constitution of India
28. 1952 – First General Elections Held in India
29. 1962 – Indo-China War
30. 1965 – Second Indo-Pakistani War Over Kashmir
31. 1966 – Indira Gandhi Becomes Prime Minister
32. 1971 – Indo-Pakistani War, Bangladesh Liberation War
33. 1975–1977 – Emergency Period under Indira Gandhi
34. 1984 – Operation Blue Star (Military operation to remove militants from Golden
Temple)
35. 1984 – Anti-Sikh Riots
36. 1989 – First Gulf War and its Impact on Indian Economy
37. 1991 – Economic Reforms and Liberalization under P.V. Narasimha Rao
38. 1992 – Babri Masjid Demolition and Communal Riots
39. 1998 – Pokhran-II Nuclear Tests
40. 2001 – Indian Parliament Attack by Terrorists
41. 2001 – Kargil War with Pakistan
42. 2002 – Gujarat Riots
43. 2008 – Mumbai Terror Attacks
44. 2014 – BJP Wins General Elections, Narendra Modi Becomes Prime Minister
45. 2016 – Demonetization of ₹500 and ₹1,000 Currency Notes
46. 2019 – Revocation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir
47. 2020–2021 – Farmers' Protest Against Agricultural Laws
