Biggest, Highest and Largest in India

Highest Award	Bharat Ratna
Highest Gallantry Award	Param Vir Chakra
Longest River in India	The Ganges
Longest Tributary river of India	Yamuna
Largest Lake	Wular Lake, Kashmir
Largest Lake (Saline Water)	Chilka Lake, Orrisa
Largest Man-Made Lake	Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar (Rihand Dam)
Largest Fresh Water Lake	Kolleru Lake (Andhra Pradesh)
Highest Lake	Devtal Lake, Gadhwal (Uttarakhand)
Highest Lake	Devatal (Gharhwal)
Highest Peak	Karkoram-2 of K-2(8,611 meters) Highest Peak in the world is Mount Everest which is in Nepal
Largest Populated City	Mumbai
Largest State(Area)	Rajasthan
Largest State(Population)	Uttar Pradesh
Highest rainfall	Cherrapunhi (426 inches per annum)
Highest Watefall	Nohkalikai Falls (335 meters, 1100 ft high) in Shora
State wise largest area under forest	Madhya Pradesh
Largest Delta	Sunderbans Delta
Largest River without Delta	Narmada and Tapti
Longest Cantilever Span bridge	Howrah Bridge
Longest River Bridge	Mahatma Gandhi Setu, Patna
Biggest Cave temple	Ellora
Longest Road	Grand Trunk Road
Highest Road	Road at Khardungla,(in Leh-Manali Sector)
Biggest Mosque	Jama Masjid at Delhi
Highest Gateway	Buland Darwaza at Fatehpur Sikri (53.6 meters high)
Tallest Statue	Statue of Gomateshwar (17 meters high In Karnataka
Largest Public Sector Bank	State Bank of India
Longest Canal	Indira Gandhi Canal or Rajasthan Canal (Rajasthan)
Largest Dome	Gol Gumbaz at Bijapur
Largest Zoo	Zoological Garden at Alipur (Kolkata)
Largest Museum	India Museum at Kolkata
Longest Dam	Hirakud Dam (Orrisa)
Highest Dam	Tehri Dam ( 260 meters , 850 ft )
Highest Tower	Kutab Minar at Delhi (88.4 meters high)
Largest Desert	Thar (Rajasthan)
Largest District	Kutch district
Fastest Train	Shatabadi Express running between New Delhi and Bhopal
State with longest coastline	Gujarat
State with longest coastline of South India	Andhra Pradesh
Longest Electric Railway Line	From Delhi to Kolkata via Patna
Longest Railway Route	From Assam to Kanyakumari
Longest Railway Platform	Kharagpur (W. Bengal)
Highest Railway Station	Ghum (W. Bengal)
Longest Platform	Kharagpur (West Bengal) 833 meters in Length. It is also the longest railway station in world
Longest Tunnel	Jawahar tunnel (Jammu & Kashmir)
Longest Highway	NH-44 (NH-7) which turns from Varanasi to Kanyakumari
Smallest State (Population)	Sikkim
Smallest State (Area)	Goa
Largest State (Area)	Rajasthan
Largest State (Population)	Uttar Pradesh
Densest Populated State	West Bengal
Largest Cave	Amarnath (J&K)
Largest Cave Temple	Kailash Temple, Ellora (Maharastra)
Largest Animal Fair	Sonepur (Bihar)
Largest Auditorium	Sri Shanmukhanand Hall (Mumbai)
Biggest Hotel	Oberai-Sheraton (Mumbai)
Largest Port	Mumbai
Largest Gurudwara	Golden Temple, Amritsar
Deepest River Valley	Bhagirathi & Alaknanda
Largest Church	Saint Cathedral (Goa)
Oldest Church	St. Thomas Church at Palayar, Trichur (Kerala)
Longest River	Ganga (2640 km long)
Longest Beach	Marina Beach, Chennai
Highest Battle Field	Siachin Glacier
Highest Airport	Leh (Laddakh)
Biggest Stadium	Yuva Bharti (Salt Lake) Stadium, Kolkata
Largest River Island	Majuli (Brahmaputra River, Asom)
Largest Planetarium	Birla Planetarium (Kolkata)
Sambhar lake	Largest inland salt lake

Climate of India

India has 'Tropical Monsoon' type of climate. The word monsoon has been derived from the Arabic word 'Mausim' which means seasonal reversal of the winds during the course of the year.

Climate of India
The whole of India has a tropical monsoonal climate, since the greater part of the country lies within the trophies, and the climate is influenced by the monsoons. The position of the mountain ranges and direction of the rain-bearing winds are the two main factors that determine the climate of India Alternating seasons is the chief characteristic of India's Climate.

Factors Affecting the Climate of India:

1. Latitude: India lies between 8 ⁰ N and 37 ⁰ N latitudes. The Tropic of Cancer passes through the middle of India, thus making the southern half of India in the Torrid Zone and the northern half in the Temperature Zone.
2. Himalaya Mountains: The Himalayas play an important role in lending a sub-tropical touch to the climate of India. The lofty Himalaya Mountains form a barrier which effects the climate of India. It prevents the cold winds of north Asia from blowing into India, thus protecting it from severely cold winters. It also traps the Monsoon winds, forcing them to shed their moisture within the sub-continent.
3. Altitude: Temperature decreases with height. Places in the mountains are cooler than places on the plains.
4. Distance from the sea: With a long coastline, large coastal areas have an equable climate. Areas in the interior of India are far away from the moderating influence of the sea. Such areas have extremes of climate.
5. Geographical Limits:
   1. Western Disturbances: The low pressure systems that originate over the eastern Mediterranean region in winter and move eastwards towards India passing over Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan are responsible for the winter rain in northern India.
   2. Conditions in the Regions Surrounding India: Temperature and pressure conditions in East Africa, Iran, Central Asia and Tibet determine the strength of the monsoons and the occasional dry spells. For example, high temperatures in East Africa may draw the monsoon winds from the Indian Ocean into that region thus, causing a dry spell.
   3. Conditions over the Ocean: The weather conditions over the Indian ocean and the China Sea may be responsible for typhoons which often affect the east coast of India.
   4. Jet Streams: Air currents in the upper layers of the atmosphere known as jet steams could determine the arrival of the monsoons and departure of the monsoons. The Scientists are studying the jet streams and how it may affect the climate of India but much remains to be learned about this phenomena.

Following are the Geography Facts about India.

Following are the Geography Facts about India.

Location

• The Union of India is the seventh largest country in the world covering an area of 32,87,590 square kilometers and it is an important country of south Asia.
• South Asia has a total area of about 4.488 million sq. km out of which India has the largest area (3.287 sq. km). It occupies 73.2 % of total area.
• It is 4 times largest than Pakistan which is second largest in South Asia. India is 12 times largest that UK and 8 times largest than Japan.
• The mainland stretches from latitude 8^o4' north to 37^o6' north and from longitude 68^o7' east to 97^o25' east of Greenwhich. The latitudinal and longitudinal extent of the country is almost same in degrees i.e. about 30 degrees.
• The southernmost point in Indian Territory, (in Great Nicobar Islands) is the Indira Point (6^o45� Following are the Geography Facts about India.
  Location
  • The Union of India is the seventh largest country in the world covering an area of 32,87,590 square kilometers and it is an important country of south Asia.
  • South Asia has a total area of about 4.488 million sq. km out of which India has the largest area (3.287 sq. km). It occupies 73.2 % of total area.
  • It is 4 times largest than Pakistan which is second largest in South Asia. India is 12 times largest that UK and 8 times largest than Japan.
  • The mainland stretches from latitude 8^o4' north to 37^o6' north and from longitude 68^o7' east to 97^o25' east of Greenwhich. The latitudinal and longitudinal extent of the country is almost same in degrees i.e. about 30 degrees.
  • The southernmost point in Indian Territory, (in Great Nicobar Islands) is the Indira Point (6^o45� ), while Kanyakumari, also known as Cape Comorin, is the southernmost point of Indian mainland. The country thus lies wholly in the northern and eastern hemispheres.
  • The 82^o30' E longitude is taken as Standard Time Meridian of India, as it passes through the middle of India (from Naini, near Allahabad.) Hence Naini, Near Allahabad is the Standard Time of India.
  • The country is of a vast size and measures about 3,214 kilometers from north to south and about 2,933 kilometers from west to east.
  • Indian Standard Time:- GMT +05:30
  • Telephone Country Code:- +91
  • Coastline:- 7,516.6 km encompassing the mainland, Lakshadweep Islands, and the Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
  
  
  India lies midway between the Far East and the Middle East. The trans-Indian Ocean routes connecting the industrially developed countries of Europe in the west and the underdeveloped countries of east Asia pass close by. India being centrally located in South Asia, she enjoys an advantageous-position for doing trade with Australia and the countries of Africa, the Middle East and the Far East. Thus, India dominates the Indian Ocean and commands an important strategic position. Her land frontier is 15,200 kilometers long. Her northern borderland, being mountainous, is very difficult to cross and it offers very few transport facilities for trade with the arid, almost barren and very sparsely populated regions of Central Asia. India has a coastline of 6,100 kilometers in the main land and she depends on the Indian Ocean for bulk of her foreign trade. The total length of the coastline of the mainland, Lakshadweep group of Islands and Andaman and Nicobar group of Islands is 7,519.5 km.Ocean

  India Facts
  Territorial Sea	12 nm (nautical miles)
  Contiguous Zone	24 nm
  Exclusive economic Zone	200 nm
  Continental Shelf	200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin
  Longest River	Ganga
  Largest Lake	Lake Chilka
  Highest Point	Mt. K2 (8611 m)
  Highest Point of Himalaya	Kanchan Junga (8,598 m)
  Lowest Point	Kuttanad (-2.2 m)
  Northernmost Point	Siachen Glacier near Karakoram
  Southernmost Point	Indira Point, Great Nicobar, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
  Southernmost Point of India (Mainland)	Cape Comorin (Kanya Kumari)
  Westernmost Point	West of Ghuar Mota, Gujarat
  Easternmost Point	Kibithu, Arunachal Pradesh
  Highest Altitude	Kanchenjunga, Sikkim
  Lowest Altitude	Kuttanad (Kerala)

  Physical Boundaries :- The sub-continent is isolated in a remarkable way from the rest of Asia, making it a geographical unit. For example, barring the plateau of Baluchistan the two great ranges, namely, the Sulaiman and the Kirthar, cut it off from the west. Along the North the great mountains wall formed by the Hindu Kush, Karakoram and the Himalayas, cut it off the countries that lie beyond as the mountains are very high and difficult to cross. Similarly, the Southward offshoots of the Eastern Himalayas separate it from Burma.

  The latitudinal and longitudinal extent of the country is almost the same in degrees i.e. about 30 degrees. But in kilometers, the north-south distance (about 3,200 km) is more than that of the east-west.

  The Himalayas and other lofty mountains- Muztagh Ata, Aghil Kunlun Mountains to the north of Kashmir and south eastern portion of Zaskar mountains to east of Himachal Pradesh - from India's northern boundary, except in the Nepal region. She is adjoined in the north by China, Nepal and Bhutan. A series of mountain ranges in the east separate India from Burma. Also, in the east, lies Bangladesh bounded by Indian States of West Bengal, Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram. In the north-west, Afghanistan and Pakistan border on India. The Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait separate India from Srilanka.
  Locational Advantage:- India is a unique country as it is easily accessible to other parts of Asia, Africa, Europe and Americas. Its cultural influences have crossed its border from time immemorial and reached far off lands. It acts as a bridge head between developed and developing countries of the world and between the East and the West. India's strength lies in its geography as much as in its culture. Since the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869, distance between India and Europe has been reduced by 7000 kms. India enjoys a favourable ocean routes from East and South-East Asia and Australia to Africa and Europe pass through Indian Ocean. India is connected with the Cape of Good Hope and the Suez Canal. India can also reach Canada and the USA through the Strait of Malacca after crossing the Pacific Ocean.), while Kanyakumari, also known as Cape Comorin, is the southernmost point of Indian mainland. The country thus lies wholly in the northern and eastern hemispheres.
• The 82^o30' E longitude is taken as Standard Time Meridian of India, as it passes through the middle of India (from Naini, near Allahabad.) Hence Naini, Near Allahabad is the Standard Time of India.
• The country is of a vast size and measures about 3,214 kilometers from north to south and about 2,933 kilometers from west to east.
• Indian Standard Time:- GMT +05:30
• Telephone Country Code:- +91
• Coastline:- 7,516.6 km encompassing the mainland, Lakshadweep Islands, and the Andaman & Nicobar Islands.

Ocean

• India lies midway between the Far East and the Middle East. The trans-Indian Ocean routes connecting the industrially developed countries of Europe in the west and the underdeveloped countries of east Asia pass close by. India being centrally located in South Asia, she enjoys an advantageous-position for doing trade with Australia and the countries of Africa, the Middle East and the Far East. Thus, India dominates the Indian Ocean and commands an important strategic position. Her land frontier is 15,200 kilometers long. Her northern borderland, being mountainous, is very difficult to cross and it offers very few transport facilities for trade with the arid, almost barren and very sparsely populated regions of Central Asia. India has a coastline of 6,100 kilometers in the main land and she depends on the Indian Ocean for bulk of her foreign trade. The total length of the coastline of the mainland, Lakshadweep group of Islands and Andaman and Nicobar group of Islands is 7,519.5 km.

India Facts
Territorial Sea	12 nm (nautical miles)
Contiguous Zone	24 nm
Exclusive economic Zone	200 nm
Continental Shelf	200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin
Longest River	Ganga
Largest Lake	Lake Chilka
Highest Point	Mt. K2 (8611 m)
Highest Point of Himalaya	Kanchan Junga (8,598 m)
Lowest Point	Kuttanad (-2.2 m)
Northernmost Point	Siachen Glacier near Karakoram
Southernmost Point	Indira Point, Great Nicobar, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
Southernmost Point of India (Mainland)	Cape Comorin (Kanya Kumari)
Westernmost Point	West of Ghuar Mota, Gujarat
Easternmost Point	Kibithu, Arunachal Pradesh
Highest Altitude	Kanchenjunga, Sikkim
Lowest Altitude	Kuttanad (Kerala)

Physical Boundaries :- The sub-continent is isolated in a remarkable way from the rest of Asia, making it a geographical unit. For example, barring the plateau of Baluchistan the two great ranges, namely, the Sulaiman and the Kirthar, cut it off from the west. Along the North the great mountains wall formed by the Hindu Kush, Karakoram and the Himalayas, cut it off the countries that lie beyond as the mountains are very high and difficult to cross. Similarly, the Southward offshoots of the Eastern Himalayas separate it from Burma.

The latitudinal and longitudinal extent of the country is almost the same in degrees i.e. about 30 degrees. But in kilometers, the north-south distance (about 3,200 km) is more than that of the east-west.

The Himalayas and other lofty mountains- Muztagh Ata, Aghil Kunlun Mountains to the north of Kashmir and south eastern portion of Zaskar mountains to east of Himachal Pradesh - from India's northern boundary, except in the Nepal region. She is adjoined in the north by China, Nepal and Bhutan. A series of mountain ranges in the east separate India from Burma. Also, in the east, lies Bangladesh bounded by Indian States of West Bengal, Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram. In the north-west, Afghanistan and Pakistan border on India. The Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait separate India from Srilanka.

Locational Advantage:- India is a unique country as it is easily accessible to other parts of Asia, Africa, Europe and Americas. Its cultural influences have crossed its border from time immemorial and reached far off lands. It acts as a bridge head between developed and developing countries of the world and between the East and the West. India's strength lies in its geography as much as in its culture. Since the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869, distance between India and Europe has been reduced by 7000 kms. India enjoys a favourable ocean routes from East and South-East Asia and Australia to Africa and Europe pass through Indian Ocean. India is connected with the Cape of Good Hope and the Suez Canal. India can also reach Canada and the USA through the Strait of Malacca after crossing the Pacific Ocean.

First in Governance--India

First in Governance

First President of India	Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1950-1962)
First Prime Minister of India	Jawaharlal Nehru (1947-1964). The first term lasted till 1952 after which he was re-elected.
First Vice President of India	Dr. S Radhakrishan
First Deputy Prime Minister of India	Vallabhbhai Patel
First Prime Minister to be voted out of Office	India Ghandi (1977) when the Indian National Congress lost to he Janta Party.
First Sikh Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
First Sikh President	Giani Zail Singh
First Non-Congress Government	by Janta Party with Morarji Desai as the Prime Minister (1977-1980)
First Prime Minster of India resigned without completing his full term	Morarji Desai
First Prime Minister to lead a minority government for a full term(five years)	P.V. Narasimha Rao, June 21, 1991 to May 16 1996
First Prime Minster from South India	P.V. Narasimha Rao, June 21, 1991 to May 16 1996
First Governor-General	Warren Hastings
First British Governor-General	Lord William Bentick
First British Viceroy of India	Lord Canning
First Governor General of Independent India	Lord Mountbatten, 1947
First and Last Indian Governor-General of Indian Union	C Rajagopalachari, 1948
First Chief Justice of India	Justice Hiralal J Kania
First Indian to pass ICS	Surendra Nath Banerjee
First Indian ICS Officer	Satyendranath Tagore, 1863
First Speaker of Lok Sabha	Shri G.V. Mavlankar
First Finance Minister of Independent India	Shri R.K.Shanmukhan Chettys
Presentation of First Budget after India's Independence	Shri R.K.Shanmukhan Chettys on Nov. 26, 1947
First President to die in Office	Dr. Zakhir Hussain
First Prime Minister who did not face the Parliament	Charan Singh
First Chief Justice of Supreme Court to become President of India	Justice M Hidaytullah
First Education Minister	Abul Kalam Azad
First Home Minister	Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
First Chief Election Commissioner	Sukumar Sen
First Minister to regin from Union Cabinet	Shyama Prasad Mukherjee (1950)

Following are first in India happenings

Following are first in India happenings

Male

The first President of Indian Republic	Dr. Rajendra Prasad
The first Prime Minister of free India	Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
The first Indian to win Nobel Prize	Rabindranath Tagore
The first President of Indian National Congress	W.C. Banerjee
The first Muslim President of Indian National Congress	Badruddin Tayyabji
The first Muslim President of India	Dr. Zakir Hussain
The first British Governor General of India	Lord William Bentinck(1833-1835)
The first British Governor General of Bengal	Lord Warren Hasting(1774-1885)
The first British Viceroy of India	Lord Canning
The first Governor General of free India	Lord Mountbatten
The first and the last Indian to be Governor General of free India	C. Rajgopalachari
The first man who introduced printing press in India	James Hicky
The first Indian to join the I.C.S	Satyendra Nath Tagore
India�s first man in Space	Rakesh Sharma
The first Prime Minister of India who resigned without completing the full term	Morarji Desai
The first Indian Commander-in-Chief of India	General Cariappa
The first Chief of Army Staff	Gen. Maharaj Rajendra Singhji
The first Indian Member of the Viceroy�s executive council	S.P.Sinha
The first President of India who died while in office	Dr. Zakhir Hussain
The first Muslim President of Indian Republic	Dr. Zakhir Hussain
The first Prime Minister of India who did not face the Parliament	Charan Singh
The first Field Marshal of India	S.H.F. Manekshaw
The first Indian to get Nobel Prize in Physics	C.V.Raman
The first Indian to receive Bharat Ratna award	Dr. Radhakrishnan
The first Indian to cross English Channel	Mihir Sen
The first Person to receive Jnanpith award	Sri Shankar Kurup
The firs Speaker of the Lok Sabha	Ganesh Vasudeva Mavalankar
The first Vice-President of India	Dr. Radhakrishnan
The first Education Minister	Abdul Kalam Azad
The first Home minister of India	Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
The first Indian Air Chief Marshal	S. Mukherjee
The first Indian Naval Chief	Vice Admiral R.D. Katari
The first Judge of International Court of Justice	Dr. Nagendra Singh
The first person to reach Mt. Everest without oxygen	Sherpa Anga Dorjee
The first person to get Param Vir Chakra	Major Somnath Sharma
The first Chief Election Commissioner	Sukumar Sen
The first person to receive Magsaysay Award	Acharya Vinoba Bhave
The first person of Indian origin to receive Nobel Prize in Medicine	Hargovind Khurana
The first Chinese traveller to visit India	Fahein
The first person to receive Stalin Prize	Saifuddin Kitchlu
The first person to resign from the Central Cabinet	Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
The first person to receive Nobel Prize in Economics	Amartya Sen
The first Chief Justice of Supreme Court	Justice Hirala J. Kania
The first Indian Pilot	J.R.D. Tata (1929)

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Female

The first lady to become Miss World	Rita Faria
The first woman judge in Supreme Court	Mrs. Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi
The first woman Ambassador	Miss C.B. Muthamma
The first woman Governor of a state in free India	Mrs Sarojini Naidu
The first woman Speaker of a State Assembly	Shanno Devi
The first woman Prime Minister	Mrs Indira Gandhi
The first woman Minister in a Government	Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
The first woman to climb Mount Everest	Bachhendri Pal
The first woman to climb Mount Everest twice	Santosh Yadav
The first woman President of Indian National Congress	Mrs Annie Besant
The first woman pilot in Indian Air Force	Harita Kaur Dayal
The first woman Graduates	Kadambini Ganguly and Chandramukhi Basu, 1883
The first woman Airline Pilot	Durba Banerjee
The first woman Honours Graduate	Kamini Roy, 1886
The first woman Olympic medal Winner	Karnam Malleswari, 2000
The first woman Asian Games Gold Medal Winner	Kamlijit Sandhu
The first woman Lawyer	Cornelia Sorabjee
The first woman President of United Nations General Assembly	Mrs Vijaya Laxmi Pandit
The first woman Chief Minister of an Indian State	Mrs Sucheta Kripalani
The first woman Chairman of Union Public Service Commission	Roze Millian Bethew
The first woman Director General of Police	Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya
The first woman Judge	Anna Chandy (She became judge in a district court in 1937)
The first woman Cheif Justice of High Court	Mrs Leela Seth (Himachal Pradesh High Court)
The first woman Judge in Supreme Court of India	Kumari Justice M. Fathima Beevi
The first woman Lieutenant General	Puneeta Arora
The first woman Air Vice Marshal	P. Bandopadhyaya
The first woman chairperson of Indian Airlines	Sushma Chawla
The first woman IPS officer	Mrs. Kiran Bedi
The first and last Muslim woman ruler of India	Razia Sultan
The first woman to receive Ashoka Chakra	Nirja Bhanot
The first woman to receive Jnanpith Award	Ashapurna Devi
The first woman to cross English Channel	Aarti Saha
The first woman to receive Nobel Prize	Mother Teresa
The first woman to receive Bharat Ratna	Mrs Indira Gandhi
The first woman to receive Jnanpith Award	Ashpurna Devi

First in Others

First Wax statue of a Living Indian	Mahatma Gandhi at Madame Tussaud's in 1939
First Chinese pilgrim to Visit India	Fa-hien
First Exclusive internet magazine	Bharat Samachar
First Miss India to participate in Miss Universe	Indrani Rehman
First President of Indian National Congress	W.C. Bannerjee, 1885
First Muslim President of the Indian National Congress	Badruddin Tayyabji
First Judge in International Court of Justice	Dr. Nagender Singh
First Graduate in Medicine	Soorjo Coomar Goodeve Chukerbutty
India's First University	Nalanda University
India's First Open University	Andhra Pradesh Open University
India's First Lok Sabha Member to be elected with a record maximum number of votes	P.V.Narasimha Rao
First Indian to reach Antarctica	Lt. Ram Charan
First British to Visit India	Hawkins
First Test tube baby of India	Indira (Baby Harsha)
First Post Office Opened in India.   -kolkata(1727)

Following are some Important dates of Indian History

Following are some Important dates of 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

important years-Important Years in Indian History 1851 to 2013

Important Years in Indian History 1851 to 2013

Year	Event
1851	First telegraph line in India is operational between Calcutta and Diamond Harbour.
1853	First train in India runs from Bombay to Thane.
1857	First war of Indian independence also called the Sepoy Mutiny by the British.
1881	The first complete census of population conducted on a uniform basis throughout India.
1885	Formation of Indian National Congress by A.O. Hume, Dadabhai Naoroji, Dinshaw Wacha, W.C. Bonnerjee and others.
1905	Partition of Bengal by Lord Curzon. Swadeshi Movement launched.
1909	Indian Council Act popularly known as Minto Morley reforms allowing a limited increase in the involvement of Indians in governance passed.
1911	Visit of King George V to India, Shifting of capital from Calcutta to Delhi. Jana Gana Mana first sung at Calcutta session of INC. Launch of first air mail in India & World from Bumraulli to Allahabad.
1919	Government of India Act, 1919 introducing dyarchy, Rowlatt Act, Jallianwala Bagh tragedy.
1920	Khilafat movement, Launch of Non-cooperation movement.
1922	Chauri Chaura outrage in UP, Suspension of Non-cooperation movement.
1928	Visit of Simon Commission to India, Death of Lala Lajpat Rai
1929	Resolution of complete independence at Lahore session of Indian National Congress.
1930	Dandi March, Launch of the Civil Disobedience Movement.
1931	Gandhi Irwin pact, execution of Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru.
1935	Government of India Act.
1942	Quit India movement, Formation of Azad Hind Fauz.
1943	Visit of Cripps Commission to India.
1946	British Cabinet mission visited India.
1947	Independence and partition of India.
1948	Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi, 1st Pak aggression
1950	India became republic
1951	1st Five year plan and 1st Asian Games in Delhi
1952	1st General elections
1954	Panchasheel signed by India and China
1956	Reorganisation of Indian states on linguistic basis, India's first nuclear reactor, Apsara, achieved criticality.
1957	Introduction of decimal system in currency
1959	First television service started in India in New Delhi.
1961	Liberation of Goa from the Portuguese
1962	Chinese aggression
1964	Death of Jawaharlal Nehru
1965	Indo-Pak war
1966	Death of Lal Bahadur Shastri
1969	Split in Indian National Congress and nationalisation of 14 banks. India's first Atomic Power Station Tarapur commences commercial operation.
1971	Indo-Pak war
1972	Simla agreement signed between India and Pakistan
1974	First nuclear test codenamed Smiling Buddha carried out at Pokhran (Rajasthan)(May 18).
1975	First Indian satellite Aryabhatta launched, Imposition of Emergency in the country.
1977	Congress loses power for the first time at the centre
1980	Return of Congress to power, nationalisation of six more banks.
1982	Colour television comes to India. IX Asian Games held in Delhi.
1984	Death of Indira Gandhi.
1991	Death of Rajiv Gandhi. Commencement of economic liberalisation in India.
1992	Demolition of Babri Masjid.
1995	Internet comes to India.
1998	India’s second nuclear test codenamed Operation Shakti.
1999	Kargil invasion by Pakistani troops.
2000	India's population reaches 1 billion mark.
2001	Earthquake in Gujarat (January), Attack on Indian Parliament (December).
2002	Godhra incident.
2004	Tsunami in Indian Ocean.
2008	Launch of India's first lunar probe, Chandrayaan-1.
2013	Launch of Mars Orbiter Mission.