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KEY YEARS IN THE HISTORY OF INDIA 2500-1500 B.C : Indus Valley civilization. 1500-200 B.C  : Aryan civilization. 2000-1000 B.C : Composition of the Upanishads and the great Epics, the Mahabharata and the Ramayana. 600-500 B.C   : Mahavir and Buddha lay down the principles of Jainism and Buddhism. 326 B.C       : Alexander, The Great invades India 320 B.C       : Chandragupta Maurya finds the Mauryan Dynasty. 273 B.C       : Asoka ascends the throne of Magadha. 261 B.C       : The Great Kalinga War that transforms Asoka. 60 B.C        : Rise of the Satavahana Dynasty. 1-100 A.D     : Jews and Apostle St.Thomas arrive in the Malabar Coast. 78A.D         : The Saka era begins. 120-144A.D    : Rule of the Kushan king, Kaniskha. 320A.D        : Chandragupta 1 finds the Gupta Dynasty 360 A.D       : Samudragupta establishes a large Empire-the whole of northern India up to the Deccan. 375- 413A.D   : Reign of Chandragupta 11,the golden age of Indian culture and literature. 405-11A.D     : Fahien visits India. 1000 A.D      : Founding of the Chola empire by Rajaraja Chola. 1026 A.D      : Mahmud of Ghazni ransacks the Somnath temple. 1192 A.D      : Muhammad Ghori defeats Prithiviraj. Paves way for Muslim rule. 1206 A.D      : Qutb-ud-din Aibak establishes Slave Dynasty inDelhi. 1288 A.D      : Marco polo visits India. 1290 A.D      : Fall of the Slave Dynasty; Beginning of the Khilji Dynasty. 1483-1530 A.D : Reign of Mughal emperor Babur. 1498 AD       : Vascodagama lands at Calicut. 1469-1538 A.D : Time of Guru Nanak,the founder of Sikkhism. 1510 A.D      : Goa captured by Portuguese. 1526 A.D      : First battle of Panipat.Babar defeats the Lodis and establishes Mughal rule. 1556 A.D      : Accession of Akbar. 1600 A.D      : East India Company formed. 1632-1653 A.D : Shah Jahan builds the Taj Mahal. 1664 A.D      : Shivaji becomes king in Delhi. 1739 A.D      : Nadir Shah invades Delhi. 1742 A.D      : French rule consolidated in Pondicherry. 1757 A.D      : Battle of Plassey. 1831 A.D      : Ranjit Singh mobilizes the power of Sikhs. 1834-35 A.D   : Lord William Bentick becomes the first Governor General of India. 1853 A.D      : First Railway between Bombay and Thana. 1857 A.D      : The Sepoy Mutiny. 1858 A.D      : Government of India passes from East India Company to the British Crown. 1885 A.D      : Indian National Congress born. 1906 A.D : Founding of the Muslim League. 1911 A.D : Capital of India shifted from Calcutta to Delhi. 1920 A.D : Non-cooperation movement begins. 1930 A.D : Mahatma Gandhi leads the Dandi march in Ahmedabad. 1931A.D : Inauguration of New Delhi. 1947 A.D : India gets freedom. Nehru is India's new Prime Minister. 1948 A.D : Mahatma Gandhi is assassinated in Delhi. 1950 A.D : India becomes a Republic. 1965 A.D : Hindi proclaimed the National language. 1966-1977 A.D : Indira Gandhi is India's Prime Minister. 1965-1971 A.D : Indo- Pakistan clashes. 1962 A.D     : Indo-China war. 1966 A.D     : Indira Gandhi comes to power. 1975 A.D     : Emergency declared by Indira Gandhi. 1984 A.D     : Indira Gandhi assassinated by her bodyguard. Rajiv Gandhi, Indira's son takes over. 1989 A.D     : General elections, V.P. Singh becomes the Prime Minister. 1991 A.D     : Rajiv Gandhi assassinated during election campaign, Narasimha Rao becomes the Prime minister. 1992 A.D     : Babri Masjid brought down. Riots followed in the whole of North India. 1996 A.D     : National Front comes to power. 1999 A.D : BJP wins the elections and are ruling the country till date. 2000 A.D : US President Bill Clinton makes groundbreaking visit to India to improve ties. 2001 A.D : Massive earthquakes hit western state of Gujarat, leaving at least 30,000 dead. 2002 A.D : Retired Scientist and architect of India's missile programme APJ Abdul Kalam elected president. 2003 A.D : India, Pakistan agree to resume direct air links and to allow overflights. 2004 A.D : Congress wrestles power from the BJP headed by Sonia Gandhi. Manmohan takes in the Prime Minsiters Seat. Former Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao dies, aged 83