Important days of India

Important Days of India
National Youth Day	January 12
Army Day	January 15
Republic Day	January 26
Martyrs' Day	January 30
Central Excise Day	February 24
National Science Day	February 28
National Maritime Day	April 5
National Technology Day	May 11
Quit India Day	August 9
Independence Day	August 15
AD 1500 - 1799
First Battle of Panipat, Babur defeated Ibrahim Lodi; Foundation of Mughal rule by Babur	1526
Battle of Khanua – Babur defeated Rana Sanga	1527
Death of Babur and accession of Humayun	1530
Sher Shah Suri defeated Humayun and became India’s emperor	1539
Battle of Kanauj	1540
Humayun recaptured the throne of Delhi	1555
Second Battle of Panipat	1556
Battle of Talikota	1565
Battle of Haldighati; Rana Pratap defeated by Akbar	1576
Din-e-Illahi founded by Akbar	1582
Death of Rana Pratap	1597
East India Company established	1600
Death of Akbar and accession of Jahangir	1605
Execution of Guru ArjunDev	1606
Jahangir marries Nur Jahan	1611
Sir Thomas Roe visits Jahagir	1616
Birth of Shivaji and death of Jahangir	1627
Shah Jahan becomes emperor of India	1628
Death of Mumtaj Mahal	1631
The British permitted to trade in India in Bengal	1634
Accession of Aurangzeb, Shah Jahan imprisoned	1659
Shivaji imprisoned by Aurangzeb	1665
Death of Shah Jahan	1666
Execution of Teg Bahadur, the ninth Guru of Sikhs	1675
Death of Shivaji	1680
Death of Aurangzeb	1707
Death of Guru Gobind Singh	1708
Nadir Shah invades India	1739
Battle of Plassey, establishment of British political rule in India at the hands of Lord Clive	1757
Third Battle of Panipat; Shah Alam II becomes India’s emperor	1761
Battle of Buxor	1764
Clive appointed Company’s Governor in India	1765
First Mysore War	1767 - 1769
The Great Bengal Fami	1770
Birth of Maharaja Ranjit Singh	1780
Second Mysore War	1780 - 1784
Pitt’s India Act	1784
Third Mysore War	1790 -1792
Permanent Settlement of Bengal	1793
Fourth Mysore War; Death of Tipu Sultan	1799
AD 1001 - 1499
First invasion of India by Mahmud Ghazni who defeated Jaipal, ruler of Punjab	1001
Destruction of Somnath Temple by Mahmud Ghazni	1025
First Battle of Tarain	1191
Second Battle of Tarain	1192
Accession of Qutub-ud-din Aibak to the throne of Delhi	1206
Death of Qutub-ud-din Aibak	1210
Genghis Khan invaded India (Mongol invasion)	1221
Accession of Razia Sultan to the throne of Delhi	1236
Razia Sultan dies	1240
Accession of Ala-ud-din Khalji	1296
Ala-ud-din Khalji dies	1316
Accession of Muhammad-bin Tughlaq	1325
Shifting of Capital from Delhi to Daulatabad to Deccan by the Tughlaq	1327
Foundation of Vijayanagar empire in the South	1336
Accession of Feroz Shah	1351
Invasion of India by Timur Lang	1398
Birth of Guru Nanak	1469
Accession of Babur in Ferghana	1494
First voyage of Vasco da Gama to India (discovery of sea route to India via the Cape of Good Hope	1497 - 1498
AD 1st - 10th Century
Beginning of Saka Era	78
Accession of Kanishka	120
Commencement of Gupta era, the Golden Age of ancient India	320
Accession of Vikramaditya	380
Visit of Chinese traveller Fa-Hien	405 - 411
Accession of Kumara Gupta I	415
Accession of Skando Gupta	455
Harshavardhan’s reign	606-647
First invasion in Sind by Arabs	712
Accession of King Bhoja of Kanauj	836
Accession of Rajaraja, the Chola ruler	985
Accession of Sultan Mahmud	998
BC (Before Christ)
Indus Valley Civilisation	3000-1500
Birth of Gautam Buddha	576
Birth of Mahavir	527
Alexander’s invasion of India. It opened a land route between India and Europe	327-326
Accession of Chandragupta Maurya according to Jain traditions	313
Defeat of Seleucus at the hands of Chandragupta Maurya	305
Ashoka’s reign	273-232
Conquest of Kalinga	261
Region of Elara, the Chola King of Sri Lanka	145-101
Beginning of Vikrami era	58