India

879 entries quoted from the Wikipedia articles written per year for India, 1500 CE to 2025 CE. Each century below shows a sample spread across it; the year link on a line opens everything held for that year.

16th century

284 entries, 1500 CE to 1599 CE — 25 shown, spread across the century

1500Cabral's fleet sailed to Kochi on 24 December. Kochi was nominally a vassal of Calicut, as well as being dominated by other Indian cities. Kochi was eager to achieve independence, and the Portuguese were willing to exploit Indian disunity—as the British would three hundred years later. This tactic eventually ensured Portuguese hegemony over the region. Cabral forged an alliance with Kochi's ruler, as well with rulers of other Indian cities, and was able to establish a factory. At last, loaded with precious spices, the fleet went to Kannur for further trade before setting out on its return voyage to Portugal on 16 January 1501.India source
1501The 2nd Portuguese India Armada (Cabral, 1500) left India in JanuaryIndia source
1503March – August – First siege of Cochin (1503)India source
150422 April – 6th Portuguese India Armada (Albergaria, 1504) sets sail for India, and arrives late August/Early SeptemberIndia source
15087 March – Humayun (Nasir ud-din Muhammad Humayun), later Mughal emperor (died 1556)India source
1510Ismail Adil Shah becomes king of Bijapur (and rules until 1534)India source
1513Bhil Pal, king of Nurpur (born 1473)India source
151720 November – Sikandar Lodi, ruler of the Sultanate of Delhi from 1489India source
1522The Portuguese arrive in Chennai and made a port named São Tomé after the Christian apostle, St. Thomas.India source
1526Date unknown – The Siege of Sambhal occurs.India source
1529Krishnadevaraya ends his reign as emperor of Vijayanagara Empire.India source
1533Alauddin Firuz Shah becomes ruler of the Sultanate of Bengal following his father's (Nasiruddin Nasrat Shah) deathIndia source
1536Joao De Bustamante, pioneer of the art of printing in India, specifically in Goa is born (dies 1588).India source
1540Biswa Singha of Kamata rule of the Koch Kingdom comes to an end (since 1515), and Nara Narayan's begins (until 1587)India source
1547Piploda princely state is establishedIndia source
1552Sukhaamphaa succeeds his father as king of Ahom (reigns until 1603)India source
1555June Francisco Barreto takes up the position of viceroy in Goa, Portuguese IndiaIndia source
1557Emperor Akbar welcomes his mother to IndiaIndia source
1562February 1562: Mughal emperor Akbar's marriage to a Rajput princess, Mariam-uz-Zamani, daughter of Raja Bharmal of Amber.India source
1565Aliya Rama Raya progenitor of the Aravidu dynasty of Vijayanagara EmpireIndia source
1570War of the League of the Indies beginsIndia source
1579Mughal Emperor, Akbar grants an Imperial farman to the Portuguese to settle near Satgaon in Bengal.India source
1583Building of the fort of Allahabad by Emperor Akbar.India source
1587Nara Narayan, last ruler of the Koch Kingdom diesIndia source
15955 July Guru Hargobind, the sixth of the ten gurus of Sikhism is born in Punjab, (dies 1644)India source

17th century

37 entries, 1600 CE to 1696 CE — 25 shown, spread across the century

1600East India Company granted Royal Charter by Elizabeth I of England (ran until disestablishment in 1874)India source
160516 October – The reign of Jehangir begins (reigned till 28 October 1627).India source
160515 October – End of the reign of the Mughal Emperor Akbar (reigned since 1556).India source
1606A sixth suffragan See to Goa was established at San Thome, Mylapore, near the modern Madras, and the site of the National Shrine of St. Thomas Basilica, advancing the Christianization of GoaIndia source
1606Guru Arjan, first martyr of Sikh faith and the fifth of the ten Sikh Gurus, died on 30 May in LahoreIndia source
1612The Battle of Swally took place.India source
1613St. Michael's Church, Anjuna was constructed in Anjuna, GoaIndia source
1613Dutch forces established a factory (trading post) at PalakolluIndia source
1613British forces established a factory (trading post) at SuratIndia source
1613Construction of Bhangarh Fort in Rajasthan was completedIndia source
1613Poet Ganesa, son of Gopal Das, wrote Jatakalankara, a brief Sanskrit treatise comprising one hundred twenty-five slokas on predictive Hindu astrologyIndia source
1613Amar Singh Rathore, a Rajput nobleman affiliated with the royal house of Marwar, and a courtier of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, on 11 DecemberIndia source
162110 year old Jai Singh I ascends to the throne as the Raja of Amber and the head of the Kachwaha RajputsIndia source
1627Mohammed Adil Shah becomes Ruler of Bijapur, Karnataka following the death of Ibrahim Adil Shah II.India source
1627Ibrahim Adil Shah II, later king of Bijapur Sultanate (born 1556)India source
1632Date Unknown - The Portuguese are driven out of Bengal.India source
1644The British establish themselves at Madras, building Fort George there.India source
1659The reign of Aurungzebe begins (reigned till 1707).India source
16617 October – Guru Har Krishan becomes the eighth Sikh guru, Guru JiIndia source
16618 March Guru Har Rai seventh Sikh guru dies (born 1630)India source
1663Rise of the Travancore Kingdom - The first maharaja of the Travancore Kingdom, His Highness Rama Varma I was sworned in.India source
16681 September - The ship 'Constantinople Merchant' reaches the coast of Surat with a royal charter granting the Port and Island of Bombay to the English East India Company.India source
1687Conquest of the Deccan by Emperor Aurungzebe; Hyderabad becomes the residence of the governor of the Deccan.India source
1687National income - ₹7,004 millionIndia source
1696National income - ₹7,877 millionIndia source

18th century

63 entries, 1707 CE to 1799 CE — 25 shown, spread across the century

1707Bundi State conquered Kota State on 18 June and held the territory for six yearsIndia source
1707Dost Mohammad of Bhopal founded Bhopal StateIndia source
1707Sukhrungphaa established Rangpur, the capital of the Ahom kingdomIndia source
1721National income - ₹8,303 millionIndia source
172113 and 14 November, the 1721 Madras cyclone struck Madras (now Chennai)India source
1739Nadir Shah invades India from Iran.India source
1748Madras restored to the British by the French who captured the city in 1746.India source
1751National income - ₹8,837 millionIndia source
1755The Nizam of Hyderabad (virtually independent of the Moghuls since 1748) cedes the Circars to the French.India source
175619 June – Confinement of prisoners in the Black Hole of Calcutta.India source
1756Siraj-ud-Din Ali Khan Arzu, Urdu poet and Lexicographer in Delhi. (b. 1687)India source
175820 April – Marathas attacked Lahore and occupied it.India source
1760French defeat at the Battle of Wandewash.India source
176114 January – Third Battle of PanipatIndia source
1762National income - ₹9,895 millionIndia source
1765Allahabad occupied by the British.India source
1769National income - ₹9,897 millionIndia source
1772Warren Hastings appointed governor of Bengal.India source
1774Rampur Raza Library was established in India, located in what is now Uttar Pradesh.India source
1780National income - ₹9,900 millionIndia source
178415 January - The Asiatic Society was established.India source
1786National income - ₹10,251 millionIndia source
179026 October - Kingdom of Coorg became a Protectorate of East India Company.India source
1795The Nizam of Hyderabad defeated at the Battle of Kharda by the Marathas.India source
1798The Fourth Anglo-Mysore War begins.India source

19th century

290 entries, 1801 CE to 1899 CE — 25 shown, spread across the century

1801Maharaja Ranjit Singh created an imperial powerIndia source
1811East India Company Bonds Act (British statute)India source
18186 January – Treaty of Mandasor is signed between the British and the Marathas.India source
1826The Assam Police was established in the state of Assam.India source
1832The Bank of Hindostan was liquidated.India source
1838Jessop & Company work on the construction of the first iron bridge in British India, Loha-ka-Pul over the River Gomti at Lucknow, 1812–1840India source
1839Thomas John Newbold is appointed deputy assistant adjutant-general and postmaster to the field force of the East India CompanyIndia source
1840The first Kodiyettru Thirunal is celebrated in Swamithope pathi in August/September while, according to Ayyavazhi doctrine, Ayya unified the Seven Virgins into himself as per their requestIndia source
18469 March - the Treaty of Lahore was a peace treaty marking the end of the First Anglo-Sikh War. As a result, Maharaja Ranjit Singh ceded Kashmir to the British East India Company.India source
1851Dadabhai Naoroji foundesthe Rahnumae Mazdayasne Sabha (Guides on the Mazdayasne Path) on 1 AugustIndia source
1854Happy Valley Tea Estate, a tea garden in Darjeeling district in the Indian state of West Bengal, was establishedIndia source
1855The British annexed Thanjavur Maratha kingdomIndia source
185724 January – University of Calcutta is founded through the Calcutta University Act.India source
1860National income - ₹4,100 millionIndia source
18622 July – Calcutta High Court is established under the High Courts Act, 1861.India source
1865Shapoorji Pallonji Group, Mumbai based business conglomerate, was foundedIndia source
1866Laksar Junction opened in Laksar, UttarakhandIndia source
1867Public Gambling Act of 1867 is passed, prohibiting the running or being in charge of a public gaming houseIndia source
1870National income - ₹3,332 millionIndia source
1874East India Company is dissolved.India source
1877First suspension bridge in India was opened in Punalur, Travancore (now in Kerala).India source
1880East India Loan (East Indian Railway Debentures) Act (British statute)India source
1883The Calcutta International Exhibition world's fair was held from the end of 1883 to March 1884India source
1887Conversion Of India Stock Act (British statute)India source
1892Foreign Marriage Act (British statute)India source

20th century

199 entries, 1900 CE to 1999 CE — 25 shown, spread across the century

19001 out of every 100 residents of India die of cholera each year.India source
1905George, Prince of Wales and Princess Mary tour India, 1905–06India source
1908September 28 – the Great Musi flood kills 15,000 peopleIndia source
1912India introduced registration of motor vehicles.India source
1916Hindu Disposition of Property ActIndia source
192218 March – Mohandas Gandhi is sentenced to six years in prison for sedition. He would serve only two years.India source
192414 -20 July - Great flood of 99 in Travancore, Kingdom of Cochin and Malabar District.India source
192720 March – Mahad Satyagraha lead by B. R. Ambedkar for Dalit rights.India source
19306 April – In an act of civil disobedience, Mahatma Gandhi breaks British law after marching to the sea and taking salt.India source
193220 September – Mohandas Gandhi begins a hunger strike in Poona prison.India source
193615–18 October – Religious riots in Bombay.India source
19391 May – New Congress working committee announced.India source
19433 February - Howrah Bridge in Calcutta commissioned.India source
194624 March – 1946 Cabinet Mission to IndiaIndia source
19496 June – With the passage of the Bodh Gaya Temple Act by the Indian government, Mahabodhi Temple is restored to partial Buddhist control.India source
195422 March – Jayendra Saraswathi becomes the 70th Shankaracharya of Kanchi.India source
195818 February – Finance minister of India T. T. Krishnamachari resigns following M. C. Chagla Commission report on Haridas Mundhra LIC scandal.India source
196011 March - Bombay High Court overturns Jury trial verdict on Nanavati case and declares him guilty.India source
196221 September – A border conflict between China and India erupts into fighting.India source
196514 January - Food Corporation of India was founded.India source
196829 Feb - Auroville established in Pondicherry with presence of 124 countries.India source
197129 October – The Odisha cyclone in the Bay of Bengal, in Orissa State in India, kills 10,000.India source
19766 November - Uttawar forced sterilisations: Mass vasectomy of nearly 800 men of Uttawar village, Palwal district, Haryana during India’s Emergency imposed by Indira Gandhi.India source
198031 December – B. P. Mandal, chairman of the Backward Classes Commission, submitted his report to the government.India source
198622 September – Australia-India test cricket match ends in a tie at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai, becoming only the second tied test in the history.India source

21st century

6 entries, 2002 CE to 2025 CE

200222 June – Ashok Singhal, leader of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), announces that the VHP is no longer bound by its earlier promise to the government to await a court ruling before embarking on the construction of a temple to the god Rama on the site of the destroyed Babri mosque at Ayodhya.India source
200426 December – The largest earthquake in 40 years originates from the Indian Ocean off the west coast of Sumatra island in Indonesia, measuring 9.3 on the moment magnitude scale and creating tsunami waves that sweep across much of the coastlines of South Asia. More than 18,000 reported killed in India and 280,000 across the globe.India source
200611 July – 11 July 2006 Mumbai train bombings: A series of coordinated bomb attacks struck several commuter trains in Mumbai, India during the evening rush hour.India source
200826–29 November – 2008 Mumbai attacks: 175 people were killed and over 308 wounded in more than ten coordinated shooting and bombing attacks across Mumbai, India's largest city, carried out by Islamic terrorists from Pakistan.India source
2010Falak, baby murder victim (d. 2012)India source
202520 August – China and India agree to resume direct flights suspended since 2020, reopen designated border trade points and boost investment in their economies following talks in New Delhi between Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi and Indian officials including Indian foreign minister S. Jaishankar and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.India source