Timeline
Timeline
1398 Timur conquered India resulting in the decline of the Delhi Sultanate
320 AD 1206 Qutb ub-din Aybak establishes the Delhi Sultanate 700s Muslim armies from Arabia invade India The Gupta Indian dynasty reunited northern India, initiating the "golden Age" of India 500 BC Jainism was founded in India by Mahavira Jains
1498 Vasco da Gama becomes the first European explorer to reach India
1500s Christianity was introduced in India by the Europeans Sikhism was founded by Nana
1628 Shah Jahan, the ruler of the Mughal Empire, builds the Taj Mahal
1774 Warren Hastings appointed the first governor general of India by the East India Company 1857 The Sepoy Rebellion
1920 1935 The Government of India Act Mohandas Gandhi became the leader of the Indian independence movement 1919 The Amritsar Massacre 1914-1918 World War 1
1885
1939 The United Kingdom declared war on Germany and World War 2 began
1945 United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and World War 2 ended
1947
British and Indian leaders agreed to divide the country into India and Pakistan India became independent 1848 Gandhi was assassinated
1950 A new Indian Constitution was ratified and Jawaharlal Nehru became the Indian first prime minister
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