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This is a timeline of Indian history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in India and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of India. also see the list of governors-general of India, list of prime ministers of India and Years in India.
Timeline of Indian history. Chandragupta Maurya overthrew the Nanda Empire and established the first great empire in ancient India, the Maurya Empire. India's Mauryan king Ashoka is widely recognised for his historical acceptance of Buddhism and his attempts to spread nonviolence and peace across his empire.
The history of independent India or history of Republic of India began when the country became an independent sovereign state within the British Commonwealth on 15 August 1947. Direct administration by the British, which began in 1858, affected a political and economic unification of the subcontinent. When British rule came to an end in 1947 ...
e. The Indian Independence Movement was a series of historic events in South Asia with the ultimate aim of ending British colonial rule. It lasted until 1947, when the Indian Independence Act 1947 was passed. The first nationalistic movement for Indian independence emerged in the Province of Bengal. It later took root in the newly formed Indian ...
January - June. 1 March - Partition of India is finalised by Lord Mountbatten. Boundary Commission under Sir Radcliffe was setup to partition Punjab & Bengal. 15 March – Hindus and Muslims clash in Punjab. 15 March - Lord Mountbatten attempts his first effort to stop the Partition of Bengal & conduct the partition of Muslim majority Kashmir.
26 November - Constituent Assembly of India adopted the Constitution of India. [ 7] 22 December - Planting of ram idol inside Babri Masjid by Abhiram Das. [ 8] 28 December – Central Reserve Police Force Act enacted. 31 December - An armed group of Communist Party of India activists killed four Police officers in Travancore–Cochin.
4 July – Manjula Vijayakumar, actress (died 2013). 10 July – Malyadri Sriram, politician and member of parliament from Bapatla. 14 July – Tanikella Bharani, playwright, script writer and actor. 14 July – R. Sarathkumar, actor and politician. 1 August – Baba Gurinder Singh, Fifth and Present Satguru of Radha Soami Satsang Beas.
7 July. Allan attacks Delhi leading to the slaughter of Delhi. 12 July. Brigadier-General Sir Henry Havelock defeats rebels at Fatehpur, en-route to Cawnpore. 15 July. Allan goes to Barrackpore and assembles a large standing army of nearly 6000 men and prepares for battle. 15 July.