Events
Battles, foundings, treaties and turning points. Click a year to open the map at that moment.
16th century CE · 5
| 1504 |
Sikandar Lodi founds Agra Founding / accession
Agra became the Lodi and later Mughal capital. |
Agra | Lodi Dynasty |
| 1509 | Krishnadevaraya's accession Founding / accession | Hampi | Tuluva Dynasty |
| 1559 | Drabya Shah founds the Gorkha kingdom Founding / accession | Gorkha | Gorkha Kingdom |
| 1571 | Fatehpur Sikri founded Founding / accession | Fatehpur Sikri | Mughal Empire |
| 1600 |
East India Company chartered Founding / accession
Royal charter granted in London on 31 December 1600. |
British East India Company |
17th century CE · 8
| 1602 | Dutch East India Company (VOC) founded Founding / accession | Dutch East India Company (VOC) in India | |
| 1611 |
English factory at Masulipatnam Founding / accession
The Company's first factory on the east coast. |
Machilipatnam | British East India Company |
| 1616 | Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal arrives in Bhutan Founding / accession | Punakha | Bhutan under the Zhabdrung (Druk Desi) |
| 1628 | Shah Jahan becomes emperor Founding / accession | Agra | Mughal Empire |
| 1639 | Fort St George founded at Madras Founding / accession | Chennai | Fort St George, Madras |
| 1648 | Shahjahanabad (Old Delhi) inaugurated Founding / accession | Delhi | Mughal Empire |
| 1674 | Shivaji crowned Chhatrapati Founding / accession | Raigad | Maratha Empire |
| 1690 |
Job Charnock founds Calcutta Founding / accession
Calcutta grew into the capital of British India. |
Sutanuti | British East India Company |
18th century CE · 3
| 1709 | Mirwais Hotak's revolt at Kandahar Founding / accession | Kandahar | Hotak Dynasty |
| 1747 | Ahmad Shah Durrani founds the Durrani Empire Founding / accession | Kandahar | Durrani Empire |
| 1799 | Ranjit Singh takes Lahore Founding / accession | Lahore | Sikh Empire |
20th century CE · 9
| 1907 | Ugyen Wangchuck becomes first King of Bhutan Founding / accession | Punakha | Kingdom of Bhutan |
| 1947 |
Independence and Partition Founding / accession
India becomes independent on 15 August 1947. India and Pakistan became independent dominions amid mass migration and violence. |
New Delhi | Dominion of India |
| 1947 |
Pakistan comes into being Founding / accession
14 August 1947. |
Karachi | Pakistan (West & East) |
| 1948 | Ceylon becomes independent Founding / accession | Colombo | Dominion of Ceylon |
| 1950 |
Constitution comes into force Founding / accession
India becomes a Republic on 26 January 1950. India became a republic with Rajendra Prasad as its first President. |
New Delhi | Republic of India |
| 1965 | Maldives becomes independent Founding / accession | Malé | Sultanate of the Maldives |
| 1968 | Maldives becomes a republic Founding / accession | Malé | Republic of Maldives |
| 1971 | Independence of Bangladesh Founding / accession | Dhaka | People's Republic of Bangladesh |
| 1985 |
SAARC founded at Dhaka Founding / accession
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka; Afghanistan joined in 2007. |
Dhaka |
21st century CE · 1
| 2008 | Nepal becomes a republic Founding / accession | Kathmandu | Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal |