Master Timeline
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| About 3000 BCE | Burzahom Neolithic |
| 3rd century BCE | Ashoka and Buddhism |
| 1st to 2nd century CE | Kanishka, Fourth Buddhist Council |
| 625 | Karkota dynasty begins |
| About 631 | Hiuen Tsang |
| 724 to 760 | Lalitaditya |
| 855 | Utpala dynasty (Avantivarman) |
| 958 to 1003 | Queen Didda |
| 1003 | Lohara dynasty |
| 1015, 1021 | Mahmud's attacks fail |
| 1148 to 1149 | Rajatarangini |
| 1320 | Zulju's invasion; Rinchana |
| 1339 | Shah Mir dynasty |
| 1395 | Khanqah-i-Mualla |
| 1420 to 1470 | Zain-ul-Abidin |
| 1561 | Chak dynasty |
| 1586 | Mughal conquest |
| 1752 | Afghan rule |
| 1819 | Sikh rule (Shopian) |
| 1846 | Treaty of Amritsar |
| 1857 | Gulab Singh dies; Ranbir Singh |
| 1885 | Pratap Singh; Resident |
| 1925 | Hari Singh |
| 1931 | 13 July firing |
| 1932 | Muslim Conference |
| 1939 | National Conference |
| 1944 | Naya Kashmir |
| 1946 | Quit Kashmir |
| 1947 | Accession (26 Oct) |
| 1949 | Ceasefire; Article 370 adopted |
| 1953 | Sheikh dismissed |
| 1957 | J&K Constitution in force |
| 1965, 1971 | Wars; Simla (1972) |
| 1975 | Indira-Sheikh Accord |
| 1990 | Pandit exodus; President's rule |
| 1999 | Kargil |
| 2019 | Article 370 ended |
| 2023 | SC verdict |
| 2024 | Assembly elections; Omar CM |
| 326 BCE | Alexander's invasion; Abhisara surrenders |
| 58 BCE to 342 CE | Rai dynasty of Jammu |
| 840 to 1808 | Dev dynasty of Jammu |
| 1399 | Timur plunders Jammu |
| 1712 | Dhruv Dev shelters Banda Bahadur |
| 1808 | Jammu falls to the Sikhs |
| 16 Jan 1822 | Gulab Singh's Raj Tilak at Akhnoor |
| 1865 | Shawl weavers' revolt |
| 1877 to 1879 | Great famine |
| 1920 | Begar abolished |
| 1928 | Land Alienation Act |
| 1929 | High Court |
| 1934 | Praja Sabha |
| 1938 | J&K Bank |
Keep practising
Notes are only half the work. Test yourself with questions and discuss doubts with other aspirants.
Prepared for exam revision from standard sources, official publications and the Census. Figures and recent developments change, so check official sources before relying on them. Found a mistake? Tell us.