Punjab History Timeline

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The following Timeline of Punjab's history is used as a reference for the study of History of the Jatt people and other Tribes of Punjab:

500,000 Years: Pre-historic and Proto-historic existence of early mankind.

3000 - 5000 BCE: Jainism's Origin and the times of it's 1st few Tirthankaras.

2500 - 1500 BCE: Harappa Culture.

2500 - 700 BCE: Rigvedic Aryan Civilization.

567 - 487 BCE: Buddha's times and the Birth of Buddhism.

550 BCE - 600 CE: Buddhism remained prevalent.

550 - 515 BCE: Persian Invasion to west of Indus River.

326 BCE: Alexander's Invasion.

322 - 298 BCE: Chandra Gupta Maurya Period.

273 - 232 BCE: Ashoka's Period.

125 - 160 BCE: Rise of the Sakas (Scythians known as Jat ancestors).

2 BCE: Beginning of Rule of the Sakas.

45 - 180 CE: Rule of the Kushanas.

320 - 550 CE: Gupta Empire.

500 CE: Hun Invasion.

510 - 650 CE: Vardhanas Era.

647 - 1192 CE: Rajput Period.

713 - 1300 CE: Muslim Invaders (Turks and Arabs) famous invaders like Mahmud Gori and Mahmud Ghazni.

8th Century CE: Arabs capture Sind and Multan.

1450 - 1700 CE: Mughal Rulers.

1469 - 1539 CE: Guru Nanak Dev Ji (1st Sikh Guru).

1539 - 1675 CE: Period of 8 Sikh Gurus from Guru Angad Dev Ji to Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji.

1675 - 1708 CE: Guru Gobind Singh Ji (10th Sikh Guru).

1699 CE: Birth of the Khalsa.

1708 - 1715 CE: Conquests of Banda Bahadur.

1716 - 1759 CE: Sikh struggle against Moghul Governors.

1739 CE: Invasion of Nadir Shah.

1748 -1769 CE: Ahmed Shah Abdali's nine invasions.

1762 CE: 2nd Sikh Holocaust (Ghalughara) from Ahmed Shah's 6th invasion.

1764 - 1799 CE: Rule of the Sikh Misls.

1799 - 1839 CE: Rule by Maharaja Ranjit Singh.

1849 CE: Annexation of Punjab.

1849 - 1947 CE: British Rule.

1947 CE: Partition of India thus Punjab into 2 parts the Eastern part became the Indian Punjab and the Western part the Pakistan Punjab.

1966 CE: Punjab in India divided into 3 parts on Linguistic basis - (Haryana, Himachal and Punjabi suba the present Punjab).

1984 CE: Operation Blue Star, the 3rd Sikh Holocaust and its aftermath.

 

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Stupid question, but what is the 1st Sikh Holocaust, you mention the 2nd and 3rd.

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