Historical Events of Jharkhand (7000 BC- 2019 AD): JPSC/ JSCC

Historical Events of Jharkhand

Ancient Events:

7000- 4000 BC	Neolithic period, entry of Asura caste in Jharkhand.
2500 BC	Evidence of the use of iron by Asuras in Jharkhand has been found from Asurgarh.

1000- 600 BC	Mundas entered from the Tibet region through Rohtasgarh in the Jharkhand region.
800 BC	Parshavnath, the 23rd Tirthankara of Jainism attained nirvana on Parasnath hill.
250 BC	Ashoka's inscriptions describe Jharkhand as an Aattava region, Ashok sent Rakshit to this area to propagate the region.
64 AD	The establishment of the Nagavanshi kingdom in Jharkhand by Phanimukut Rai and Sutiyambe as the capita.
163 AD	Mukut Rai appointed the King of Nagavansh.
212 AD	Madan Rai appointed the King of Nagavansh.
346 AD	Nagavanshi King Pratap Rai established the capital at Chutia from Sutiyambe.
366- 403 AD	Nagavanshi Manimukut Rai reign.
404- 452 AD	Nagavanshi Fani Rai's reign.
453- 476 AD	Nagavanshi Ahindra's Rai's reign.
477- 493 AD	Nagavanshi Jayendra Rai's reign.
495- 533 AD	Nagavanshi Hari Rai's reign.
536- 560 AD	Nagavanshi Gaja Rai's reign.
561- 606 AD	Nagavanshi Sundar Rai's reign.
607- 643 AD	Nagavanshi Mukund Rai's reign.
602- 625 AD	Shashank, the ruler of Gaur invaded the Jharkhand region.
644- 694 AD	Nagavanshi Umedani Rai's reign. Nagavanshi Mukund Rai died of drowning in the river, after which Umedani Rai became the ruler.
695- 736 AD	Nagavanshi Kanchan Rai's reign was at Paviragarh, the capital of the Nagavanshi at the time of Kanchan Rai, but Kanchan Rai made Kanchangarh his center, a famine of 12 years occurred during his time, he started the practice of Jani hunting.

Medieval Events:

693 AD	Kashinath Singh established the Porahat state of the Singh dynasty in the Singhbum region.
1122 AD	The capital of Nagavanshi was removed from Chutia and established by Bhima Karna in Khukra.
1205 AD	Dev Narayan Singh founded the second branch of the Singh dynasty.
1206 AD	Bakhtiar Khilji's entry into Jharkhand and invasion of Bengal.
1310 AD	Alauddin Khilji imposed a tax on Nagavanshi King through Mallik Chhaju. Establishment of Ramgarh State by Baghdev Singh in 1368 AD.
1372 AD	Ferozshah invades Odisha via Jharkhand.
1458 AD	Ganga king of Odisha announced the establishment of Suryavansh and became the King of Jharkhand.
1498 AD	The ruler of Sandhya invaded Jharkhand.
1500 AD	Maharashtra Chero defeated by Khvas Khan.
1585 AD	Mughal invasion and occupation of Kokraha, Jharkhand under Shahbaz Khan.
1589 AD	Akbar's army invaded and conquered the Chero kingdom.
1590 AD	The accession of Madhukaran Shahi (Madhu Singh).
1592 AD	King Man Singh declared Rajmahal to be the capital of Bengal.
1605 AD	The Mughal army was defeated and restored power by Bhagwat Rai (Palamu King).
1615 AD	Durjan Sal defeated by Bihar subedar Ibrahim Khan and restored power.
1627 AD	Durjan Sal returns and recaptured the throne, moving from capital Kokarah to Doisa.
1632 AD	Chota Nagpur was given as the Jagir to the governor of Patna.
1639- 1640 AD	Durjan Sal died.
1640 AD	The accession of Raghunath Shah.
1641 AD	Shaista Khan invades Palamu Fort.
1642 AD	The construction of the fort at Badam by Hemant Singh of Hazaribagh.
1643 AD	Dawood Khan invaded Palamu Fort.
1644 AD	Agreement between Shah Jahan and Palamu Naresh Pratap Rai.
1645 AD	The construction of Madan Mohan Temple started at Bodeya.
1658 AD	Medini Rai's rule started in Palamu.
1660 AD	Shashuja was defeated in Bengal by Aurangzeb's army.
1666 AD	Tavernier and Bernier visit Rajmahal.
1667 AD	Dalel Singh became the king of Ramgarh.
1670 AD	The capital of Hazarbigah was transferred.
1674 AD	Madan Mohan Temple at Bodeya (Ranchi) built.
1685 AD	Construction of Sita-Ram Temple at Chutia (Ranchi).
1690 AD	The rule of Nagaanshi King Ramshah started.
1691 AD	Construction of Jagannathpur Temple.
1692 AD	Ramshah's agreement with Aurangzeb.
1700 AD	Farrukhsiyar arrived in the Rajmahal area.
1715 AD	The coronation of Yadunath Shah after the death of Nagavanshi King Ramshah.
1717 AD	The subedar of Bihar Sabruland Khan attacked Yadunath Shah at this time the capital was Doisa.

 

Modern Development Events:

1719 AD	Tori was captured by Chero King Ranjit Rai of Palamu.
1720 AD	Shifted to Palkot by Yadunath Shahi from Kokarah, capital of Nagavanshi kings.
1724 AD	Shivnath Shah succeeded to the throne.
1730 AD	Subedar Fakhruddaula of Bihar invaded Chhota Nagpur.
1733 AD	Shivanath Shah's death and Udaynath Shah ascended the throne. Nawab Shjauddin Khan appointed Alivardi Khan made Bihar's deputy governor.
1734 AD	Alivardi invades Chatra Fort.
1740 AD	Hidayat Ali Khan attacked and captured Ramgarh king, Vishnu Singh. Udayanath Shah's death & younger brother Shyam Sundar Shah became the king of Chhota Nagpur.
1742 AD	Maratha Bhashkar Ram Pandit enters Jharkhand via Chattisgarh and attacks Bengal.
1757 AD	Siraj-ud-daulah arrested at Rajmahal.
1763 AD	East India Company (EIC) occupied the Rajmahal.
1765 AD	Mughal emperor Shah Alam of the East India Company went to recover land revenue as an agent of the company.
1767 AD	British enter in Singhbhum.
1769 AD	Chuar Rebellion.
1766- 1780 AD	Paharia Rebellion in Rajmahal.
1771 AD	East India Company (EIC) to get full government rights of Jharkhand. Captain Camack attacked Palamu.
1772 AD	Construction of old Fort of Palamu by Chero King Gopal Rai.
1773 AD	Chhota Nagpur area was removed from the control of the Patna Council and was brought under Bengal Presidency.
1780 AD	Formation of Army Cantt in Ramgarh.
1782 AD	Tamar Rebellion.
1783 AD	Tilka Manjhi Movement.
1784 AD	Rebellion in Santhal Pargana led by Tilka Manjhi.
1785 AD	Tilka Manjhi hanged in Bhagalpur.
1793 AD	Permanent settlement prevalence started.
1795- 1800 AD	Tama and the Chero Rebellion.
1797 AD	Munda rebellion under the leadership of Bisu Manki spread in the Bundu area.
1798 AD	Land revolt of Manbhum, Chuar revolt.
1800 AD	Under the leadership of Bhushan Singh, the Chero Rebellion of Palamu, the collectorate of Ramgarh was abolished, and it was merged with Bihar.
1805 AD	Establishment of Junglemahal, covering the area from Bengal to Chhota Nagpur hills.
1806 AD	Zamindari Police started.
1807 AD	Dukhan Manki led to resentment of Tamar.
1817 AD	Govind Nath Shah accepts suzerainty of the company due to non-payment of tax. End of Nagavanshi Raj.
1819- 20 AD	Tama Munda's dissatisfaction under the leadership of Rudu and Kunta Munda.
1820- 21 AD	Singhbhum revolt.
1824 AD	Damini-e-Koh founded, Lah Reserach Center (Namkum) at Ranchi.
1825 AD	Restoration of two additional Munsifs, who were posted at Lesliganj and Lohardaga.
1832 AD	Buddnu Bhagat revolt of Silli village.
1832- 33 AD	Kol revolt led by Singhre and Bindre Manaki. Bhumij rebellion in Manbhum & Singhbhum.
1833 AD	Wilkinson rule to be implemented, the establishment of southwest frontiers Agency under Regulation of Province XIII.
	Establishment and military collectorship of Ramgarh to be abolished.
1834 AD	Bhumij rebellion under the leadership of Ganga Narayan Singh. Establishment of Hazaribagh district.
1837 AD	Kolhan Government State formed and Wilkinson Rule implemented in this area. Establishment of Singhbhum State. Battle of Serengasia Valley.
1845 AD	Christianity entered Jharkhand.
1854 AD	Act XX of 1854: Abolition of agency, agency administration, power of agency of local government officials who came to be called Aayukt. Entering and vesting their governing power under Lieutenant Governor of Bengal, the area continued to be a non-regulation area, the area continued to be a non-regulation area, its new name was Chhota Nagpur division, under which Birbhum, Lohardaga, Hazaribagh, Manbhum, Singhbhum, and Tributary area (Changbakhar, Korye, Surguja, Jashpur, Gangpur, Arbomatha), Morgo Manjhi of Santhal Pargana and British Manjhi's movement against the people took place.

Freedom Movement in Jharkhand::

1855 AD	Santhal rebellion under the leadership of Sidhu Kanhu, Santhal Parganas to be created separately under the separate non-regulation district Bhagalpur division.
1856- 57 AD	Sepoy mutiny led by Vishwanath Shahi, Ganpat Rai, Sheikh Bhikari, and Budhu Veer.
1857- 59 AD	The revolt led by Raja Arjun Singh of Porahat in Singhbhum. The revolt under Nilambar and Pitambar in Palamu.
1857 AD	Movement of Bhuiyan Tikait of Hazaribagh.
1858 AD	Government attempts to make 'record of rights', the arrest of Sheikh Bhikari and hanged on 8 January.
1859 AD	Implementation of the Sale and Rent Law in Chhota Nagpur.
1860 AD	Santhal rebellion against Zamindari oppression in Santhal Parganas.
1863 AD	Daltonganj subdivision established.
1866- 67 AD	Santhal rebellion in Bamanghati.
1869 AD	Chhota Nagpur Tenancy Act (CNT) to be implemented, the formation of municipalities started.
1869- 70 AD	The Santhal Rebellion in Tudi.
1871 AD	Kharwar movement led by Bhagirath Manjhi.
1872 AD	Implementation of Santhal Pargana Settlement Regulations.
1874 AD	Regulation of Null Regulations Districts; Implementation of Scheduled District Act;  Kharwar Movement led by Bhagirath Manjhi; Start of Roman Catholic Mission; Establishment of Iron Works' first major iron factory.
1875- 95 AD	Sardar movement in Chhota Nagpur.
1878 AD	Indian Forest Act implemented.
1879 AD	Chhota Nagpur Landlord and Tenant Procedure Act came into force.
1880 AD	Movement among Khadia people led by Telanga Khadia.
1869- 93 AD	Keonjhar Bhuyan People's Revolt.
1881- 82 AD	Korwa revolt in Palamu.
1884 AD	Lutheran Mission started.
1859- 95 AD	Sardari or Mulki Movement.
1886 AD	Santhal Parganas Rent Regulations implemented.
1895- 1900 AD	Birsa Movement.
1897 AD	Approval of Chhota Nagpur Communication Act of 1897.
1902 AD	Rebellion of the Santhals of Saraikela.
1902- 10 AD	Survey of settlement work.
1903 AD	CNT (Amendment) Act, 1903 to be prepared; Construction of Khunti sub-division.
1908 AD	CNT Act to be implemented.
1912 AD	Bihar & Bengal to be separated from Odisha; Christian Students Organization was formed; the Adre House (Ranchi) became Governor House.
1914 AD	Tana Bhagat Movement.
1915 AD	Chhota Nagpur Unnati Samaj formed.
1917 AD	Tribal Revolt in Mayurbhanj.
1930 AD	Simon Commission report recommends separate administration for the development of this area.
1930- 31 AD	Haribaba Movement of Singhbhum.
1932 AD	Construction of new Governor's House at Ranchi.
1935 AD	Bhumij-Kshatriya Reform Movement among the Bhumij people of Manbhum. Government of India Act, 1935 passed.
1937 AD	Kisan Sabha formed; Chhota Nagpur Catholic Assembly formed.
1936 AD	Odisha was separated from Bihar, in which some part of Chhota Nagpur was transferred to Odisha.
1938 AD	Tribal Mahasabha formed under the leadership of Ignatius Beck in Chhota Nagpur.
1939 AD	Gangapur tribal revolt and Simco firing.
1941 AD	Pt. Raghunath Murmu invented the Santhal script Olchiki and publication of a pamphlet named 'Ol Chemet' in this script.
1942 AD	Quit India Movement (QIM) of Kanchi, Gumla. Wide impact on Lohardaga, Giridih, Dhanbad, etc.
1947 AD	All India Jharkhand Party formed on 28 December 1947.

Post Independence Events::

1948 AD	Tribal revolt and Kharsawan firing in Kharsawan & Saraikela; Formation of United Jharkhand block by Justin Richard.
1949 AD	Tribal revolt in Mayurbhanj.
1950- 52 AD	Ho Renaissance movement of millions of Bodra among the people.
1955 AD	Demand for separate Jharkhand province before State Reorganization Commission.
1963 AD	Jharkhand Party merged with Congress Party.
1965 AD	Academy of Indian culture formed; Hindu organizations tried to re-covert tribals.
1966 AD	All India Tribal Development Council formed.
1967 AD	Fourth general election; Partition of Jharkhand party; Revolutionary movement by Birsa Seva Dal; Formation of All India Jharkhand Party.
1968 AD	Hul Jharkhand Party formed.
1969 AD	Bihar Scheduled Areas Act, 1969; Formation of Shivaji Samaj by Kurmi.
1970 AD	Sonot Santhal Society formed by Shibu Soren.
1971 AD	Formation of Maximist coordination by Shri A.K.Rai and demand of separate Jharkhand state; Formation of Chhota Nagpur- Sathal Parganas Autonomous Development Organization on 13 November 1971.
1973 AD	The tribal struggle against the Koyal-Karo Jal Vidyut Project under the leadership of Binod Bihari Mahto and Shibu Soren of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha.
1977	Movement of Kolhan Defense Association in Singhbhum; Creation of post of Regional Development Commissioner and Branch Secretariat in Ranchi.
1977- 79 AD	Movement for separate States became intense.
1978 AD	All India Jharkhand party started separate Jharkhand State Movement and Nationalized Minor Forest Produce by State Government.
1980 AD	Establishment of Tribal and Regional Language Development at Ranchi University by Dr. Kumar Suresh Singh (then Vice-Chancellor).
1981 AD	The formation of Chhota Nagpur-Santhal Pargana Autonomous Development Authority by the government of Bihar handed over to the Common Wealth Relations Officer in London by the Kolhan Defense Association for a separate Kolhan state.
1985 AD	Establishment of Adivasi-Ho Samaj Mahasabha; Conflicts of migrants for Kutku dam; Demand for union territory.
1986 AD	All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU) formed. Nominated President: Prabhakar Tirkey; General Secretary: Surya Singh Besra.
1987 AD	Jharkhand Coordination Committee formed; Killed JMM President Nirmal Mahato on 8th August.
1988 AD	BJP demanded a separate Vanachal state.
1989 AD	The government of India constituted a committee on Jharkhand.
1990 AD	AJSU delegations submitted a memorandum to the then Home Minister of the government of India, Mr. Mufti Mohammad Sayeed for a separate state.
1991 AD	Jharkhand People's Party formed.
1992 AD	Dispatched in Jadugodha and the struggle of people affected by radioactivity on 2nd February, Shri S.B.Chavan, Bihar-Bengal Chief Minister's meeting with then Home Minister unsuccessful; JMM economic blockade successful on March 22nd; A meeting with BJP-CPI Home Minister demanded 16 states for merging 16 districts on September 18th.
	People's movement in protest against the pilot project Netarhat Field Training Range in February; Then Union Home Minister held talks with Ram Dayal Munda and Shibu Soren on separate Jharkhand autonomy.
1994 AD	Jharkhand Region Autonomous Council bill passed in Bihar State Legislative Assembly; Agitation against Conch river water project on 11th August assured the decision by then Union Minister of State for Home to constitute autonomous council in Lok Sabha; On 27th September then Prime Minister Narasimha Rao, Minister of State for Home Affairs, Rajesh Pilot, and the Chief Minister of Bihar signed the Jharkhand Region Autonomous Council resolution.
1995 AD	A movement against Semarsot Wildlife Sanctuary; Governor's approval to Jharkhand Autonomous Council Bill on 17 April; Jharkhand Regional Autonomous Council formed on 9th June, Shibu Soren nominated as Chairman.
1996 AD	The movement to implement a rural self-government system; On 22nd July the Bihar Legislative Assembly unanimously passed the Jharkhand State Resolution and sent it to the Central government.
1997 AD	The Bihar Legislative Assembly took a resolution for the formation of a separate Jharkhand state.
1998 AD	The BJP government at the center announced the formation of Vanachal State on 21st August; On the Vanachal separate state-related Bill, President K.R.Narayanan's acceptance of the Vanachal State Bill in 1998, 23rd September in the Lok Sabha.
2000 AD	Bihar Legislature invites special session of three days to discuss Bihar Reorganization Bill of Bihar passed by Legislative Assembly on 25th April;  Approval of Bihar State Reorganization Bill, 2000 by President on 25th August in Lok Sabha; and On 2nd August 2000 Bihar State Reorganization Bill passed related to Jharkhand state events after the creation of Jharkhand state.

Events of Jharkhand after State Formation::

15.11.2000 AD	The State of Jharkhand came into existence; Babulal Marandi took the oath as the first Chief Minister.
2003 AD	Arjun Munda took over as the second Chief Minister of Jharkhand on 18th March.
2.03.2005 AD	Shibu Soren was sworn in as the third Chief Minister of the State (only for 10 days).
2005- 06 AD	Arjun Munda became the Chief Minister.
2006 AD	Madhu Koda was sworn in as Chief Minister on 14th September 2006.
2008 AD	Shibu Soren became the Chief Minister again.
2009 AD	President's rule was imposed on January 19, 2009, which continued till December 29. Shibu Soren became the Chief Minister for the third time on 30th December.
2010 AD	The state came under President's rule for the second time on 1st June 2010; Arjun Munda became the Chief Minister of the state on 11th September 2010.
2013 AD	President's rule was imposed for the third time on 18th January 2013; Hemant Soren was sworn in as the state Chief Minister on 13th July 2013.
2014 AD	On 28th December, Raghuvar Das became Chief Minister.
2019 AD- Till	On 29th December, Hemant Soren became Chief Minister.

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