- 750 BCE: Gradual emergence of post-vedic Sanskrit
- 500 BCE: Prakrit texts of Buddhists and Jains originate (Eastern India)
- 400 BCE: Panini composes his formal Sanskrit grammar (Western "India" then --- now probably in modern Afghanistan or Pakistan), reflecting transition from Vedic to formal Paninian Sanskrit
- 322 BCE: Brahmi script inscriptions by Mauryas in Prakrit (Pali)
- 250 BCE: Classical Sanskrit emerges. Rao
- 100 BCE-100 CE: Sanskrit gradually replaces Prakrit in inscriptions
- 320: The Gupta or Siddha-matrika script emerges.
- 1283: Amir Khusro 's pahelis and mukaris. Uses term "Hindavi"
- 1398-1518: Kabir 's works mark origin of "Nirguna-Bhakti" period
- 1370-: Love-story period originated by "Hansavali" of Asahat
- 1400-1479: Raighu : last of the great Apabhramsha poets
- 1450: "Saguna Bhakti" period starts with Ramananda
- 1580: Early Dakkhini work "Kalmitul-hakayat" of Burhanuddin Janam
- 1585: "Bhaktamal" of Nabhadas: an account of Hindi Bhakta-poets
- 1601: "Ardha-Kathanak" by Banarasidas , first autobiography in Hindi
- 1604: " Adi Granth " a compilation of works of many poets by Guru Arjan Dev.
- 1532-1623: Tulsidas , author of "Ramacharita Manasa".
- 1623: "Gora-badal ki katha" of Jatmal, first book in Khari Boli dialect (now the standard dialect)
- 1643: "Reeti" poetry tradition commences according to Ramchandra Shukla
- 1645: Shahjahan builds Delhi fort, language in the locality starts to be termed Urdu .
- 1667-1707: Vali's compositions become popular, Urdu starts replacing Persian among Delhi nobility. It is often called "Hindi" by Sauda, Meer etc.
- 1600-1825: Poets (Bihari to Padmakar) supported by rulers of Orchha and other domains.
- 1949: Official Language Act makes the use of Hindi in Central Government Offices mandatory
- 1949-50: Hindi accepted as the "official language of the Union" in the constitution. Debates a, b, c.
- 1952: The Basic Principles Committee of the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan recommends that Urdu be the state language.
- 1965: Opposition to "Blind Hindi-imposition by Congress" in Tamilnadu, where Tamil- the predominant Dravidian Language, lives brings DMK to power.Congress lost its base.
- 1975: English medium private schools start asserting themselves socially, politically, financially Hook .
- 1985-6: Devanagari word processor, Devyani DTP software, both from Dataflow (?).
- 1987-88: Frans Velthuis creates Devanagari metafont. Mehta
- 1990: According to World Almanac and Book of Facts Hindi-Urdu has passed English (and Spanish) to become the second most widely spoken language in the world Hook .
- 1991: ITRANS encoding scheme developed by Avinash Chopde allows Hindi documents in Roman and Devanagari on the Internet.
- 1997: Prime Minister Deve Gowda emphasises promotion of Hindi and the regional languages, having himself learned Hindi recently.
- 1997: Hindi Newspaper Nai Dunia on the web (January) (Or was Milap first?)
- 1998: Thiru Karunanidhi, the DMK leader, recites a Hindi verse during a political campaign, indicating a change in views.
''This chronology, compiled by Wikipedia Editor Prof. Yashwant Malaiya (Malaiya), has reproduced with his permission.''
development in Hindi, with many period extracts. (Accessed Mar 16, 2006).
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