History
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 50,000 BC | Stone tools such as the hand axe were developed in northern ancient India; artifacts have been found in the modern Bathinda district. |
| 40,000 BC | People begin living in man-made shelter huts in northern Punjab and central Asia (Bactria) |
| 7000 BC | Evidence of people growing barley in this area and raising sheep, goats. People begin living in mud-brick dwellings in villages; some of which are still in existence. |
| 5500 BC | Inhabitants learn to make pottery from burnt clay, a technique that is scarce but still alive today. |
| 3000 BC | Farming villages begin appearing in the Bathinda area, most of which still exist today. |
| 2600 BC | Farmers in the area make use of the plough; exactly as it is still used in some Bathinda areas today. |
| 1500 BC | Cities of the area are abandoned but the rural villages thrive and survive; Indo-Aryans arrive in the area. |
| 800 BC | Indo-Aryans spread in the area and begin clear-cutting forests |
| 600 BC | Area inhabitants begin use of elephants in warfare. |
| 125 BC | A Scythian tribe known as Sakas invaded Punjab from Baluchistan and Sind. |
| 15 AD | The Kushan Kingdom was restored in the area. |
| 90-110 AD | Emperor Kanishka and Raja Dab built it. |
| 179 AD | Bathinda town was established by Bhatti Rao. |
| 1004 AD | Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni captured it. |
| 1045 AD | Pir Hazi Rattan settled here for meditation. |
| 1189 AD | Sultan Mohammed Ghori captured it. |
| 1191 AD | Emperor Prithvi Raj Chauhan recaptured it. |
| 1240 AD | Razia Sultan imprisoned here. |
| 1515 AD | Guru Nanak Dev visited this place. |
| 1665 AD | Guru Teg Bahadur visited this place. |
| 1705 AD | Guru Gobind Singh visited this place. |
| 1835 AD | Maharaja Karam Singh built a Gurdwara here. |
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