(3) Vasco da Gama reached India : He reached Calicut, Kerala, on 20 May, 1498 A.D;Babur started Mughal dynasty: Babur laid the foundation of Mughal dynasty by defeating Ibrahim Lodi in the First Battle of Panipat in 1526; Sepoy Mutiny: began on 10 May 1857 in the form of a mutiny of sepoys of East India Company in Meerut.