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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Kingdom of Dambadeniya






2. Second Anglo-Maratha War ends






3. Vasco de Gama's first voyage from Europe toIndia and back (to 1499)






4. Death of Aurangzeb the mughal emperor.






5. First Anglo-Afghan War






6. Haryanka Kingdom






7. Akbar dies - and is succeeded by his son Jehangir.






8. BritishIndia (to 1947) EastIndia Company (to 1757)






9. Birth of Babur in Andijan - Fergana Valley in Central Asia






10. Janata Party Splits. Chaudhary Charan Singh becomes Prime Minister.






11. Death of Aurangzeb the mughal emperor.






12. Second Anglo-Mysore War ends with the Treaty of Mangalore.






13. Mahavira - 24th Tirthankar of Jainism is born (traditional date).






14. British Raj






15. Kuninda Kingdom






16. Akbar annexes Kashmir.






17. Guru Har Krishan becomes eight guru of Sikhs.






18. Ashoka dies and is succeeded by Kunala.






19. Established first three University of Mumbai - University of Madras and University of Calcutta inIndia






20. Vedic period






21. Sumra Dynasty ends the Arab domination and establishes its own rule over Sindh.






22. Nanda Empire






23. Chandra Vidyasagar is born (to 1891)






24. Indo-Parthian Kingdom






25. Kalachuri Empire






26. Sikh Empire






27. Battle of Chandawar fought between Ghauri and Jaichand of Kannauj. Ghauri defeated Jayachandra and killed him.






28. Mallikarjuna Raya succeeds his father Deva Raya II






29. Invasions by the Huna.






30. Lucknow Pact






31. Quit India Movement - (Late March) Cripps' mission - (August) Indian National Army Established by Subhas Chandra Bose






32. Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act - 1856 - (23 July) Bal Gangadhar Tilak is born (to 1920) - (20 August) Narayana Guru is born (to 1928)






33. The Marathas are routed in the Third Battle of Panipat on 14 January 1761 - by the Afghans led by Ahmad Shah Durrani - an ethnic Pashtun - also known as Ahmad Shah Abdali. The battle is considered one of the largest battles fought in the 18th century






34. British Ceylon






35. Stone age






36. Death of Yashwantrao Holkar






37. Invasion of Mahmud of Ghazni






38. Conquest of Kalinga






39. Maharaja Ranjit Singh establishes Khalsa rule of Punjab from Lahore. Khalsa army liberates Kashmiri Pundits and invades Afghanistan through Khyber Pass.






40. Congress Party wins first general elections under leadership of Jawaharlal Nehru. (to 1952)






41. 'Atmiya Sabha' Established Later on known as 'Prarthana Samaj' By Raja Ram Mohan Roy






42. Gandhi






43. Republic Day (India)






44. Guru Granth Sahib becomes Guru of Sikhs.






45. The Pandyan king sends ambassadors to the Greek and Roman lands.






46. Kakori conspiracy






47. Constantinople won By Turkey






48. At least 50 people are killed in two simultaneous bomb blasts in Bombay.






49. Mamluk Sultanate






50. Kingdom of Raigama