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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. FrenchIndia






2. Establishment of theIndo-Parthian kingdom.






3. Chief Justice of the Maratha Empire - Ram Shastri passes death sentence against the ruling Peshwa Raghunathrao for murdering his nephew.






4. Vishnukundina Empire






5. Durrani Empire






6. Fourth Anglo-Mysore War ends with the death of Tipu Sultan - the victory of the EastIndia Company - and the restoration of their ally - the Wodeyar dynasty of Mysore. Polygar War






7. Khizr Khan - deputized by Timur to be the governor of Multan takes over Delhi founding the Sayyid dynasty






8. Birth of Adi Shankaracharya






9. Mahmud Ghazni defeats Tarnochalpal and annexes Punjab






10. Indo-Sassanid Kingdom






11. Maurya Empire






12. Western Satraps formed.






13. Maratha sardar Mahadji Shinde routs the EastIndia Company army at the Battle of Wadgaon War ends with the restoration of status quo as per Treaty of Salbai.






14. Third Anglo-Mysore War ends.






15. Second Anglo-Maratha War ends






16. The Mauryan Empire - which shrunk considerably - collapsed after its emperor Brihadrata was assassinated by his general Pusyamitra Sunga who then established the Sunga dynasty.






17. Chandragupta Maurya defeats Seleucus Nicator of the Seleucid Empire.






18. Rai Kingdom






19. Yadava Empire






20. Hindu extremists demolish mosque in Ayodhya - triggering widespread Hindu-Muslim violence.






21. Inter-religious bloodshed breaks out after 59 Hindu pilgrims returning from Ayodhya are killed in a train fire in Godhra - Gujarat. More than 1000 people - mainly Muslims - die in subsequent riots. (Police and officials blamed the fire on a Muslim mo






22. Harshavardhana crowned Monarch.






23. India explodes first nuclear device in underground test.






24. All India Forward Bloc Established by Subhas Chandra Bose






25. Magadha Kingdom






26. 'Arya Samaj' Established - Aligarh Muslim University






27. Subhas Chandra Bose is born (to 1945)






28. Started Post Service






29. Kingdom of Kandy






30. Mehrgarh Culture






31. Eastern Ganga Empire






32. Mahatma Gandhi is born (to 1948)






33. Kalabhras Empire






34. Santhal rebellion






35. Humayun regained the throne of Delhi from the hands of weak successors of Sher Shah.






36. Republic Day (India)






37. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins. The cities of Harappa - Lothal - Kalibangan - Dholavira - Rakhigarhi and Mohenjo-daro become large metropolises and the civilization expands to over 2 -500 cities and settlements. The civi






38. Rigveda (to 1000 BC)






39. Nripatunga Amoghavarsha I becomes Rashtrakuta emperor. Kannada literature flourishes.






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






41. Gupta Empire






42. Hindustan Socialist Republican Association formed.






43. British Expedition to Tibet






44. Mysore Kingdom






45. Maha-Megha-Vahana Empire






46. Indo-Scythian Kingdom






47. Harsha Empire






48. Deva Raya II succeeded his father Veera Vijaya Bukka Raya as monarch of the Vijayanagara Empire






49. Indo-Greek Kingdom






50. Advent of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu - founder of Gaudiya Vaishnavism and leader of the world's first civil disobedience movement - in Navadwip - West Bengal