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Timeline Of Indian History
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1. Invasion of Mahmud of Ghazni
1
1867
March 2007
1000
2. BritishIndia (to 1947) EastIndia Company (to 1757)
1759
1503
1612
1700
3. Pandya Empire
1401
180 BC
300 BC
1370
4. Establishment of theIndo-Scythian kingdom.
350
180 BC
80 BC
350 BC
5. Samma Dynasty assumes rule over Sindh
1058
1351
1644
1749
6. Genghis Khan invades Punjab
1221
1817
1932 - 24 September
1290
7. British Raj
1858
1932 - 24 September
1358
1992
8. Battle of Chandawar fought between Ghauri and Jaichand of Kannauj. Ghauri defeated Jayachandra and killed him.
1522
July 2001
1526
1194
9. Late Harappan Culture
1700
489
35
7000
10. Congress Party wins first general elections under leadership of Jawaharlal Nehru. (to 1952)
1951
3300
606
1806
11. Republic Day (India)
180 BC
1680
1824 - 12 February
1950 - 26 January
12. Gadar Party formed.
1526
1913
250
1505
13. Death of Aurangzeb the mughal emperor.
1628
1707
1412
3300
14. Chandra Vidyasagar is born (to 1891)
1612
1798
1680
1820 -
15. Kingdoms of Sri Lanka
1157
684
543 BC
October 2001
16. Deva Kingdom
1398
230
1030
1200s
17. District collectors in Bengal were made responsible for settling the revenue and collecting it.
1764
1786
1906
350
18. Direct Action Day/Great Calcutta Killings
180 BC
250s BC
16 August
57 BC
19. Gurjara-Pratihara (to 910)
266 BC
321
400 BC
836
20. Kalinga War takes place between Ashoka and the kingdom of Kalinga. After conquering Kalinga - Ashoka reportedly regrets what he had done - leading him to adopt Buddhism - which then became the quasi-official state religion of the Mauryan Empire.
2003 August
1857 - 10 May
1817
265 BC
21. Persian rule in the northwest ends after Darius III is defeated by Alexander the Great - who establishes the Macedonian Empire after inheriting the Persian Achaemenid Empire.
1554
60
1900 BC
333 BC
22. Early Vedic period (to 1000 BC)
1665
1948 - 30 January
1500 BC
1798
23. Troops storm Golden Temple - Sikhs' most holy shrine - to flush out Sikh militants pressing for self-rule. Indira Gandhi assassinated by Sikh bodyguards - following which her son - Rajiv - takes over.
1856
1191
1293
1984
24. Rashtrakuta Empire
2800 BC
753
January 2002
1220
25. Early modern period
500
1526
266 BC
1644
26. Rai Kingdom
250
1900 - 22 October
489
1605
27. Thanjavur Kingdom
1572
1796
1915
65 BC
28. Mysore Kingdom
1991
505
1399
7000
29. Polonnaruwa Kingdom
1889 - 3 December
1
1565
300
30. Lodi Sultanate
240
1451
1757
1527
31. EastIndia company is formed in England. Gets exclusive trading rights withIndia.
1656
1824 - 12 February
200 BC
1600
32. British Raj
1858
1508
1777
500s
33. Mahavira passes away.
1705
1700
527 BC
788
34. Last invasion of Mahmud Ghazni - sacked and destroyed temple of Somnath
180 BC
1931 - March
1784
1024
35. Harshavardhana crowned Monarch.
1600
1801
1919
606
36. Chief Justice of the Maratha Empire - Ram Shastri passes death sentence against the ruling Peshwa Raghunathrao for murdering his nephew.
1774
78
400 BC
2000
37. Kuninda Kingdom established. Tholkappiyam describes the grammar and morphology of Tamil; it is the oldest existing Tamil grammar (dates vary between 200 BCE and 100 CE). (to 100 BC)
200 BC
1628
1950 - 26 January
February 2002
38. Indian National Congress Eshtablished
184 BC
1021
1885 - 28 December
1729
39. Establishment of theIndo-Parthian kingdom.
July 2001
1920
1559
10
40. Sultan Ibrahim Lodi - of the Delhi Sultanate - angers local nobles - who respond by inviting Babur - the Mughal ruler of Kabul - to invade Delhi and Agra. The local population - plus the possession of artillery - assists Babur in killing the Sultan (
65 BC
1485
1526
1600
41. Tughlaq Sultanate
1320
3300 BC
1446
1620
42. Gadar Party formed.
1807
1913
483 BC
1600
43. Death of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
1915
1526
1398
1964
44. Gajapati Kingdom
1975
550s
1000 BC
1434
45. Birth of Babur in Andijan - Fergana Valley in Central Asia
2000
1483
1656
2600 BC
46. Sena Empire
1947 - July
1505
1661
1070
47. 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.
1539
1779
1845
1399
48. First Muslim - Md. Bin Qasim defeats Raja Dahir
1853
1930
260 BC
712
49. Paramara Kingdom
800
1370
21
1975
50. Shivaji dies of fever at Raigad.
1336
1486
1680
1192