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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. 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






2. Second Anglo-Mysore War begins.






3. All India Forward Bloc Established by Subhas Chandra Bose






4. Babur completes his Baburnama - reflecting on society - politics - economics - history - geography - nature - flora and fauna - which to this day is a standard textbook in 25 countries. Babur dies - and is succeeded by his son Humayun.






5. Kadamba Empire






6. Third Anglo-Maratha War begins






7. India fires on Pakistani military posts in the heaviest firing along the dividing line of control in Kashmir for almost a year.(NO reference)






8. Reddy Kingdom






9. Kalabhras Empire






10. 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 (






11. Establishment of the Kushan empire by Kujula Kadphises.






12. Gautam Buddha - founder of Buddhism is born.






13. India loses brief border war with China. India won Diu - Daman and Goa from PortugueseIndia.






14. Ashoka the Great regarded as the greatest ancientIndian emperor - grandson of Chandragupta Maurya - ascends as emperor of the Mauryan Empire.






15. Battle of Kannauj fought between Humayun and Sher Shah Suri and Humayun was completely defeated. Humayun lost the Mughal empire to Afghans (Suri Dynasty) - and passed 12 years in exile.






16. Khudiram Bose is born (to 1908)






17. Battle of Plassey - Company rule inIndia (to 1857)






18. Simon Commission






19. Panini - a resident of Gandhara - describes the grammar and morphology of Sanskrit in the text Ashtadhyayi. Panini's standardized Sanskrit is known as Classical Sanskrit.






20. Pallava Empire






21. Northern Black Polished Ware






22. Kalyani Chalukyas power at its peak. Vikramaditya VI ushers in Vikrama Chalukya era.






23. Rashtrakuta Empire






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






25. 'Prarthana Samaj' Established Earlier known as 'Atmiya Sabha'






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






27. 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)






28. Kingdom of Raigama






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






30. Guru Har Krishan becomes eight guru of Sikhs.






31. Western Ganga Kingdom






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






33. Jehangir announces 'Chain of Justice' outside his palace that anyone can ring the bell and get a personal hearing with the emperor. Jehangir dies - and is succeeded by his son Shah Jahan.






34. Ulugh Khan defeats Prataparudra ending the Kakatiya dynasty






35. 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






36. Morley-Minto Reforms






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






38. Babur completes his Baburnama - reflecting on society - politics - economics - history - geography - nature - flora and fauna - which to this day is a standard textbook in 25 countries. Babur dies - and is succeeded by his son Humayun.






39. Harsha Empire






40. Death of Yashwantrao Holkar






41. Badami Chalukya power at its peak. Pulakesi II pushes north up to the Narmada and defeats the invading Harshavardhana of Kanauj






42. Akbar annexes Kashmir.






43. Veera Ballala III killed at the Battle of Madurai.






44. Shivaji's ill-equipped and small Maratha army defeat mighty Adilshahi troops at the Battle of Pratapgarh in a major upset inIndian history. Shivaji personally kills Adilshahi commander Afzal Khan (general).






45. Simuka declares independence from Mauryan rule and establishes the Satavahana Empire.






46. Company Raj






47. Indira Gandhi returns to power heading Congress party splinter group - Congress (Indira).






48. DutchIndia






49. Mysore Kingdom






50. Vellore Mutiny