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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Partition ofIndia






2. Indira Gandhi declares state of emergency after being found guilty of electoral malpractice. Nearly 1000 political opponents imprisoned and programme of compulsory birth control introduced. (to 1977)






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






4. Bahlul Khan Lodhi ascends the throne of the Delhi sultanate starting the Lodhi dynasty






5. District collectors in Bengal were made responsible for settling the revenue and collecting it.






6. Congress suffers worst ever electoral defeat as Hindu nationalist BJP emerges as largest single party.






7. Massive earthquakes hit the western state of Gujarat - leaving at least 30000 dead.






8. Gajapati Kingdom






9. Rashtrakuta Empire






10. Chitradurga Kingdom






11. Ram Mohan Roy Born (to 1833)






12. Koch Kingdom






13. Ashfaqulla Khan is born (to 1927)






14. Establishment of theIndo-Greek kingdom.






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






16. Akbar annexes Kashmir.






17. Maha-Megha-Vahana Empire






18. Death of Aurangzeb the mughal emperor.






19. District collectors in Bengal were made responsible for settling the revenue and collecting it.






20. Swami Vivekanand is born (to 1902)






21. Started Post Service






22. Falling public support leads to Congress defeat in general election.






23. Other states






24. 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.






25. Guru Amar Das becomes third Guru of Sikhs.






26. Nearly 200 people are killed and hundreds injured in a series of co-ordinated attacks by gunmen on the main tourist and business area ofIndia's financial capital Mumbai.India blames militants from Pakistan for the attacks and demands that Islamabad t






27. Indira Gandhi's Congress Party loses general elections. Janata Party comes to power.Communist party ofIndia comes into power in West Bengal.






28. Lucknow Pact






29. Invasion of Mahmud of Ghazni






30. Polonnaruwa Kingdom






31. Babur bribes Mewar general Silhadi promising Silhadi a kingdom - if Silhadi betrays Mewar King Rana Sanga in Battle of Khanwa - thus leading to the annexation of Mewar.






32. Sri-Gupta starts the Gupta Empire in Magadha - with its capital in Patliputra






33. Sunga Empire






34. Koch Kingdom






35. Kingdom of Kotte






36. 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.






37. British Raj (to 1947)






38. Mysore Kingdom






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






40. First Muslim - Md. Bin Qasim defeats Raja Dahir






41. Maratha Empire






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






43. Shahi Empire






44. 'Victory of Prithviraj Chauhan'.First battle of Tarain between Mohammed Ghori and Prithviraj III. Ghauri is defeated by Prithivi Raj Chauhan III.






45. 'Victory of Mohammed Ghauri'. Second battle of Tarain fought between Ghauri and Prithivi Raj Chauhan III. Prithvi Raj Chauhan III is defeated by Mhammed Ghori.






46. British Expedition to Tibet






47. 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






48. Early modern period






49. Vakataka Empire






50. 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.