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Timeline Of Indian History
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1. India deploys troops for peacekeeping operation in Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict.
1765
1932 - 24 September
1987
1606
2. Bukka - the Vijayanagara ruler and his son Kumara Kamapna capture the entire Tamil speaking parts.
1370
606
1521
1310
3. Khizr Khan - deputized by Timur to be the governor of Multan takes over Delhi founding the Sayyid dynasty
180 BC
1414
489
1916
4. Earliest evidence for indus valley civilization
712
684
3400 BCE
1909
5. More than 1000 people are killed in floods and landslides caused by monsoon rains in Mumbai (Bombay) and Maharashtra region.
599 BC
1500 BC
489
2005 July
6. Swami Vivekanand is born (to 1902)
1863
1817
1206
973
7. Thondaiman Kingdom
1977
1030
1875
1650
8. Government of India Act 1935
1798
1807
1200
1935 - August
9. Maratha Empire
475
1070
1674
350 BC
10. Establishment of Rashtrakuta Kingdom of Manyakhet by Danti Durga by defeating Chalukyas of Badami
475
1929
753
1705
11. British rule in Burma (to 1947)
1932 - 24 September
1889 - 3 December
1130
1826
12. Establishment of theIndo-Scythian kingdom.
35
35
712
80 BC
13. Black and Red ware culture
1300
July 2001
1526
1497
14. Shivaji dies of fever at Raigad.
1680
1206
1021
450
15. Vijayanagara Empire established by Harihara I and his brother Bukka Raya I
1900 BC
450
1700
1336
16. Chandragupta II - Samudragupta's son becomes the Gupta Emperor.
1320
1157
380
483 BC
17. Deva Kingdom
600 BC
1500 BC
700
1200s
18. Koch Kingdom
1515
973
1747
1343
19. First Muslim - Md. Bin Qasim defeats Raja Dahir
684
1157
377 BC
712
20. Iron age
1574
1600
232 BC
1200
21. Third Anglo-Mysore War ends.
650
60
1792
1674
22. Guru Hargobind becomes sixth guru of Sikhs.
1917
1134
1925
1606
23. Anushilan Samiti - organized revolutionary association formed.
1912
814
1902
1658
24. Sri-Gupta starts the Gupta Empire in Magadha - with its capital in Patliputra
1946 - February
1987
240
185
25. Samma Dynasty assumes rule over Sindh
1757
1565
1351
1290
26. India successfully test-fires a nuclear-capable ballistic missile - the Agni - off its eastern coast.
2003 August
January 2002
1401
1859 - 18 April
27. Invasion of Mahmud of Ghazni
2000
1000
1947 - July
350
28. Lahore Resolution - August offer 1940
1083
1798
1940
1823
29. Third Anglo-Maratha War begins
1817
1929
1530
1522
30. Kingdom of Kochi is taken over by the Portuguese creating the first European settlement inIndia.
1503
1398
700
1510
31. Beginning of Vikram Era
1157
1200 BC
57 BC
624
32. Humayun converts from Sunni Islam to Shia Islam - to gain the alliance of the Shah of Persia. Humayun dies - and is succeeded by his son Akbar. Hindu king Hemu establishes 'Hindu Raj' in NorthIndia and bestowed with title of 'Samrat Hem Chandra Vikra
1757
1556
1856
1964
33. Ashoka conquers and unifies most of South Asia - along with Afghanistan and eastern Iran.
1805
637
266 BC
684
34. Magadha Kingdom
1058
1699
1370
500
35. Akbar annexes Kashmir.
1975
700
1586
1120
36. Battle of Chandawar fought between Ghauri and Jaichand of Kannauj. Ghauri defeated Jayachandra and killed him.
942
1817
1605
1194
37. Late Harappan Culture
1526
1102
1700
260 BC
38. Forces led by Shivaji defeat Aurangzeb's troops - and establishes Maratha Empire.
1674
1194
1370
1992
39. Battle of Chandawar fought between Ghauri and Jaichand of Kannauj. Ghauri defeated Jayachandra and killed him.
1194
505
1948 - 30 January
1853 - 16 April
40. Maurya Empire
1865 - 28 January
1859 - 18 April
321
1858
41. Ashoka the Great regarded as the greatest ancientIndian emperor - grandson of Chandragupta Maurya - ascends as emperor of the Mauryan Empire.
1453
1917
1900 - 22 October
273 BC
42. Governor Hasan Gangu revolts against Muhammad bin Tughluq founding the Bahmani Sultanate
1401
1347
1680
1757
43. Cyrus the Great - founder of the Persian Achaemenid Empire conquers northwestern parts of theIndian subcontinent.
538 BC
1974
1771
1777
44. Hoysala Empire
1929
1040
1486
1777
45. 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
1799
1220
305 BC
305 BC
46. Gurjara Pratihara Empire
1526
1554
1451
650
47. Subhas Chandra Bose calls Mahatma Gandhi as the Father of the Nation.
1897 - 23 January
1784
1944
750
48. Establishment of Rashtrakuta Kingdom of Manyakhet by Danti Durga by defeating Chalukyas of Badami
753
1931 - March
1759
1574
49. Forces led by Shivaji defeat Aurangzeb's troops - and establishes Maratha Empire.
1707
1674
1795
1612
50. Early Vedic period (to 1000 BC)
1777
1500 BC
1925
1826