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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Guru Amar Das becomes third Guru of Sikhs.






2. Gautamiputra Satkarni becomes Satavahana emperor and starts Shalivahana era calendar after defeating Scythian king Maues.






3. Kingdom of Yapahuwa






4. Eastern Ganga Empire






5. Pandya Empire






6. 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)






7. Middle and Late Vedic period (to 500 BC)






8. Battle of Diu marks the beginning of the dominance of the Europeans in the Asian naval theater.






9. IndianIndependence Act 1947 by British Raj. Partition ofIndia - Freedom from British Raj. Hundreds of thousands die in widespread communal bloodshed after partition. (to 1948)






10. Ahom Kingdom






11. Second Anglo-Maratha War begins






12. Kushan Empire






13. 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.






14. Jallianwala Bagh massacre - Montagu






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






16. Polonnaruwa Kingdom






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






18. Establishment of the Kushan empire by Kujula Kadphises.






19. Congress Party wins first general elections under leadership of Jawaharlal Nehru. (to 1952)






20. More than 1000 people are killed in floods and landslides caused by monsoon rains in Mumbai (Bombay) and Maharashtra region.






21. Maha Janapadas






22. Lahore Resolution - August offer 1940






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






24. 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.






25. Genghis Khan invades Punjab






26. Ahom Kingdom






27. Thondaiman Kingdom






28. 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






29. BJP forms coalition government under Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee. India carries out nuclear tests - leading to widespread international condemnation.






30. Arzi Hukumat-e-Azad Hind - the Provisional Government of FreeIndia formed by Netaji.






31. Seleucus gives up his territories in the subcontinent (Afghanistan/Baluchistan) to Chandragupta in exchange for 500 elephants. Seleucus offers his daughter in marriage to Chandragupta to seal their friendship.






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






33. EastIndia company is formed in England. Gets exclusive trading rights withIndia.






34. 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)






35. A high-powered rocket is launched - addingIndia to the club of countries able to fire big satellites deep into space.






36. Vajpayee's BJP party declines his offer to resign over a number of political scandals and the apparent failure of his talks with Pakistani President Musharraf.






37. First Muslim mosque inIndia constructed in kerala by malik dheenar






38. 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






39. Rajiv Gandhi assassinated by suicide bomber sympathetic to Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers. Economic reform programme begun by Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao.






40. Chitradurga Kingdom






41. Kingdom of Yapahuwa






42. Deccan Sultanates






43. Mallikarjuna Raya succeeds his father Deva Raya II






44. Government of India Act 1935






45. Second Anglo-Maratha War ends






46. Ulugh Khan defeats Prataparudra ending the Kakatiya dynasty






47. Janata Party Splits. Chaudhary Charan Singh becomes Prime Minister.






48. Third Anglo-Mysore War ends.






49. First Railway estalblished between Bombay and Thane






50. Mysore Kingdom