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Timeline Of Indian History

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






2. Kalabhras Empire






3. Second Anglo-Mysore War begins.






4. Royal Indian Navy Mutiny - (March) Cabinet Mission






5. Conquest of Kalinga






6. Mature Harappan Culture






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






8. Indo-Parthian Kingdom






9. Ching-Thang Khomba moves Manipur's capital to Kangla






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






11. Vijayanagara Empire






12. Death of Nana Fadnavis






13. Eastern Chalukya Kingdom






14. Chola Empire






15. Establishment of Rashtrakuta Kingdom of Manyakhet by Danti Durga by defeating Chalukyas of Badami






16. First Anglo-Maratha War begins - in which Haidar Ali of Mysore defeats the combined armies of the EastIndia Company - the Marathas and the Nizam of Hyderabad.






17. Ulugh Khan defeats Prataparudra ending the Kakatiya dynasty






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






19. Company Raj






20. Ghadar conspiracy - Provisional Government of India formed in Kabul. Gandhiji Return toIndia.






21. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge.






22. Reddy Kingdom






23. 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 (






24. US lifts sanctions which it imposed againstIndia and Pakistan after they staged nuclear tests in 1998. The move is seen as a reward for their support for the US-led anti-terror campaign.






25. Royal Indian Navy Mutiny - (March) Cabinet Mission






26. Poona Pact - (4 August) Communal Award - (November






27. Mehrgarh Culture






28. Constantinople won By Turkey






29. 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.






30. Kakori conspiracy






31. Indo-Greek Kingdom






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






33. 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.






34. Subhas Chandra Bose is born (to 1945)






35. Early Harappan Culture






36. Kingdom of Kotte






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






38. Guru Amar Das becomes third Guru of Sikhs.






39. Keladi Kingdom






40. Jugantar formed. 30 December - Muslim League formed in Dacca.






41. First Anglo-Sikh Wars (to 1849)






42. Garhwal Kingdom






43. Vajpayee meets Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf in the first summit between the two neighbours in more than two years. The meeting ends without a breakthrough or even a joint statement because of differences over Kashmir.






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






45. Chandragupta I ascends to the Gupta throne.






46. BritishIndia (to 1947) EastIndia Company (to 1757)






47. Vakataka Empire






48. 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.






49. 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.






50. Bardoli Satyagraha