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Timeline Of Indian History
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1. Hindustan Socialist Republican Association formed.
1760
1779
321
1924
2. Vasco de Gama's first voyage from Europe toIndia and back (to 1499)
1497
1946 - February
500
321
3. Pandya Empire
300 BC
350
1191
230 BC
4. Gupta Empire
1414
1905
1820 -
280
5. Invasion of Mahmud of Ghazni
1000
1540
35
1915
6. Painted Grey Ware culture
1200
1996
1931 - March
1700
7. Gadar Party formed.
1572
1913
606
1747
8. Suicide squad attacks parliament in New Delhi - killing several police. The five gunmen die in the assault. India imposes sanctions against Pakistan - to force it to take action against two Kashmir militant groups blamed for the suicide attack on par
December 2001
1453
1897 - 23 January
1628
9. The Mauryan Empire - which shrunk considerably - collapsed after its emperor Brihadrata was assassinated by his general Pusyamitra Sunga who then established the Sunga dynasty.
184 BC
1749
1811
1977
10. Kingdom of Sitawaka
1857 - 10 May
1858
1300
1521
11. 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).
1469
1659
78
1869
12. Dilawar Khan establishes the Malwa Sultanate in present-day northernIndia
1401
1540
712
1200
13. Northern Black Polished Ware
333 BC
1869
1885 - 28 December
700
14. Northern Black Polished Ware
1800
1674
1021
700
15. Ahmadnagar declares independence - followed by Bijapur and Berar in the same year thus breaking up the Bahmani Sultanate.
753
1497
1996
1490
16. B. R. Ambedkar is born (to 1956)
483 BC
1485
1799
1891
17. Battle of Chandawar fought between Ghauri and Jaichand of Kannauj. Ghauri defeated Jayachandra and killed him.
3300 BC
1194
1220
1200
18. Anglo
1823
1658
1293
1358
19. Indo-Sassanid Kingdom
1801
1228
230
1980
20. Partition ofIndia
1947 AD
1855 - 30 June
1932 - 24 September
1401
21. Mahmud Ghazni defeats Tarnochalpal and annexes Punjab
1021
1943
January 2001
2000
22. Indus Valley Civilization
200 AD
3300
1505
1469
23. Mehrgarh Culture
1539
7000
1290
1927 - November
24. India loses brief border war with China. India won Diu - Daman and Goa from PortugueseIndia.
1772
1839
1984
1962
25. Rai Kingdom
489
3300 BC
1916
35
26. Rashtrakuta Empire
1971
1947 - July
753
1665
27. The Marathas are routed in the Third Battle of Panipat on 14 January 1761 - by the Afghans led by Ahmad Shah Durrani - an ethnic Pashtun - also known as Ahmad Shah Abdali. The battle is considered one of the largest battles fought in the 18th century
1761
1102
1581
1858
28. Mahatma Gandhi assassinated by a right wing Hindu nationalist Nathuram Godse. War with Pakistan over disputed territory of Kashmir. Telangana and other princely states integrated inIndian union
1948 - 30 January
450 BC
335
1650
29. Death of Yashwantrao Holkar
1965
1058
2000
1811
30. Ahom Kingdom
1620
1867
1228
413
31. Deva Kingdom
1200s
1021
350
1680
32. Delhi Sultanate
1965
November 2008
1206
1574
33. Janata Party Splits. Chaudhary Charan Singh becomes Prime Minister.
1979
1747
1932 - 24 September
1
34. Samudragupta ascends the Gupta throne and expands the empire.
450 BC
1555
335
3400 BCE
35. Late Harappan Culture
1102
1760
836
1700
36. Swami Vivekanand is born (to 1902)
1863
1486
78
1680
37. Sri-Gupta starts the Gupta Empire in Magadha - with its capital in Patliputra
240
1817
1932 - 24 September
3300
38. Kingdom of Yapahuwa
240
1272
1358
2003 August
39. 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)
1975
1503
1779
260 BC
40. Invasion of Mahmud of Ghazni
1674
1859 - 18 April
1000
1221
41. Classical period
1
1559
1820 -
1572
42. Delhi Sultanate
1206
1929
March 2007
21
43. 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.
1777
1905
424
1885 - 28 December
44. Death of Ahilyabai Holkar
1630
1696
1795
200s BC
45. Mamluk Sultanate
200 BC
1206
1200
450 BC
46. Maoist rebels in Chhattisgarh state kill more than 50 policemen in a dawn attack.
1759
March 2007
1483
1620
47. Guru Gobind Singh - the 10th Guru of Sikhs creates Khalsa - the saint-soldier at Anandpur Sahib - Punjab.
1699
1581
1347
1581
48. Kingdom of Kurunegala
1556
1293
1527
650
49. Aurangzeb invades the Deccan
543
16 August
1681
1555
50. Earliest evidence for indus valley civilization
3400 BCE
1999
1120
80 BC