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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Delhi conspiracy case






2. Chera Kingdom






3. Stone age






4. At least 50 people are killed in two simultaneous bomb blasts in Bombay.






5. Bukka - the Vijayanagara ruler and his son Kumara Kamapna capture the entire Tamil speaking parts.






6. Mughal army arrested for the act.






7. Maitraka Empire






8. Vedic period






9. Delhi Sultanate






10. Northern Black Polished Ware






11. FrenchIndia






12. Marathas comprehensively defeat the Nizam - Maratha Empire reaches its zenith.






13. Akbar annexes Kashmir.






14. Invasion of Mahmud of Ghazni






15. Swat culture






16. Early Harappan Culture






17. Maratha Empire






18. Sunga Empire






19. Alberuni arrivies inIndia; death of Mahmud of Ghazni






20. Zamorin Kingdom






21. Chola Empire






22. Kingdom of Yapahuwa






23. Kalyani Chalukyas power at its peak. Vikramaditya VI ushers in Vikrama Chalukya era.






24. 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.






25. Sumra Dynasty ends the Arab domination and establishes its own rule over Sindh.






26. Guru Arjan Dev becomes fifth Guru of Sikhs.






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






28. Colonial period






29. India loses brief border war with China. India won Diu - Daman and Goa from PortugueseIndia.






30. Reddy Kingdom






31. Khilji Sultanate






32. Birth of Shivaji Maharaj.






33. DanishIndia






34. Kamarupa Kingdom






35. Shah Jahan completes Taj Mahal - Jama Masjid[disambiguation needed] - and RedFort. Imperial treasuries drained by architectural and military overexpenditures. Shah Jahan dies - and is succeeded by his son Aurangzeb.






36. Proposed death date of Gautama Buddha.






37. Second Anglo-Maratha War ends






38. Kamarupa Kingdom






39. All India Forward Bloc Established by Subhas Chandra Bose






40. 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.






41. Marava Kingdom






42. Third Anglo-Mysore War begins.






43. Gajapati Kingdom






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






45. Genghis Khan invades Punjab






46. Siddharta Gautama 'Buddha' of the Shakya polity in S. Nepal - founds Buddhism (older date - 563






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






48. India successfully test-fires a nuclear-capable ballistic missile - the Agni - off its eastern coast.






49. Death of Aurangzeb the mughal emperor.






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