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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. District collectors in Bengal were made responsible for settling the revenue and collecting it.






2. Governor Hasan Gangu revolts against Muhammad bin Tughluq founding the Bahmani Sultanate






3. Chera Kingdom






4. Rajaram Chhatrapati died






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






6. Chalukya Empire






7. Nearly 200 people are killed and hundreds injured in a series of co-ordinated attacks by gunmen on the main tourist and business area ofIndia's financial capital Mumbai.India blames militants from Pakistan for the attacks and demands that Islamabad t






8. Early modern period






9. Thanjavur Kingdom






10. Deva Kingdom






11. Started Post Service






12. Period IV of Mehrgarh ends






13. Western Satraps formed.






14. Polonnaruwa Kingdom






15. Late Harappan Culture






16. Death of Ahilyabai Holkar






17. Mature Harappan Culture






18. Durrani Empire






19. Guru Har Krishan becomes eight guru of Sikhs.






20. Vasco de Gama's first voyage from Europe toIndia and back (to 1499)






21. Indo-Greek Kingdom






22. Rai Kingdom






23. Guru Tegh Bahadur becomes ninth Guru of Sikhs.






24. Guru Nanak - the founder of Sikhism is born






25. Death of Islam Shah.






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






27. Maukhari Empire






28. Tughlaq Sultanate






29. Ahmadnagar declares independence - followed by Bijapur and Berar in the same year thus breaking up the Bahmani Sultanate.






30. Guru Granth Sahib becomes Guru of Sikhs.






31. 'Arya Samaj' Established - Aligarh Muslim University






32. Ulugh Khan defeats Prataparudra ending the Kakatiya dynasty






33. Kingdom of Anuradhapura






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






35. Nehru's daughterIndira Gandhi becomes prime minister.






36. Ambhi king of Taxila surrenders to Alexander. Porus who ruled parts of the Punjab - fought Alexander at the Battle of the Hydaspes River.






37. Death of Sher Shah Suri and succeeded by Islam Shah.






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






39. Anushilan Samiti - organized revolutionary association formed.






40. The Christian-Islamic power struggle in Europe and the Middle East. Spills over into theIndian Ocean as Battle of Chaul during the Portuguese-Mamluk War






41. Indira Gandhi returns to power heading Congress party splinter group - Congress (Indira).






42. 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.






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






44. Eastern Ganga Empire






45. Portuguese land on the Coromandel Coast






46. Death of Aurangzeb the mughal emperor.






47. Vakataka Empire






48. Period IV of Mehrgarh ends






49. Birth of Shivaji Maharaj.






50. Solanki Kingdom