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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Kadamba Empire






2. Died Tatya Tope






3. Kingdoms of Sri Lanka






4. Constantinople won By Turkey






5. British Raj






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






7. Kalabhras Empire






8. Black and Red ware culture






9. British Raj






10. 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






11. Indian Rebellion of 1857






12. Early Harappan Culture






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






14. Classical period






15. FrenchIndia






16. Non-cooperation movementKhilafat Movement






17. Alberuni arrivies inIndia; death of Mahmud of Ghazni






18. Cyrus the Great - founder of the Persian Achaemenid Empire conquers northwestern parts of theIndian subcontinent.






19. Establishment of theIndo-Scythian kingdom.






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






21. US President Bill Clinton makes a groundbreaking visit to improve ties. (May) India marks the birth of its billionth citizen.






22. Kingdom of Raigama






23. India explodes first nuclear device in underground test.






24. Khilji Sultanate






25. Western Satrap Empire






26. Haryanka Kingdom






27. Mughal Empire






28. Chera Kingdom






29. Hoysala Empire






30. Kingdom of Ruhuna






31. Madurai Kingdom






32. 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.






33. DanishIndia (to 1869)






34. Mehrgarh Culture






35. The Maratha Peshwa (prime minister) usurps the Maratha kingdom - starting a new dynastic rule based in Pune.






36. 'Victory of Mohammed Ghauri'. Second battle of Tarain fought between Ghauri and Prithivi Raj Chauhan III. Prithvi Raj Chauhan III is defeated by Mhammed Ghori.






37. 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






38. 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






39. Chandragupta I ascends to the Gupta throne.






40. Marava Kingdom






41. Guru Gobind Singh - the 10th Guru of Sikhs creates Khalsa - the saint-soldier at Anandpur Sahib - Punjab.






42. Champaran and Kheda Satyagraha






43. Travancore Kingdom






44. Subhas Chandra Bose calls Mahatma Gandhi as the Father of the Nation.






45. British Raj (to 1947)






46. Deccan Sultanates






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






48. Second Anglo-Maratha War ends






49. The Pandyan king sends ambassadors to the Greek and Roman lands.






50. Magadha Kingdom