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Timeline Of Indian History
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1. IndianIndependence Act 1947 by British Raj. Partition ofIndia - Freedom from British Raj. Hundreds of thousands die in widespread communal bloodshed after partition. (to 1948)
1964
1680
1947 - July
550s
2. Indo-Scythian Kingdom
1966
200 BC
1191
538 BC
3. US President Bill Clinton makes a groundbreaking visit to improve ties. (May) India marks the birth of its billionth citizen.
1120
1765
1729
2000
4. Delhi DurbarFirst time
483 BC
1877 - January
624
350
5. Battle of Plassey - Company rule inIndia (to 1857)
1757
1545
1944
1658
6. Gupta Empire
1021
October 2001
280
1891
7. Reddy Kingdom
1325
1931 - March
1771
650
8. Shishunaga Kingdom
280
413
1771
80 BC
9. Lahore Resolution - August offer 1940
1939
1003-1320 AD
1790
1940
10. Harsha Empire
1774
1526
590
2600 BC
11. Maha-Megha-Vahana Empire
250s BC
1200 BC
850
35
12. Period IV of Mehrgarh ends
1942
3300 BC
1526
July 2001
13. Kingdom of Kurunegala
March 2007
1497
1293
1749
14. Established first three University of Mumbai - University of Madras and University of Calcutta inIndia
1814
1490
1857
1300
15. Maha Janapadas
1325
250s
700
1191
16. Alberuni arrivies inIndia; death of Mahmud of Ghazni
1030
1606
1729
250s
17. Akbar dies - and is succeeded by his son Jehangir.
1977
1605
700
1911
18. Kanva Empire
68
75
1545
1526
19. Tughlaq Sultanate
60
1605
232 BC
1320
20. Company Raj
November 2008
185
1757
1859 - 18 April
21. 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.
333 BC
600 BC
300 BC
250 BC
22. Mallikarjuna Raya succeeds his father Deva Raya II
1446
543 BC
1527
1823
23. Kingdom of Yapahuwa
1839
1917
1078
1272
24. Classical period
1
1765
1845
1485
25. Royal Indian Navy Mutiny - (March) Cabinet Mission
1206
230 BC
October 2001
1946 - February
26. Ahom Kingdom
1977
300 BC
1510
1228
27. Nripatunga Amoghavarsha I becomes Rashtrakuta emperor. Kannada literature flourishes.
1483
483 BC
1486
814
28. Ala-ud-din Khalji's army under Malik Kafur occupies Devagiri ending the Seuna Yadava Kingdom
1747
1310
2000
240
29. Deva Kingdom
1021
1200s
1605
1443
30. 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.
350
1777
1347
1930
31. Guru Har Krishan becomes eight guru of Sikhs.
543
333 BC
1661
1343
32. Death of Ahilyabai Holkar
60
1931 - March
1795
1705
33. Bukka - the Vijayanagara ruler and his son Kumara Kamapna capture the entire Tamil speaking parts.
October 2001
1924
1483
1370
34. Proposed death date of Gautama Buddha.
1343
1747
1290
483 BC
35. Kingdom of Kochi is taken over by the Portuguese creating the first European settlement inIndia.
1300
1912
1503
1932 - 24 September
36. Vijayanagara Empire established by Harihara I and his brother Bukka Raya I
2600 BC
10
1336
60
37. Cyrus the Great - founder of the Persian Achaemenid Empire conquers northwestern parts of theIndian subcontinent.
1527
1857
538 BC
261 BC
38. All India Forward Bloc Established by Subhas Chandra Bose
250 BC
1708
1939
1917
39. Delhi Sultanate
700
590
1300
1206
40. Yadava Empire
1877 - January
850
1987
1944
41. Khizr Khan - deputized by Timur to be the governor of Multan takes over Delhi founding the Sayyid dynasty
305 BC
1414
1773
1801
42. District collectors in Bengal were made responsible for settling the revenue and collecting it.
1786
1708
1856
300
43. Battle of Kannauj fought between Humayun and Sher Shah Suri and Humayun was completely defeated. Humayun lost the Mughal empire to Afghans (Suri Dynasty) - and passed 12 years in exile.
1540
1490
1572
1801
44. Muslim separatist groups begin campaign of violence in Kashmir.
250
75
788
1990
45. Kingdom of Kurunegala
January 2002
1900 BC
1293
2000
46. Maukhari Empire
1526
550s
180 BC
68
47. Akbar annexes Kashmir.
1586
250s
1815
753
48. DutchIndia
1916
1526
1605
1451
49. Last invasion of Mahmud Ghazni - sacked and destroyed temple of Somnath
1620
1600
1024
1906
50. Rai Kingdom
1320
321 BC
1966
489