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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Delhi conspiracy case






2. Shishunaga Kingdom






3. Delhi DurbarFirst time






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






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






6. Anushilan Samiti - organized revolutionary association formed.






7. India explodes first nuclear device in underground test.






8. Classical period






9. EastIndia Company signs treaty of Amritsar with Maharaja Ranjit Singh






10. Kingdom of Yapahuwa






11. Proposed death date of Gautama Buddha.






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






13. Delhi DurbarFirst time






14. Ashfaqulla Khan is born (to 1927)






15. Fourth Anglo-Mysore War ends with the death of Tipu Sultan - the victory of the EastIndia Company - and the restoration of their ally - the Wodeyar dynasty of Mysore. Polygar War






16. Gurjara-Pratihara (to 910)






17. Mughal army arrested for the act.






18. Aurangzeb invades the Deccan






19. Gautam Buddha - founder of Buddhism is born.






20. All India Forward Bloc Established by Subhas Chandra Bose






21. British Raj






22. Kingdom of Kandy






23. Kingdom of Sitawaka






24. Early Vedic period (to 1000 BC)






25. Badami Chalukya power at its peak. Pulakesi II pushes north up to the Narmada and defeats the invading Harshavardhana of Kanauj






26. Ahom Kingdom






27. Maratha sardar Mahadji Shinde routs the EastIndia Company army at the Battle of Wadgaon War ends with the restoration of status quo as per Treaty of Salbai.






28. Travancore Kingdom






29. Keladi Kingdom






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






31. Middle and Late Vedic period (to 500 BC)






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






33. Kingdom of Raigama






34. Northern Black Polished Ware






35. Sikh Empire






36. IndianIndependence Act 1947 by British Raj. Partition ofIndia - Freedom from British Raj. Hundreds of thousands die in widespread communal bloodshed after partition. (to 1948)






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






38. Saluva Narasimha Deva Raya drives out Praudha Raya ending the Sangama Dynasty






39. Guru Hargobind becomes sixth guru of Sikhs.






40. Late Harappan Culture






41. Lala Lajpat Rai is born (to 1928)






42. Babur completes his Baburnama - reflecting on society - politics - economics - history - geography - nature - flora and fauna - which to this day is a standard textbook in 25 countries. Babur dies - and is succeeded by his son Humayun.






43. Sena Empire






44. Gakhars kills Muhammad Ghori during a raid on his camp on the Jhelum River






45. Kalinga War takes place between Ashoka and the kingdom of Kalinga. After conquering Kalinga - Ashoka reportedly regrets what he had done - leading him to adopt Buddhism - which then became the quasi-official state religion of the Mauryan Empire.






46. Delhi Sultanate






47. B. R. Ambedkar is born (to 1956)






48. Kingdom of Sitawaka






49. (February) Vajpayee makes historic bus trip to Pakistan to meet Premier Nawaz Sharif and to sign bilateral Lahore peace declaration. (May) Tension in Kashmir leads to brief war with Pakistan-backed forces in the icy heights around Kargil inIndian-hel






50. EastIndia company is formed in England. Gets exclusive trading rights withIndia.