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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Koch Kingdom






2. Maoist rebels in Chhattisgarh state kill more than 50 policemen in a dawn attack.






3. Indira Gandhi's Congress Party loses general elections. Janata Party comes to power.Communist party ofIndia comes into power in West Bengal.






4. Battle of Chausa fought between Humayun and Sher Shah Suri in which Humayun defeated. Guru Angad Dev becomes second guru of sikhs.






5. Chandragupta I ascends to the Gupta throne.






6. Narayanrao Peshwa is murdered by his uncle Raghunathrao's wife in front of Raghunathrao. Regulating Act of 1773 - Warren Hastings appointed as first Governor-General ofIndia






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






8. Eastern Chalukya Kingdom






9. 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.






10. PortugueseIndia (to 1961)






11. Western Satrap Empire






12. Partition ofIndia






13. Rai Kingdom






14. First Anglo-Maratha War






15. Satavahana Empire






16. Established first three University of Mumbai - University of Madras and University of Calcutta inIndia






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






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






19. Tughlaq Sultanate






20. Nripatunga Amoghavarsha I becomes Rashtrakuta emperor. Kannada literature flourishes.






21. Battle of Chausa fought between Humayun and Sher Shah Suri in which Humayun defeated. Guru Angad Dev becomes second guru of sikhs.






22. Madurai Kingdom






23. Late Harappan Culture






24. Ashoka conquers and unifies most of South Asia - along with Afghanistan and eastern Iran.






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






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






27. Establishment of theIndo-Greek kingdom.






28. Guru Arjan Dev becomes fifth Guru of Sikhs.






29. The Kalachuris under Bijjala II capture Kalyani






30. Janata Party Splits. Chaudhary Charan Singh becomes Prime Minister.






31. Aurangzeb invades the Deccan






32. Guru Hargobind becomes sixth guru of Sikhs.






33. (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






34. Royal Indian Navy Mutiny - (March) Cabinet Mission






35. Western Chalukya Empire






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






37. Ashoka the Great regarded as the greatest ancientIndian emperor - grandson of Chandragupta Maurya - ascends as emperor of the Mauryan Empire.






38. Cancelation of Partition of Bengal - Delhi Durbar Third Time






39. Swat culture






40. First Railway estalblished between Bombay and Thane






41. Samudragupta ascends the Gupta throne and expands the empire.






42. Guru Granth Sahib becomes Guru of Sikhs.






43. Deccan Sultanates






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






45. Advent of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu - founder of Gaudiya Vaishnavism and leader of the world's first civil disobedience movement - in Navadwip - West Bengal






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






47. The Marathas are routed in the Third Battle of Panipat on 14 January 1761 - by the Afghans led by Ahmad Shah Durrani - an ethnic Pashtun - also known as Ahmad Shah Abdali. The battle is considered one of the largest battles fought in the 18th century






48. Lucknow Pact






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






50. Huna Kingdom