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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)






2. Indo-Scythian Kingdom






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






4. Delhi DurbarFirst time






5. Battle of Plassey - Company rule inIndia (to 1857)






6. Gupta Empire






7. Reddy Kingdom






8. Shishunaga Kingdom






9. Lahore Resolution - August offer 1940






10. Harsha Empire






11. Maha-Megha-Vahana Empire






12. Period IV of Mehrgarh ends






13. Kingdom of Kurunegala






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






15. Maha Janapadas






16. Alberuni arrivies inIndia; death of Mahmud of Ghazni






17. Akbar dies - and is succeeded by his son Jehangir.






18. Kanva Empire






19. Tughlaq Sultanate






20. Company Raj






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.






22. Mallikarjuna Raya succeeds his father Deva Raya II






23. Kingdom of Yapahuwa






24. Classical period






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






26. Ahom Kingdom






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






28. Ala-ud-din Khalji's army under Malik Kafur occupies Devagiri ending the Seuna Yadava Kingdom






29. Deva Kingdom






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.






31. Guru Har Krishan becomes eight guru of Sikhs.






32. Death of Ahilyabai Holkar






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






34. Proposed death date of Gautama Buddha.






35. Kingdom of Kochi is taken over by the Portuguese creating the first European settlement inIndia.






36. Vijayanagara Empire established by Harihara I and his brother Bukka Raya I






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






38. All India Forward Bloc Established by Subhas Chandra Bose






39. Delhi Sultanate






40. Yadava Empire






41. Khizr Khan - deputized by Timur to be the governor of Multan takes over Delhi founding the Sayyid dynasty






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






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.






44. Muslim separatist groups begin campaign of violence in Kashmir.






45. Kingdom of Kurunegala






46. Maukhari Empire






47. Akbar annexes Kashmir.






48. DutchIndia






49. Last invasion of Mahmud Ghazni - sacked and destroyed temple of Somnath






50. Rai Kingdom