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Timeline Of Indian History
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1. Ashoka dies and is succeeded by Kunala.
1220
232 BC
1796
973
2. Direct Action Day/Great Calcutta Killings
16 August
1855 - 30 June
1853
1919
3. PortugueseIndia (to 1961)
350 BC
1510
350
1559
4. Earliest evidence for indus valley civilization
3400 BCE
326 BC
July 2001
1839
5. Kadamba Empire
1320
1220
1947 AD
345
6. Indo-Greek Kingdom
180 BC
1200 BC
305 BC
1865 - 28 January
7. FrenchIndia (to 1954)
1789
1759
78
300 BC
8. Rajiv Gandhi assassinated by suicide bomber sympathetic to Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers. Economic reform programme begun by Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao.
1991
788
321
1855 - 30 June
9. Chitradurga Kingdom
1790
1906
1858
1300
10. Indo-Parthian Kingdom
1490
November 2008
3300 BC
21
11. Second war with Pakistan over Kashmir.
1951
1965
300
1554
12. Mehrgarh Culture
629
637
1272
7000
13. Gupta Empire
1545
1818
1979
280
14. The Maratha Peshwa (prime minister) usurps the Maratha kingdom - starting a new dynastic rule based in Pune.
1971
200s BC
304 BC
1749
15. Death of Nana Fadnavis
1800
250
1083
1815
16. Partition ofIndia
1992
1823
1947 AD
1966
17. Humayun converts from Sunni Islam to Shia Islam - to gain the alliance of the Shah of Persia. Humayun dies - and is succeeded by his son Akbar. Hindu king Hemu establishes 'Hindu Raj' in NorthIndia and bestowed with title of 'Samrat Hem Chandra Vikra
1556
1510
1764
1931 - March
18. IndianIndependence Act 1947 by British Raj. Partition ofIndia - Freedom from British Raj. Hundreds of thousands die in widespread communal bloodshed after partition. (to 1948)
1947 - July
1574
1320
October 2001
19. Establishment of theIndo-Parthian kingdom.
10
1839
250 BC
1325
20. Kalabhras Empire
1902
1650
250
1773
21. Mauryan Empire is founded by Chandragupta Maurya in Magadha after he defeats the Nanda dynasty and Macedonian Seleucid Empire. Mauryan capital city is Patliputra (Modern Patna in Bihar)
321 BC
637
500s
1772
22. Constantinople won By Turkey
1453
1581
1605
1221
23. Subhas Chandra Bose is born (to 1945)
1347
1897 - 23 January
7000
1964
24. Deccan Sultanates
1485
1747
1490
35
25. Kingdom of Tambapanni
February 2002
1944
1600
543
26. Ahmadnagar declares independence - followed by Bijapur and Berar in the same year thus breaking up the Bahmani Sultanate.
1000
1040
1665
1490
27. FrenchIndia
1759
1310
1996
1453
28. Vajpayee meets Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf in the first summit between the two neighbours in more than two years. The meeting ends without a breakthrough or even a joint statement because of differences over Kashmir.
624
7000
350
July 2001
29. Gurjara Pratihara Empire
538 BC
650
475
1527
30. Vajpayee's BJP party declines his offer to resign over a number of political scandals and the apparent failure of his talks with Pakistani President Musharraf.
1811
July 2001
260 BC
1927 - November
31. Late Harappan Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins - including Cemetery H culture and other cultures.
413
1030
7000
1900 BC
32. BJP forms coalition government under Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee. India carries out nuclear tests - leading to widespread international condemnation.
1853
1784
1998
1600
33. Chandragupta II - Samudragupta's son becomes the Gupta Emperor.
380
1500 BC
July 2001
1290
34. Lohara Kingdom
1003-1320 AD
1930
1674
1760
35. Ala-ud-din Khalji's army under Malik Kafur occupies Devagiri ending the Seuna Yadava Kingdom
1869
1310
1469
1974
36. Period IV of Mehrgarh ends
1659
250s BC
3300 BC
1924
37. Babur bribes Mewar general Silhadi promising Silhadi a kingdom - if Silhadi betrays Mewar King Rana Sanga in Battle of Khanwa - thus leading to the annexation of Mewar.
1920
1839
1527
475
38. Nehru's daughterIndira Gandhi becomes prime minister.
1815
1771
1526
1966
39. 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
July 2001
489
1900 - 22 October
1761
40. The Mauryan Empire - which shrunk considerably - collapsed after its emperor Brihadrata was assassinated by his general Pusyamitra Sunga who then established the Sunga dynasty.
July 2001
1206
184 BC
1191
41. Second Anglo-Maratha War begins
1803
78
1120
1943
42. 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
78
1773
1414
2000
43. Chief Justice of the Maratha Empire - Ram Shastri passes death sentence against the ruling Peshwa Raghunathrao for murdering his nephew.
1774
424
1962
305 BC
44. Troops storm Golden Temple - Sikhs' most holy shrine - to flush out Sikh militants pressing for self-rule. Indira Gandhi assassinated by Sikh bodyguards - following which her son - Rajiv - takes over.
1414
973
413
1984
45. Champaran and Kheda Satyagraha
1928
1917
1058
538 BC
46. Sena Empire
1964
250
1799
1070
47. Advent of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu - founder of Gaudiya Vaishnavism and leader of the world's first civil disobedience movement - in Navadwip - West Bengal
1875
2003 August
1486
1998
48. Establishment of theIndo-Scythian kingdom.
1628
80 BC
543
1764
49. Ulugh Khan defeats Prataparudra ending the Kakatiya dynasty
1323
2001
265 BC
266 BC
50. Kingdom of Dambadeniya
1915
1944
1220
1773