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Timeline Of Indian History
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1. Kalachuri Empire
527 BC
1644
1130
1526
2. Ulugh Khan defeats Prataparudra ending the Kakatiya dynasty
1705
1323
1206
450 BC
3. Death of Sher Shah Suri and succeeded by Islam Shah.
1545
1900 BC
1451
1310
4. Cancelation of Partition of Bengal - Delhi Durbar Third Time
1206
1761
230
1911
5. Eastern Chalukya Kingdom
1485
1552
624
280
6. Kingdom of Gampola
800
1206
1581
1341
7. Congress Party wins first general elections under leadership of Jawaharlal Nehru. (to 1952)
1951
1581
260 BC
1760
8. Subhas Chandra Bose is born (to 1945)
1424
1675
1775
1897 - 23 January
9. Indo-Greek Kingdom
180 BC
3400 BCE
1572
1705
10. Bukka - the Vijayanagara ruler and his son Kumara Kamapna capture the entire Tamil speaking parts.
333 BC
1979
1370
January 2001
11. Northern Black Polished Ware
1424
2800 BC
1290
700
12. British Raj
304 BC
1858
1485
February 2002
13. Maitraka Empire
700
475
1358
1505
14. Thondaiman Kingdom
1650
1799
1990
538 BC
15. Mysore Kingdom
1681
16 August
1554
1399
16. Sikh Empire
1414
260 BC
185
1799
17. Governor Hasan Gangu revolts against Muhammad bin Tughluq founding the Bahmani Sultanate
1765
942
1347
1336
18. Muslim separatist groups begin campaign of violence in Kashmir.
1228
1990
2600
450 BC
19. 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)
1916
300 BC
475
321 BC
20. The Maratha Peshwa (prime minister) usurps the Maratha kingdom - starting a new dynastic rule based in Pune.
1581
1749
230 BC
1917
21. Indian Rebellion of 1857
1857 - 10 May
305 BC
65 BC
1966
22. Kingdom of Raigama
200s BC
1220
1347
230
23. 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.
305 BC
July 2001
1574
1811
24. Dayananda Saraswati is born (to 1883)
1000
1971
1824 - 12 February
1526
25. Battle of Buxar
304 BC
1764
1206
1310
26. Thanjavur Kingdom
1858
1572
1194
35
27. Vasco de Gama's first voyage from Europe toIndia and back (to 1499)
1946 - February
February 2002
1497
1293
28. Inter-religious bloodshed breaks out after 59 Hindu pilgrims returning from Ayodhya are killed in a train fire in Godhra - Gujarat. More than 1000 people - mainly Muslims - die in subsequent riots. (Police and officials blamed the fire on a Muslim mo
3300
1803
February 2002
1964
29. Guru Har Rai becomes seventh guru of Sikhs - Shivaji takes oath ofIndependence at Raireshwar.
1779
850
1681
1644
30. India deploys troops for peacekeeping operation in Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict.
1987
200s BC
475
1705
31. First Muslim - Md. Bin Qasim defeats Raja Dahir
1889 - 3 December
712
1865 - 28 January
1800
32. Nanda Empire
1527
1290
1300
424
33. Alberuni arrivies inIndia; death of Mahmud of Ghazni
1030
300
1699
350
34. 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
280
1947 AD
1761
1826
35. Deva Kingdom
1759
200s BC
1200s
1928
36. Chola Empire
1665
250
180 BC
300 BC
37. Shivaji dies of fever at Raigad.
380
1680
1554
1759
38. Ala-ud-din Khalji's army under Malik Kafur occupies Devagiri ending the Seuna Yadava Kingdom
1310
1612
1526
1192
39. Chandragupta I ascends to the Gupta throne.
320
1930
1962
1030
40. PortugueseIndia (to 1961)
1194
1510
1845
1989
41. Inter-religious bloodshed breaks out after 59 Hindu pilgrims returning from Ayodhya are killed in a train fire in Godhra - Gujarat. More than 1000 people - mainly Muslims - die in subsequent riots. (Police and officials blamed the fire on a Muslim mo
1206
1527
1424
February 2002
42. Non-cooperation movementKhilafat Movement
1206
1206
590
1920
43. British rule in Burma (to 1947)
1779
1659
1803
1826
44. Delhi DurbarFirst time
1799
1399
1877 - January
1913
45. Mallikarjuna Raya succeeds his father Deva Raya II
637
345
1446
232 BC
46. Forces led by Shivaji defeat Aurangzeb's troops - and establishes Maratha Empire.
1942
1102
1803
1674
47. Ror Kingdom
450 BC
590
1424
1856
48. Mysore Kingdom
1399
January 2002
377 BC
1839
49. 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.
1200s
1707
1347
1777
50. Establishment of the Kushan empire by Kujula Kadphises.
1696
1947 - July
68
1200