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Timeline Of Indian History
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1. Kingdoms of Sri Lanka
200 AD
1680
543 BC
380
2. Polonnaruwa Kingdom
1859 - 18 April
753
300
1545
3. Kalachuri Empire
1130
300 BC
1630
1909
4. Sultan Ibrahim Lodi - of the Delhi Sultanate - angers local nobles - who respond by inviting Babur - the Mughal ruler of Kabul - to invade Delhi and Agra. The local population - plus the possession of artillery - assists Babur in killing the Sultan (
1526
1964
1857 - 10 May
1805
5. Harshavardhana crowned Monarch.
1200s
1801
1799
606
6. Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act - 1856 - (23 July) Bal Gangadhar Tilak is born (to 1920) - (20 August) Narayana Guru is born (to 1928)
1979
1856
1779
413
7. Death of Nana Fadnavis
1399
1800
1807
1527
8. Ahom Kingdom
21
1228
240
1191
9. Beginning of Vikram Era
261 BC
57 BC
1681
1347
10. Subhas Chandra Bose calls Mahatma Gandhi as the Father of the Nation.
1347
1157
1944
1906
11. Maharaja Ranjit Singh establishes Khalsa rule of Punjab from Lahore. Khalsa army liberates Kashmiri Pundits and invades Afghanistan through Khyber Pass.
1451
230
1801
1555
12. Aurangzeb invades the Deccan
1987
1503
1966
1681
13. Guru Tegh Bahadur becomes ninth Guru of Sikhs.
1780
1858
1665
1857
14. Indo-Scythian Kingdom
1962
200 BC
1820 -
1293
15. The Mauryan Empire - which shrunk considerably - collapsed after its emperor Brihadrata was assassinated by his general Pusyamitra Sunga who then established the Sunga dynasty.
184 BC
1931 - March
1914
1194
16. Earliest evidence for indus valley civilization
3400 BCE
543 BC
1925
200s BC
17. 'Arya Samaj' Established - Aligarh Muslim University
1875
1000
230
1900 BC
18. Congress suffers worst ever electoral defeat as Hindu nationalist BJP emerges as largest single party.
1906
1996
1681
1796
19. Battle of Talikota results in the rout of Vijayanagara empire.
1800
1565
1650
1951
20. Panini - a resident of Gandhara - describes the grammar and morphology of Sanskrit in the text Ashtadhyayi. Panini's standardized Sanskrit is known as Classical Sanskrit.
1760
350 BC
1414
1120
21. India loses brief border war with China. India won Diu - Daman and Goa from PortugueseIndia.
2800 BC
1962
1628
450 BC
22. Cancelation of Partition of Bengal - Delhi Durbar Third Time
21
543
1911
1469
23. Guru Amar Das becomes third Guru of Sikhs.
1552
1705
1919
1761
24. Ashoka begins displaying religious tolerance - grants animal rights - builds hospitals for people and animals - treats his subjects as equals regardless of caste or creed - and promotes non-violence and republicanism. Ashoka inscribes the Edicts of A
260 BC
1102
1605
10
25. Suicide squad attacks parliament in New Delhi - killing several police. The five gunmen die in the assault. India imposes sanctions against Pakistan - to force it to take action against two Kashmir militant groups blamed for the suicide attack on par
1000 BC
December 2001
1469
1902
26. Kingdom of Upatissa Nuwara
1900 - 22 October
505
1914
35
27. DanishIndia (to 1869)
1820 -
1966
1696
1774
28. Rashtrakuta Empire
1200
753
1407
1947 AD
29. All India Forward Bloc Established by Subhas Chandra Bose
1759
1939
1605
250s BC
30. Mallikarjuna Raya succeeds his father Deva Raya II
1446
1885 - 28 December
321 BC
1897 - 23 January
31. Ahmadnagar declares independence - followed by Bijapur and Berar in the same year thus breaking up the Bahmani Sultanate.
1490
1914
1903
1965
32. Kingdom of Gampola
1757
1424
1341
1914
33. Durrani Empire
1747
1658
1824 - 12 February
599 BC
34. Mughal Empire
1526
2800 BC
1977
1946 - February
35. India deploys troops for peacekeeping operation in Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict.
250s BC
377 BC
500s
1987
36. 'Arya Samaj' Established - Aligarh Muslim University
1875
1902
1490
1865 - 28 January
37. Guru Hargobind becomes sixth guru of Sikhs.
1606
600 BC
1497
1120
38. Genghis Khan invades Punjab
1221
1990
2001
December 2001
39. Invasions by the Huna.
1341
450
1228
1510
40. Hindu
1650
1003-1320 AD
1700
1914
41. Vellore Mutiny
1806
753
527 BC
300 BC
42. Period IV of Mehrgarh ends
1469
400 BC
3300 BC
1586
43. Samma Dynasty assumes rule over Sindh
1708
1939
599 BC
1351
44. Nanda Empire
629
1443
424
184 BC
45. Kingdom of Kochi is taken over by the Portuguese creating the first European settlement inIndia.
750
1503
16 August
1574
46. Magadha Kingdom
1443
500
68
350
47. Battle of Plassey - Company rule inIndia (to 1857)
1757
1443
1761
July 2001
48. Mughal army arrested for the act.
1490
814
1707
1705
49. Yadava Empire
850
1806
1446
1486
50. Proposed death date of Gautama Buddha.
1789
483 BC
1310
68