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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Dilawar Khan establishes the Malwa Sultanate in present-day northernIndia






2. Humayun regained the throne of Delhi from the hands of weak successors of Sher Shah.






3. Kingdom of Tambapanni






4. Middle and Late Vedic period (to 500 BC)






5. Durrani Empire






6. Congress Party wins first general elections under leadership of Jawaharlal Nehru. (to 1952)






7. Poona Pact - (4 August) Communal Award - (November






8. BJP forms coalition government under Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee. India carries out nuclear tests - leading to widespread international condemnation.






9. Death of Ahilyabai Holkar






10. Reddy Kingdom






11. Vasco de Gama's first voyage from Europe toIndia and back (to 1499)






12. Kingdom of Kandy






13. Delhi Sultanate






14. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins. The cities of Harappa - Lothal - Kalibangan - Dholavira - Rakhigarhi and Mohenjo-daro become large metropolises and the civilization expands to over 2 -500 cities and settlements. The civi






15. Khilji Sultanate






16. BritishIndia (to 1947) EastIndia Company (to 1757)






17. Bahlul Khan Lodhi ascends the throne of the Delhi sultanate starting the Lodhi dynasty






18. 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






19. Lodi Sultanate






20. Satavahana Empire






21. Kingdom of Ruhuna






22. 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






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






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






25. Thondaiman Kingdom






26. Chalukya Empire






27. The Marathas under Holkar and General de Boigne defeat the Rajputs of Jaipur and Mughals at the Battle of Patan - where 3000+ Rajput cavalry is killed and the entire Mughal unit vanquished. The defeat crushes Rajput hope of independence from external






28. Kadamba Empire






29. Guru Hargobind becomes sixth guru of Sikhs.






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






31. Gurjara-Pratihara (to 910)






32. Western Satrap Empire






33. Anglo






34. Non-cooperation movementKhilafat Movement






35. Second Anglo-Maratha War begins






36. Conquest of Kalinga






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






38. US lifts sanctions which it imposed againstIndia and Pakistan after they staged nuclear tests in 1998. The move is seen as a reward for their support for the US-led anti-terror campaign.






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






40. Ashoka dies and is succeeded by Kunala.






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






42. Massive earthquakes hit the western state of Gujarat - leaving at least 30000 dead.






43. Sunga Empire






44. Third Anglo-Mysore War ends.






45. Battle of Chandawar fought between Ghauri and Jaichand of Kannauj. Ghauri defeated Jayachandra and killed him.






46. Death of Islam Shah.






47. Tughlaq Sultanate






48. Indira Gandhi declares state of emergency after being found guilty of electoral malpractice. Nearly 1000 political opponents imprisoned and programme of compulsory birth control introduced. (to 1977)






49. Ram Mohan Roy Born (to 1833)






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