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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. 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






2. Chandragupta II - Samudragupta's son becomes the Gupta Emperor.






3. Establishment of Rashtrakuta Kingdom of Manyakhet by Danti Durga by defeating Chalukyas of Badami






4. 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.






5. Guru Tegh Bahadur becomes ninth Guru of Sikhs.






6. Gautam Buddha - founder of Buddhism is born.






7. Salt Satyagraha - Round Table Conferences (India) First - civil disobedience movement






8. Gajapati Kingdom






9. Black and Red ware culture






10. Maoist rebels in Chhattisgarh state kill more than 50 policemen in a dawn attack.






11. At least 50 people are killed in two simultaneous bomb blasts in Bombay.






12. Swat culture






13. Swami Vivekanand is born (to 1902)






14. Guru Ram Das becomes fourth Guru of Sikhs. Akbar annexes Bengal.






15. Vedic period






16. Died Tatya Tope






17. Establishment of theIndo-Scythian kingdom.






18. Mughal army arrested for the act.






19. Guru Nanak - the founder of Sikhism is born






20. 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)






21. Invasion of Mahmud of Ghazni






22. Late Harappan Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins - including Cemetery H culture and other cultures.






23. First Anglo-Sikh Wars (to 1849)






24. Santhal rebellion






25. 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.






26. Mysore Kingdom






27. India fires on Pakistani military posts in the heaviest firing along the dividing line of control in Kashmir for almost a year.(NO reference)






28. Marathas comprehensively defeat the Nizam - Maratha Empire reaches its zenith.






29. Delhi DurbarFirst time






30. Timur plunders Lahore






31. First Muslim mosque inIndia constructed in kerala by malik dheenar






32. Yadava Empire






33. British Expedition to Tibet






34. Shivaji dies of fever at Raigad.






35. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge.






36. Second Anglo-Maratha War begins






37. Vellore Mutiny






38. Birth of Shivaji Maharaj.






39. Kalabhras Empire






40. Kingdoms of Sri Lanka






41. Nanda Empire






42. Cancelation of Partition of Bengal - Delhi Durbar Third Time






43. Died Tatya Tope






44. Ahmadnagar declares independence - followed by Bijapur and Berar in the same year thus breaking up the Bahmani Sultanate.






45. Kalachuri Empire






46. Constantinople won By Turkey






47. India deploys troops for peacekeeping operation in Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict.






48. Rigveda (to 1000 BC)






49. Sikh Confederacy






50. Classical period