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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Kingdom of Tambapanni






2. EastIndia company is formed in England. Gets exclusive trading rights withIndia.






3. Marathas re-captures Delhi and parts of NorthIndia.






4. Last invasion of Mahmud Ghazni - sacked and destroyed temple of Somnath






5. 'Victory of Prithviraj Chauhan'.First battle of Tarain between Mohammed Ghori and Prithviraj III. Ghauri is defeated by Prithivi Raj Chauhan III.






6. Badami Chalukya power at its peak. Pulakesi II pushes north up to the Narmada and defeats the invading Harshavardhana of Kanauj






7. Ashoka dies and is succeeded by Kunala.






8. Kingdom of Kandy






9. 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.






10. Invasions by the Huna.






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






12. The Pandyan king sends ambassadors to the Greek and Roman lands.






13. 'Arya Samaj' Established - Aligarh Muslim University






14. Death of Aurangzeb the mughal emperor.






15. Earliest evidence for indus valley civilization






16. Second Anglo-Maratha War ends






17. Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act - 1856 - (23 July) Bal Gangadhar Tilak is born (to 1920) - (20 August) Narayana Guru is born (to 1928)






18. 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






19. Birth of Babur in Andijan - Fergana Valley in Central Asia






20. Nanda Empire






21. Central Assembly Bombed by Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt. Purna Swaraj resolution.






22. Guru Tegh Bahadur becomes ninth Guru of Sikhs.






23. The Mauryan Empire - which shrunk considerably - collapsed after its emperor Brihadrata was assassinated by his general Pusyamitra Sunga who then established the Sunga dynasty.






24. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins. The civilization used an early form of theIndus signs - the so-calledIndus script.






25. Maukhari Empire






26. Kalachuri Empire






27. Santhal rebellion






28. Western Chalukya Empire






29. Birth of Shivaji Maharaj.






30. 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






31. Lodi Sultanate






32. Partition ofIndia






33. Second Anglo-Maratha War ends






34. Dayananda Saraswati is born (to 1883)






35. Iron age






36. Kingdom of Ruhuna






37. Maukhari Empire






38. Death of Islam Shah.






39. FrenchIndia (to 1954)






40. Mughal army arrested for the act.






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






42. Indus Valley Civilization






43. Santhal rebellion






44. Marava Kingdom






45. The Christian-Islamic power struggle in Europe and the Middle East. Spills over into theIndian Ocean as Battle of Chaul during the Portuguese-Mamluk War






46. Travancore Kingdom






47. India explodes first nuclear device in underground test.






48. Nearly 200 people are killed and hundreds injured in a series of co-ordinated attacks by gunmen on the main tourist and business area ofIndia's financial capital Mumbai.India blames militants from Pakistan for the attacks and demands that Islamabad t






49. Guru Har Krishan becomes eight guru of Sikhs.






50. Jehangir announces 'Chain of Justice' outside his palace that anyone can ring the bell and get a personal hearing with the emperor. Jehangir dies - and is succeeded by his son Shah Jahan.