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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Sikh Empire






2. Late Harappan Culture






3. Maha-Megha-Vahana Empire






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






5. Kanva Empire






6. The Kalachuris under Bijjala II capture Kalyani






7. A high-powered rocket is launched - addingIndia to the club of countries able to fire big satellites deep into space.






8. Mysore Kingdom






9. Company Raj






10. Alberuni arrivies inIndia; death of Mahmud of Ghazni






11. Garhwal Kingdom






12. Haryanka Kingdom






13. Gajapati Kingdom






14. Invasion of Mahmud of Ghazni






15. Western Satrap Empire






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






17. Reddy Kingdom






18. Paramara Kingdom






19. Gandhi






20. Kalachuri Empire






21. Vajpayee's BJP party declines his offer to resign over a number of political scandals and the apparent failure of his talks with Pakistani President Musharraf.






22. Kingdom of Kurunegala






23. Chitradurga Kingdom






24. FrenchIndia






25. Keladi Kingdom






26. PortugueseIndia






27. A high-powered rocket is launched - addingIndia to the club of countries able to fire big satellites deep into space.






28. Swami Vivekanand is born (to 1902)






29. Northern Black Polished Ware






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






31. Eastern Chalukya Kingdom






32. Seleucus gives up his territories in the subcontinent (Afghanistan/Baluchistan) to Chandragupta in exchange for 500 elephants. Seleucus offers his daughter in marriage to Chandragupta to seal their friendship.






33. Rajiv Gandhi assassinated by suicide bomber sympathetic to Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers. Economic reform programme begun by Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao.






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






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






36. Hindu extremists demolish mosque in Ayodhya - triggering widespread Hindu-Muslim violence.






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






38. Gajapati Kingdom






39. Battle of Diu marks the beginning of the dominance of the Europeans in the Asian naval theater.






40. 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.






41. Swami Vivekanand is born (to 1902)






42. 'Atmiya Sabha' Established Later on known as 'Prarthana Samaj' By Raja Ram Mohan Roy






43. Gadar Party formed.






44. Muslim separatist groups begin campaign of violence in Kashmir.






45. Portuguese land on the Coromandel Coast






46. Hindu






47. Fourth Anglo-Mysore War begins.






48. Maurya Empire






49. Indus Valley Civilization






50. Stone age