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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Ashoka dies and is succeeded by Kunala.






2. Direct Action Day/Great Calcutta Killings






3. PortugueseIndia (to 1961)






4. Earliest evidence for indus valley civilization






5. Kadamba Empire






6. Indo-Greek Kingdom






7. FrenchIndia (to 1954)






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






9. Chitradurga Kingdom






10. Indo-Parthian Kingdom






11. Second war with Pakistan over Kashmir.






12. Mehrgarh Culture






13. Gupta Empire






14. The Maratha Peshwa (prime minister) usurps the Maratha kingdom - starting a new dynastic rule based in Pune.






15. Death of Nana Fadnavis






16. Partition ofIndia






17. Humayun converts from Sunni Islam to Shia Islam - to gain the alliance of the Shah of Persia. Humayun dies - and is succeeded by his son Akbar. Hindu king Hemu establishes 'Hindu Raj' in NorthIndia and bestowed with title of 'Samrat Hem Chandra Vikra






18. IndianIndependence Act 1947 by British Raj. Partition ofIndia - Freedom from British Raj. Hundreds of thousands die in widespread communal bloodshed after partition. (to 1948)






19. Establishment of theIndo-Parthian kingdom.






20. Kalabhras Empire






21. 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)






22. Constantinople won By Turkey






23. Subhas Chandra Bose is born (to 1945)






24. Deccan Sultanates






25. Kingdom of Tambapanni






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






27. FrenchIndia






28. 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.






29. Gurjara Pratihara Empire






30. 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.






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






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






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






34. Lohara Kingdom






35. Ala-ud-din Khalji's army under Malik Kafur occupies Devagiri ending the Seuna Yadava Kingdom






36. Period IV of Mehrgarh ends






37. 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.






38. Nehru's daughterIndira Gandhi becomes prime minister.






39. The Marathas are routed in the Third Battle of Panipat on 14 January 1761 - by the Afghans led by Ahmad Shah Durrani - an ethnic Pashtun - also known as Ahmad Shah Abdali. The battle is considered one of the largest battles fought in the 18th century






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






41. Second Anglo-Maratha War begins






42. 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






43. Chief Justice of the Maratha Empire - Ram Shastri passes death sentence against the ruling Peshwa Raghunathrao for murdering his nephew.






44. Troops storm Golden Temple - Sikhs' most holy shrine - to flush out Sikh militants pressing for self-rule. Indira Gandhi assassinated by Sikh bodyguards - following which her son - Rajiv - takes over.






45. Champaran and Kheda Satyagraha






46. Sena Empire






47. Advent of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu - founder of Gaudiya Vaishnavism and leader of the world's first civil disobedience movement - in Navadwip - West Bengal






48. Establishment of theIndo-Scythian kingdom.






49. Ulugh Khan defeats Prataparudra ending the Kakatiya dynasty






50. Kingdom of Dambadeniya