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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Early Vedic period (to 1000 BC)






2. Koch Kingdom






3. FrenchIndia






4. Maharaja Ranjit Singh establishes Khalsa rule of Punjab from Lahore. Khalsa army liberates Kashmiri Pundits and invades Afghanistan through Khyber Pass.






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






6. Saluva Narasimha Deva Raya drives out Praudha Raya ending the Sangama Dynasty






7. Iron age






8. Sultan Ibrahim Lodi - of the Delhi Sultanate - angers local nobles - who respond by inviting Babur - the Mughal ruler of Kabul - to invade Delhi and Agra. The local population - plus the possession of artillery - assists Babur in killing the Sultan (






9. Princely states (to 1947)






10. Bardoli Satyagraha






11. Vijayanagara Empire






12. Started Post Service






13. Indian Rebellion of 1857






14. Kuninda Kingdom established. Tholkappiyam describes the grammar and morphology of Tamil; it is the oldest existing Tamil grammar (dates vary between 200 BCE and 100 CE). (to 100 BC)






15. Madurai Kingdom






16. Indian National Congress Eshtablished






17. US President Bill Clinton makes a groundbreaking visit to improve ties. (May) India marks the birth of its billionth citizen.






18. Harshavardhana crowned Monarch.






19. Classical period






20. British rule in Burma (to 1947)






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






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






23. 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)






24. 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.






25. Gurjara Pratihara Empire






26. Mahavira - 24th Tirthankar of Jainism is born (traditional date).






27. Kalabhras Empire






28. Lucknow Pact






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






30. Kingdom of Kochi is taken over by the Portuguese creating the first European settlement inIndia.






31. Subhas Chandra Bose is born (to 1945)






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






33. Death of Aurangzeb the mughal emperor.






34. Invasions by the Huna.






35. Kadamba Empire






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






37. Gupta Empire






38. Kamarupa Kingdom






39. Ashoka dies and is succeeded by Kunala.






40. Swat culture






41. Pallava Empire






42. Sri-Gupta starts the Gupta Empire in Magadha - with its capital in Patliputra






43. Anglo






44. Non-cooperation movementKhilafat Movement






45. Hindustan Socialist Republican Association formed.






46. US President Bill Clinton makes a groundbreaking visit to improve ties. (May) India marks the birth of its billionth citizen.






47. Keladi Kingdom






48. Kingdom of Kotte






49. Portuguese land on the Coromandel Coast






50. Constantinople won By Turkey