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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
3000
February 2002
1503
475
2. Chandragupta II - Samudragupta's son becomes the Gupta Emperor.
543
350
1414
380
3. Establishment of Rashtrakuta Kingdom of Manyakhet by Danti Durga by defeating Chalukyas of Badami
538 BC
753
1078
1310
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.
1950 - 26 January
1527
230
1665
5. Guru Tegh Bahadur becomes ninth Guru of Sikhs.
380
1680
1665
1774
6. Gautam Buddha - founder of Buddhism is born.
563 BC
850
1600
1412
7. Salt Satyagraha - Round Table Conferences (India) First - civil disobedience movement
1206
942
1469
1930
8. Gajapati Kingdom
543 BC
1434
1800
2001
9. Black and Red ware culture
1556
266 BC
1605
1300
10. Maoist rebels in Chhattisgarh state kill more than 50 policemen in a dawn attack.
March 2007
1083
1944
753
11. At least 50 people are killed in two simultaneous bomb blasts in Bombay.
1605
200 BC
2003 August
563 BC
12. Swat culture
1600
321 BC
1540
1605
13. Swami Vivekanand is born (to 1902)
1863
1510
1552
3300
14. Guru Ram Das becomes fourth Guru of Sikhs. Akbar annexes Bengal.
75
684
1574
1191
15. Vedic period
1858
1786
1030
2000
16. Died Tatya Tope
2000
1859 - 18 April
1586
1699
17. Establishment of theIndo-Scythian kingdom.
80 BC
1700
260 BC
260 BC
18. Mughal army arrested for the act.
200s BC
1705
450
3300 BC
19. Guru Nanak - the founder of Sikhism is born
1206
1707
1407
1469
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)
1817
321 BC
1522
1942
21. Invasion of Mahmud of Ghazni
1000
7000
1194
800
22. Late Harappan Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins - including Cemetery H culture and other cultures.
2000
1900 BC
1944
1310
23. First Anglo-Sikh Wars (to 1849)
1845
1674
2800 BC
1675
24. Santhal rebellion
1855 - 30 June
1818
335
1572
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.
1200
489
350 BC
July 2001
26. Mysore Kingdom
1399
712
75
1885 - 28 December
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)
October 2001
3300
65 BC
1102
28. Marathas comprehensively defeat the Nizam - Maratha Empire reaches its zenith.
1510
1729
1930
1760
29. Delhi DurbarFirst time
335
1877 - January
1555
413
30. Timur plunders Lahore
1398
1856
942
1920
31. First Muslim mosque inIndia constructed in kerala by malik dheenar
March 2007
629
1707
1807
32. Yadava Empire
1951
1206
1559
850
33. British Expedition to Tibet
1815
1903
543 BC
1605
34. Shivaji dies of fever at Raigad.
814
1680
1707
1401
35. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge.
1424
1761
1747
600 BC
36. Second Anglo-Maratha War begins
1820 -
1990
800
1803
37. Vellore Mutiny
320
1853
261 BC
1806
38. Birth of Shivaji Maharaj.
1485
1630
1451
1998
39. Kalabhras Empire
1930
250
1021
from 2000 BC
40. Kingdoms of Sri Lanka
543 BC
1820 -
1799
1310
41. Nanda Empire
424
500s
1707
321
42. Cancelation of Partition of Bengal - Delhi Durbar Third Time
1526
1157
1911
80 BC
43. Died Tatya Tope
1200
1859 - 18 April
1897 - 23 January
333 BC
44. Ahmadnagar declares independence - followed by Bijapur and Berar in the same year thus breaking up the Bahmani Sultanate.
1414
1799
1505
1490
45. Kalachuri Empire
2001
80 BC
1130
1505
46. Constantinople won By Turkey
November 2008
1453
10
321 BC
47. India deploys troops for peacekeeping operation in Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict.
1556
2000
850
1987
48. Rigveda (to 1000 BC)
1200 BC
1497
424
1867
49. Sikh Confederacy
1771
200 BC
1916
1707
50. Classical period
1984
1
1530
1565