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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Sayyid Sultanate






2. Portuguese Ceylon






3. Guru Hargobind becomes sixth guru of Sikhs.






4. Falling public support leads to Congress defeat in general election.






5. Akbar annexes Kashmir.






6. Simuka declares independence from Mauryan rule and establishes the Satavahana Empire.






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






8. Invasion of Mahmud of Ghazni






9. Early Harappan Culture






10. 'Prarthana Samaj' Established Earlier known as 'Atmiya Sabha'






11. District collectors in Bengal were made responsible for settling the revenue and collecting it.






12. Other states






13. 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 (






14. Maratha Empire






15. Alberuni arrivies inIndia; death of Mahmud of Ghazni






16. Akbar dies - and is succeeded by his son Jehangir.






17. British Ceylon






18. Second Anglo-Mysore War begins.






19. Nanda Empire






20. Sikh Confederacy






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






22. Battle of Talikota results in the rout of Vijayanagara empire.






23. Siddharta Gautama 'Buddha' of the Shakya polity in S. Nepal - founds Buddhism (older date - 563






24. 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.






25. 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 (






26. 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)






27. The Marathas under Holkar and General de Boigne defeat the Rajputs of Jaipur and Mughals at the Battle of Patan - where 3000+ Rajput cavalry is killed and the entire Mughal unit vanquished. The defeat crushes Rajput hope of independence from external






28. Late medieval age






29. Late Harappan Culture






30. Period IV of Mehrgarh ends






31. Marava Kingdom






32. Bukka - the Vijayanagara ruler and his son Kumara Kamapna capture the entire Tamil speaking parts.






33. PortugueseIndia (to 1961)






34. 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






35. Kingdom of Anuradhapura






36. Death of Sher Shah Suri and succeeded by Islam Shah.






37. Solanki Kingdom






38. Mahatma Gandhi assassinated by a right wing Hindu nationalist Nathuram Godse. War with Pakistan over disputed territory of Kashmir. Telangana and other princely states integrated inIndian union






39. Harsha Empire






40. Mughal army arrested for the act.






41. Mehrgarh Culture






42. First Anglo-Sikh Wars (to 1849)






43. Durrani Empire






44. Kingdom of Tambapanni






45. Mughal army arrested for the act.






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






47. 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)






48. Anushilan Samiti - organized revolutionary association formed.






49. Chola Empire






50. FrenchIndia