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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Third Anglo-Maratha War ends with the defeat of Bajirao II and the end of the Maratha Empire leaving the EastIndia Company with control of almost the whole ofIndia






2. Reddy Kingdom






3. Colonial period






4. Fourth Anglo-Mysore War ends with the death of Tipu Sultan - the victory of the EastIndia Company - and the restoration of their ally - the Wodeyar dynasty of Mysore. Polygar War






5. Zamorin Kingdom






6. Ashoka conquers and unifies most of South Asia - along with Afghanistan and eastern Iran.






7. Indo-Greek Kingdom






8. Bahlul Khan Lodhi ascends the throne of the Delhi sultanate starting the Lodhi dynasty






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






10. Kalinga War takes place between Ashoka and the kingdom of Kalinga. After conquering Kalinga - Ashoka reportedly regrets what he had done - leading him to adopt Buddhism - which then became the quasi-official state religion of the Mauryan Empire.






11. Maurya Empire






12. Portuguese Ceylon






13. Vijayanagara Empire






14. Eastern Chalukya Kingdom






15. Khilji Sultanate






16. Kingdom of Yapahuwa






17. Samudragupta ascends the Gupta throne and expands the empire.






18. Governor Hasan Gangu revolts against Muhammad bin Tughluq founding the Bahmani Sultanate






19. Yadava Empire






20. Kakatiya Kingdom






21. Rashtrakuta Empire






22. Stone age






23. Shivaji's ill-equipped and small Maratha army defeat mighty Adilshahi troops at the Battle of Pratapgarh in a major upset inIndian history. Shivaji personally kills Adilshahi commander Afzal Khan (general).






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






25. DanishIndia (to 1869)






26. Harshavardhana crowned Monarch.






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. Conquest of Kalinga






29. Middle and Late Vedic period (to 500 BC)






30. Thanjavur Kingdom






31. Alberuni arrivies inIndia; death of Mahmud of Ghazni






32. All India Forward Bloc Established by Subhas Chandra Bose






33. Jugantar formed. 30 December - Muslim League formed in Dacca.






34. Lohara Kingdom






35. Vishnukundina Empire






36. Badami Chalukya power at its peak. Pulakesi II pushes north up to the Narmada and defeats the invading Harshavardhana of Kanauj






37. First Anglo-Sikh Wars (to 1849)






38. Gautam Buddha - founder of Buddhism is born.






39. US lifts sanctions which it imposed againstIndia and Pakistan after they staged nuclear tests in 1998. The move is seen as a reward for their support for the US-led anti-terror campaign.






40. Lucknow Pact






41. Ashfaqulla Khan is born (to 1927)






42. Second Anglo-Maratha War begins






43. Mamluk Sultanate






44. Gadar Party formed.






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






46. Mughal Empire






47. Abdur Razzaq visitsIndia






48. Ambhi king of Taxila surrenders to Alexander. Porus who ruled parts of the Punjab - fought Alexander at the Battle of the Hydaspes River.






49. Akbar the Great annexes Gujarat - also shifts the Mughal capital to Fatehpur Sikri where a new township and citadel containing buildings of a unique all-India character






50. Chandragupta I ascends to the Gupta throne.