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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Invasion of Mahmud of Ghazni






2. BritishIndia (to 1947) EastIndia Company (to 1757)






3. Pandya Empire






4. Establishment of theIndo-Scythian kingdom.






5. Samma Dynasty assumes rule over Sindh






6. Genghis Khan invades Punjab






7. British Raj






8. Battle of Chandawar fought between Ghauri and Jaichand of Kannauj. Ghauri defeated Jayachandra and killed him.






9. Late Harappan Culture






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






11. Republic Day (India)






12. Gadar Party formed.






13. Death of Aurangzeb the mughal emperor.






14. Chandra Vidyasagar is born (to 1891)






15. Kingdoms of Sri Lanka






16. Deva Kingdom






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






18. Direct Action Day/Great Calcutta Killings






19. Gurjara-Pratihara (to 910)






20. 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.






21. Persian rule in the northwest ends after Darius III is defeated by Alexander the Great - who establishes the Macedonian Empire after inheriting the Persian Achaemenid Empire.






22. Early Vedic period (to 1000 BC)






23. 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.






24. Rashtrakuta Empire






25. Early modern period






26. Rai Kingdom






27. Thanjavur Kingdom






28. Mysore Kingdom






29. Polonnaruwa Kingdom






30. Lodi Sultanate






31. EastIndia company is formed in England. Gets exclusive trading rights withIndia.






32. British Raj






33. Mahavira passes away.






34. Last invasion of Mahmud Ghazni - sacked and destroyed temple of Somnath






35. Harshavardhana crowned Monarch.






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






37. 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)






38. Indian National Congress Eshtablished






39. Establishment of theIndo-Parthian kingdom.






40. 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 (






41. Tughlaq Sultanate






42. Gadar Party formed.






43. Death of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.






44. Gajapati Kingdom






45. Birth of Babur in Andijan - Fergana Valley in Central Asia






46. Sena Empire






47. Maratha sardar Mahadji Shinde routs the EastIndia Company army at the Battle of Wadgaon War ends with the restoration of status quo as per Treaty of Salbai.






48. First Muslim - Md. Bin Qasim defeats Raja Dahir






49. Paramara Kingdom






50. Shivaji dies of fever at Raigad.