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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Nehru's daughterIndira Gandhi becomes prime minister.






2. Indus Valley Civilization






3. Kuninda Kingdom






4. Death of Aurangzeb the mughal emperor.






5. Indira Gandhi's Congress Party loses general elections. Janata Party comes to power.Communist party ofIndia comes into power in West Bengal.






6. Second war with Pakistan over Kashmir.






7. Thondaiman Kingdom






8. DanishIndia






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






10. Vellore Mutiny






11. Magadha Kingdom






12. All India Forward Bloc Established by Subhas Chandra Bose






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






14. Forces led by Shivaji defeat Aurangzeb's troops - and establishes Maratha Empire.






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






16. Invasion of Mahmud of Ghazni






17. 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.






18. Subhas Chandra Bose is born (to 1945)






19. Mahatma Gandhi is born (to 1948)






20. BJP forms coalition government under Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee. India carries out nuclear tests - leading to widespread international condemnation.






21. DutchIndia






22. PortugueseIndia (to 1961)






23. Delhi DurbarFirst time






24. Sayyid Sultanate






25. The Kalachuris under Bijjala II capture Kalyani






26. Kakatiya Kingdom






27. Kamarupa Kingdom






28. Third Anglo-Mysore War ends.






29. Shah Jahan completes Taj Mahal - Jama Masjid[disambiguation needed] - and RedFort. Imperial treasuries drained by architectural and military overexpenditures. Shah Jahan dies - and is succeeded by his son Aurangzeb.






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






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






32. Janata Party Splits. Chaudhary Charan Singh becomes Prime Minister.






33. Deccan Sultanates






34. Sena Empire






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






36. Humayun converts from Sunni Islam to Shia Islam - to gain the alliance of the Shah of Persia. Humayun dies - and is succeeded by his son Akbar. Hindu king Hemu establishes 'Hindu Raj' in NorthIndia and bestowed with title of 'Samrat Hem Chandra Vikra






37. Koch Kingdom






38. Mehrgarh Culture






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






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






41. Mallikarjuna Raya succeeds his father Deva Raya II






42. FrenchIndia






43. Sunga Empire






44. Ram Mohan Roy Born (to 1833)






45. Salt Satyagraha - Round Table Conferences (India) First - civil disobedience movement






46. Earliest evidence for indus valley civilization






47. Dutch Ceylon






48. Established first three University of Mumbai - University of Madras and University of Calcutta inIndia






49. Marava Kingdom






50. Garhwal Kingdom