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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Pala Empire






2. Proposed death date of Gautama Buddha.






3. Advent of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu - founder of Gaudiya Vaishnavism and leader of the world's first civil disobedience movement - in Navadwip - West Bengal






4. First Railway estalblished between Bombay and Thane






5. Kingdoms of Sri Lanka






6. Death of Islam Shah.






7. Gakhars kills Muhammad Ghori during a raid on his camp on the Jhelum River






8. Mamluk Sultanate






9. Death of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.






10. (February) Vajpayee makes historic bus trip to Pakistan to meet Premier Nawaz Sharif and to sign bilateral Lahore peace declaration. (May) Tension in Kashmir leads to brief war with Pakistan-backed forces in the icy heights around Kargil inIndian-hel






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






12. Nanda Empire






13. Rajaram Chhatrapati died






14. Black and Red ware culture






15. Pala Empire






16. Guru Amar Das becomes third Guru of Sikhs.






17. Pallava Empire






18. Establishment of theIndo-Scythian kingdom.






19. 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.






20. Gajapati Kingdom






21. Western Satraps formed.






22. Western Ganga Kingdom






23. Guru Har Rai becomes seventh guru of Sikhs - Shivaji takes oath ofIndependence at Raireshwar.






24. The Marathas are routed in the Third Battle of Panipat on 14 January 1761 - by the Afghans led by Ahmad Shah Durrani - an ethnic Pashtun - also known as Ahmad Shah Abdali. The battle is considered one of the largest battles fought in the 18th century






25. Huna Kingdom






26. Zafar Khan - governor of Gujarat - declares himself as Sultan Muzaffar Shah founding the Gujarat Sultanate/Muzaffarid dynasty






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






28. US President Bill Clinton makes a groundbreaking visit to improve ties. (May) India marks the birth of its billionth citizen.






29. Chitradurga Kingdom






30. Veera Ballala III killed at the Battle of Madurai.






31. Shishunaga Kingdom






32. Deva Kingdom






33. Period IV of Mehrgarh ends






34. Kingdom of Kotte






35. Constantinople won By Turkey






36. Ror Kingdom






37. Kalyani Chalukyas power at its peak. Vikramaditya VI ushers in Vikrama Chalukya era.






38. Invasions by the Huna.






39. Kingdom of Ruhuna






40. Stone age






41. Marava Kingdom






42. Eastern Ganga Empire






43. British Ceylon






44. Garhwal Kingdom






45. Timur plunders Lahore






46. Durrani Empire






47. Death of Islam Shah.






48. Kingdom of Yapahuwa






49. DutchIndia






50. Hindustan Socialist Republican Association formed.