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Timeline Of Indian History
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1. FrenchIndia
475
1650
1759
753
2. Establishment of theIndo-Parthian kingdom.
1453
637
200 BC
10
3. Chief Justice of the Maratha Empire - Ram Shastri passes death sentence against the ruling Peshwa Raghunathrao for murdering his nephew.
624
836
57 BC
1774
4. Vishnukundina Empire
1030
420
1401
1803
5. Durrani Empire
1747
550s
1885 - 28 December
700
6. 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
1974
35
1799
1680
7. Khizr Khan - deputized by Timur to be the governor of Multan takes over Delhi founding the Sayyid dynasty
1526
326 BC
1414
68
8. Birth of Adi Shankaracharya
1058
788
712
250s BC
9. Mahmud Ghazni defeats Tarnochalpal and annexes Punjab
1021
1200s
1992
1757
10. Indo-Sassanid Kingdom
2000
230
1699
1228
11. Maurya Empire
321
1795
1070
1586
12. Western Satraps formed.
1675
35
1773
184 BC
13. 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.
1526
1779
1795
230
14. Third Anglo-Mysore War ends.
1792
1999
1
1987
15. Second Anglo-Maratha War ends
1749
1707
300 BC
1805
16. The Mauryan Empire - which shrunk considerably - collapsed after its emperor Brihadrata was assassinated by his general Pusyamitra Sunga who then established the Sunga dynasty.
1434
184 BC
527 BC
261 BC
17. Chandragupta Maurya defeats Seleucus Nicator of the Seleucid Empire.
1708
305 BC
300 BC
1853
18. Rai Kingdom
489
1510
10
1572
19. Yadava Empire
68
850
57 BC
2600
20. Hindu extremists demolish mosque in Ayodhya - triggering widespread Hindu-Muslim violence.
1806
1855 - 30 June
1992
475
21. Inter-religious bloodshed breaks out after 59 Hindu pilgrims returning from Ayodhya are killed in a train fire in Godhra - Gujarat. More than 1000 people - mainly Muslims - die in subsequent riots. (Police and officials blamed the fire on a Muslim mo
February 2002
230 BC
1661
3300
22. Harshavardhana crowned Monarch.
300 BC
1869
1863
606
23. India explodes first nuclear device in underground test.
1030
684
185
1974
24. All India Forward Bloc Established by Subhas Chandra Bose
1272
1674
1939
1998
25. Magadha Kingdom
500
1661
1857 - 10 May
1200 BC
26. 'Arya Samaj' Established - Aligarh Muslim University
1024
788
1351
1875
27. Subhas Chandra Bose is born (to 1945)
1897 - 23 January
1905
1407
1040
28. Started Post Service
1290
836
68
1853
29. Kingdom of Kandy
800
1336
1526
1469
30. Mehrgarh Culture
1665
200 AD
January 2002
7000
31. Eastern Ganga Empire
68
80 BC
1078
16 August
32. Mahatma Gandhi is born (to 1948)
1869
1764
1729
1857
33. Kalabhras Empire
300
1157
250
1030
34. Santhal rebellion
1906
1966
629
1855 - 30 June
35. Humayun regained the throne of Delhi from the hands of weak successors of Sher Shah.
1555
1779
1796
1931 - March
36. Republic Day (India)
1909
1606
1950 - 26 January
200s BC
37. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins. The cities of Harappa - Lothal - Kalibangan - Dholavira - Rakhigarhi and Mohenjo-daro become large metropolises and the civilization expands to over 2 -500 cities and settlements. The civi
1003-1320 AD
304 BC
2600 BC
200s BC
38. Rigveda (to 1000 BC)
345
1200 BC
1820 -
1612
39. Nripatunga Amoghavarsha I becomes Rashtrakuta emperor. Kannada literature flourishes.
1900 - 22 October
1505
814
326 BC
40. Second Anglo-Mysore War ends with the Treaty of Mangalore.
1526
1877 - January
1971
1784
41. Gupta Empire
280
345
1771
1859 - 18 April
42. Hindustan Socialist Republican Association formed.
1889 - 3 December
1351
1924
2005 July
43. British Expedition to Tibet
1903
1293
1799
3300
44. Mysore Kingdom
1399
543
335
16 August
45. Maha-Megha-Vahana Empire
1336
250s BC
1779
1919
46. Indo-Scythian Kingdom
1070
420
543 BC
200 BC
47. Harsha Empire
1757
450
590
1806
48. Deva Raya II succeeded his father Veera Vijaya Bukka Raya as monarch of the Vijayanagara Empire
1341
1930
420
1424
49. Indo-Greek Kingdom
1925
1530
1574
180 BC
50. Advent of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu - founder of Gaudiya Vaishnavism and leader of the world's first civil disobedience movement - in Navadwip - West Bengal
1780
1680
1486
1707