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Timeline Of Indian History
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1. EastIndia company is formed in England. Gets exclusive trading rights withIndia.
1796
420
1522
1600
2. Kalabhras Empire
1434
1526
1869
250
3. Second Anglo-Mysore War begins.
305 BC
1707
1780
1928
4. Royal Indian Navy Mutiny - (March) Cabinet Mission
October 2001
1515
1946 - February
1424
5. Conquest of Kalinga
250s
230 BC
261 BC
180 BC
6. Mature Harappan Culture
500
1984
2600
1581
7. Congress suffers worst ever electoral defeat as Hindu nationalist BJP emerges as largest single party.
1858
1996
3300
1600
8. Indo-Parthian Kingdom
1526
1780
21
57 BC
9. Ching-Thang Khomba moves Manipur's capital to Kangla
1796
1889 - 3 December
260 BC
1358
10. Birth of Babur in Andijan - Fergana Valley in Central Asia
1483
1600
1003-1320 AD
1801
11. Vijayanagara Empire
450
1707
250 BC
1336
12. Death of Nana Fadnavis
1800
753
1950 - 26 January
1885 - 28 December
13. Eastern Chalukya Kingdom
1924
1555
1581
624
14. Chola Empire
1336
300 BC
1784
57 BC
15. Establishment of Rashtrakuta Kingdom of Manyakhet by Danti Durga by defeating Chalukyas of Badami
753
1987
527 BC
335
16. First Anglo-Maratha War begins - in which Haidar Ali of Mysore defeats the combined armies of the EastIndia Company - the Marathas and the Nizam of Hyderabad.
September 2001
1777
1200s
700
17. Ulugh Khan defeats Prataparudra ending the Kakatiya dynasty
305 BC
1206
1347
1323
18. Badami Chalukya power at its peak. Pulakesi II pushes north up to the Narmada and defeats the invading Harshavardhana of Kanauj
1777
260 BC
1792
637
19. Company Raj
304 BC
1358
1757
1469
20. Ghadar conspiracy - Provisional Government of India formed in Kabul. Gandhiji Return toIndia.
1510
304 BC
1398
1915
21. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge.
600 BC
16 August
1903
1200
22. Reddy Kingdom
1757
1325
1586
400 BC
23. 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 (
1351
57 BC
1526
1747
24. 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.
1000 BC
1
750
September 2001
25. Royal Indian Navy Mutiny - (March) Cabinet Mission
December 2001
527 BC
1946 - February
475
26. Poona Pact - (4 August) Communal Award - (November
1853
1912
1932 - 24 September
1966
27. Mehrgarh Culture
7000
1924
1700
1859 - 18 April
28. Constantinople won By Turkey
1940
1696
1453
1912
29. 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.
684
265 BC
1779
1680
30. Kakori conspiracy
1975
590
1925
600 BC
31. Indo-Greek Kingdom
1434
180 BC
250s
1510
32. Chief Justice of the Maratha Empire - Ram Shastri passes death sentence against the ruling Peshwa Raghunathrao for murdering his nephew.
1552
1
1891
1774
33. 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.
1024
265 BC
1696
304 BC
34. Subhas Chandra Bose is born (to 1945)
1897 - 23 January
1500 BC
304 BC
1102
35. Early Harappan Culture
3300
1917
1990
1
36. Kingdom of Kotte
January 2001
57 BC
1206
1412
37. Battle of Plassey - Company rule inIndia (to 1857)
1900 - 22 October
1858
1343
1757
38. Guru Amar Das becomes third Guru of Sikhs.
1552
1965
637
624
39. Keladi Kingdom
1228
1499
1818
1779
40. Jugantar formed. 30 December - Muslim League formed in Dacca.
1650
1906
489
1102
41. First Anglo-Sikh Wars (to 1849)
1083
1845
1556
1917
42. Garhwal Kingdom
500
1358
489
1807
43. Vajpayee meets Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf in the first summit between the two neighbours in more than two years. The meeting ends without a breakthrough or even a joint statement because of differences over Kashmir.
1927 - November
1565
250 BC
July 2001
44. Simuka declares independence from Mauryan rule and establishes the Satavahana Empire.
265 BC
230 BC
850
2000
45. Chandragupta I ascends to the Gupta throne.
1942
300 BC
1572
320
46. BritishIndia (to 1947) EastIndia Company (to 1757)
1343
1974
1612
1412
47. Vakataka Empire
250s
1951
1800
1931 - March
48. 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.
333 BC
240
1630
538 BC
49. 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.
1508
2000
200s BC
1984
50. Bardoli Satyagraha
1928
230
637
200 BC