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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. India explodes first nuclear device in underground test.






2. Gandhi






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






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






5. Dayananda Saraswati is born (to 1883)






6. Third Anglo-Mysore War begins.






7. Kanva Empire






8. First Railway estalblished between Bombay and Thane






9. Subhas Chandra Bose calls Mahatma Gandhi as the Father of the Nation.






10. Mamluk Sultanate






11. Vasco de Gama's first voyage from Europe toIndia and back (to 1499)






12. India loses brief border war with China. India won Diu - Daman and Goa from PortugueseIndia.






13. Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act - 1856 - (23 July) Bal Gangadhar Tilak is born (to 1920) - (20 August) Narayana Guru is born (to 1928)






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






15. Ahom Kingdom






16. Suicide squad attacks parliament in New Delhi - killing several police. The five gunmen die in the assault. India imposes sanctions against Pakistan - to force it to take action against two Kashmir militant groups blamed for the suicide attack on par






17. Satavahana Empire






18. Birth of Shivaji Maharaj.






19. Harshavardhana crowned Monarch.






20. Guru Hargobind becomes sixth guru of Sikhs.






21. Vijayanagara Empire






22. Chera Kingdom






23. Kuninda Kingdom






24. Hindu extremists demolish mosque in Ayodhya - triggering widespread Hindu-Muslim violence.






25. 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.






26. Death of Sher Shah Suri and succeeded by Islam Shah.






27. Kingdom of Kotte






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






29. Kingdom of Upatissa Nuwara






30. Magadha Kingdom






31. Chalukya Empire






32. Painted Grey Ware culture






33. Narayanrao Peshwa is murdered by his uncle Raghunathrao's wife in front of Raghunathrao. Regulating Act of 1773 - Warren Hastings appointed as first Governor-General ofIndia






34. Rai Kingdom






35. Death of Ahilyabai Holkar






36. 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.






37. Battle of Diu marks the beginning of the dominance of the Europeans in the Asian naval theater.






38. Kingdom of Ruhuna






39. Chandragupta II - Samudragupta's son becomes the Gupta Emperor.






40. Indo-Sassanid Kingdom






41. Kingdom of Dambadeniya






42. Republic Day (India)






43. More than 1000 people are killed in floods and landslides caused by monsoon rains in Mumbai (Bombay) and Maharashtra region.






44. Black and Red ware culture






45. Maharaja Ranjit Singh establishes Khalsa rule of Punjab from Lahore. Khalsa army liberates Kashmiri Pundits and invades Afghanistan through Khyber Pass.






46. The Christian-Islamic power struggle in Europe and the Middle East. Spills over into theIndian Ocean as Battle of Chaul during the Portuguese-Mamluk War






47. DanishIndia






48. Marathas re-captures Delhi and parts of NorthIndia.






49. At least 50 people are killed in two simultaneous bomb blasts in Bombay.






50. Fourth Anglo-Mysore War begins.