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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Indo-Scythian Kingdom






2. Ala-ud-din Khalji's army under Malik Kafur occupies Devagiri ending the Seuna Yadava Kingdom






3. Rai Kingdom






4. First Anglo-Sikh Wars (to 1849)






5. Ashoka dies and is succeeded by Kunala.






6. Zamorin Kingdom






7. Akbar annexes Kashmir.






8. Ochre Coloured Pottery culture






9. Shishunaga Kingdom






10. Anushilan Samiti - organized revolutionary association formed.






11. Tughlaq Sultanate






12. Ambhi king of Taxila surrenders to Alexander. Porus who ruled parts of the Punjab - fought Alexander at the Battle of the Hydaspes River.






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






14. Kakatiya Kingdom






15. 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.






16. Mughal army arrested for the act.






17. Gurjara-Pratihara (to 910)






18. Late Harappan Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins - including Cemetery H culture and other cultures.






19. Battle of Kannauj fought between Humayun and Sher Shah Suri and Humayun was completely defeated. Humayun lost the Mughal empire to Afghans (Suri Dynasty) - and passed 12 years in exile.






20. Kingdom of Gampola






21. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge.






22. Establishment of theIndo-Greek kingdom.






23. Eastern Chalukya Kingdom






24. Vedic period






25. Indus Valley Civilization






26. Sena Empire






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






28. Second Anglo-Mysore War begins.






29. Indus Valley Civilization






30. Marava Kingdom






31. Indian Rebellion of 1857






32. 'Victory of Prithviraj Chauhan'.First battle of Tarain between Mohammed Ghori and Prithviraj III. Ghauri is defeated by Prithivi Raj Chauhan III.






33. Second Anglo-Maratha War begins






34. Massive earthquakes hit the western state of Gujarat - leaving at least 30000 dead.






35. Second Anglo-Maratha War ends






36. The Maratha Peshwa (prime minister) usurps the Maratha kingdom - starting a new dynastic rule based in Pune.






37. Mahavira - 24th Tirthankar of Jainism is born (traditional date).






38. Champaran and Kheda Satyagraha






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






40. Haryanka Kingdom






41. FrenchIndia (to 1954)






42. First Railway estalblished between Bombay and Thane






43. 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.






44. Koch Kingdom






45. Gurjara Pratihara Empire






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






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






48. Jehangir announces 'Chain of Justice' outside his palace that anyone can ring the bell and get a personal hearing with the emperor. Jehangir dies - and is succeeded by his son Shah Jahan.






49. District collectors in Bengal were made responsible for settling the revenue and collecting it.






50. Congress suffers worst ever electoral defeat as Hindu nationalist BJP emerges as largest single party.