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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. British Raj






2. Chola Empire






3. Vijayanagara Empire established by Harihara I and his brother Bukka Raya I






4. Second war with Pakistan over Kashmir.






5. Thondaiman Kingdom






6. Kingdom of Tambapanni






7. Lala Lajpat Rai is born (to 1928)






8. Jugantar formed. 30 December - Muslim League formed in Dacca.






9. Direct Action Day/Great Calcutta Killings






10. Humayun regained the throne of Delhi from the hands of weak successors of Sher Shah.






11. India deploys troops for peacekeeping operation in Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict.






12. Third Anglo-Mysore War begins.






13. Birth of Shivaji Maharaj.






14. Death of Islam Shah.






15. 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.






16. Alberuni arrivies inIndia; death of Mahmud of Ghazni






17. 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






18. Huna Kingdom






19. Khizr Khan - deputized by Timur to be the governor of Multan takes over Delhi founding the Sayyid dynasty






20. Guru Gobind Singh - the 10th Guru of Sikhs creates Khalsa - the saint-soldier at Anandpur Sahib - Punjab.






21. Third Anglo-Maratha War begins






22. Rajiv Gandhi assassinated by suicide bomber sympathetic to Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers. Economic reform programme begun by Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao.






23. Kingdom of Raigama






24. Stone age






25. Middle and Late Vedic period (to 500 BC)






26. Mahatma Gandhi is born (to 1948)






27. Deccan Sultanates






28. 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.






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






30. Second war with Pakistan over Kashmir.






31. Chalukya Empire






32. Vijayanagara Empire






33. Portuguese land on the Coromandel Coast






34. Simon Commission






35. Sri-Gupta starts the Gupta Empire in Magadha - with its capital in Patliputra






36. Mahmud Ghazni defeats Tarnochalpal and annexes Punjab






37. Khizr Khan - deputized by Timur to be the governor of Multan takes over Delhi founding the Sayyid dynasty






38. Death of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.






39. Kingdom of Kochi is taken over by the Portuguese creating the first European settlement inIndia.






40. 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.






41. Indira Gandhi returns to power heading Congress party splinter group - Congress (Indira).






42. Black and Red ware culture






43. Swat culture






44. Classical period






45. Satavahana Empire






46. India explodes first nuclear device in underground test.






47. Painted Grey Ware culture






48. Kingdom of Anuradhapura






49. Madurai Kingdom






50. Akbar the Great annexes Gujarat - also shifts the Mughal capital to Fatehpur Sikri where a new township and citadel containing buildings of a unique all-India character