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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Babur bribes Mewar general Silhadi promising Silhadi a kingdom - if Silhadi betrays Mewar King Rana Sanga in Battle of Khanwa - thus leading to the annexation of Mewar.






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






3. Lucknow Pact






4. Death of Islam Shah.






5. Chandra Vidyasagar is born (to 1891)






6. Rajaram Chhatrapati died






7. Marathas comprehensively defeat the Nizam - Maratha Empire reaches its zenith.






8. Shishunaga Kingdom






9. Falling public support leads to Congress defeat in general election.






10. Poona Pact - (4 August) Communal Award - (November






11. Harsha Empire






12. Iron age






13. Vellore Mutiny






14. DutchIndia






15. Rajaram Chhatrapati died






16. Vishnukundina Empire






17. Kamarupa Kingdom






18. Death of Yashwantrao Holkar






19. Nehru's daughterIndira Gandhi becomes prime minister.






20. Maoist rebels in Chhattisgarh state kill more than 50 policemen in a dawn attack.






21. Arzi Hukumat-e-Azad Hind - the Provisional Government of FreeIndia formed by Netaji.






22. Government of India Act 1935






23. Akbar dies - and is succeeded by his son Jehangir.






24. Establishment of theIndo-Scythian kingdom.






25. Gautam Buddha - founder of Buddhism is born.






26. Pallava Empire






27. Ulugh Khan defeats Prataparudra ending the Kakatiya dynasty






28. Gautam Buddha - founder of Buddhism is born.






29. Chandragupta Maurya defeats Seleucus Nicator of the Seleucid Empire.






30. Third Anglo-Mysore War ends.






31. Establishment of Rashtrakuta Kingdom of Manyakhet by Danti Durga by defeating Chalukyas of Badami






32. Mahatma Gandhi assassinated by a right wing Hindu nationalist Nathuram Godse. War with Pakistan over disputed territory of Kashmir. Telangana and other princely states integrated inIndian union






33. Kingdom of Yapahuwa






34. Saluva Narasimha Deva Raya drives out Praudha Raya ending the Sangama Dynasty






35. Nearly 200 people are killed and hundreds injured in a series of co-ordinated attacks by gunmen on the main tourist and business area ofIndia's financial capital Mumbai.India blames militants from Pakistan for the attacks and demands that Islamabad t






36. Mughal Empire






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






38. India fires on Pakistani military posts in the heaviest firing along the dividing line of control in Kashmir for almost a year.(NO reference)






39. First Railway estalblished between Bombay and Thane






40. Vellore Mutiny






41. Sayyid Sultanate






42. Sunga Empire






43. Bahlul Khan Lodhi ascends the throne of the Delhi sultanate starting the Lodhi dynasty






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






45. Genghis Khan invades Punjab






46. Death of Nana Fadnavis






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






48. Guru Granth Sahib becomes Guru of Sikhs.






49. Lahore Resolution - August offer 1940






50. Western Ganga Kingdom