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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Kalachuri Empire






2. Ulugh Khan defeats Prataparudra ending the Kakatiya dynasty






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






4. Cancelation of Partition of Bengal - Delhi Durbar Third Time






5. Eastern Chalukya Kingdom






6. Kingdom of Gampola






7. Congress Party wins first general elections under leadership of Jawaharlal Nehru. (to 1952)






8. Subhas Chandra Bose is born (to 1945)






9. Indo-Greek Kingdom






10. Bukka - the Vijayanagara ruler and his son Kumara Kamapna capture the entire Tamil speaking parts.






11. Northern Black Polished Ware






12. British Raj






13. Maitraka Empire






14. Thondaiman Kingdom






15. Mysore Kingdom






16. Sikh Empire






17. Governor Hasan Gangu revolts against Muhammad bin Tughluq founding the Bahmani Sultanate






18. Muslim separatist groups begin campaign of violence in Kashmir.






19. Mauryan Empire is founded by Chandragupta Maurya in Magadha after he defeats the Nanda dynasty and Macedonian Seleucid Empire. Mauryan capital city is Patliputra (Modern Patna in Bihar)






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






21. Indian Rebellion of 1857






22. Kingdom of Raigama






23. 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.






24. Dayananda Saraswati is born (to 1883)






25. Battle of Buxar






26. Thanjavur Kingdom






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






28. 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






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






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






31. First Muslim - Md. Bin Qasim defeats Raja Dahir






32. Nanda Empire






33. Alberuni arrivies inIndia; death of Mahmud of Ghazni






34. The Marathas are routed in the Third Battle of Panipat on 14 January 1761 - by the Afghans led by Ahmad Shah Durrani - an ethnic Pashtun - also known as Ahmad Shah Abdali. The battle is considered one of the largest battles fought in the 18th century






35. Deva Kingdom






36. Chola Empire






37. Shivaji dies of fever at Raigad.






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






39. Chandragupta I ascends to the Gupta throne.






40. PortugueseIndia (to 1961)






41. 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






42. Non-cooperation movementKhilafat Movement






43. British rule in Burma (to 1947)






44. Delhi DurbarFirst time






45. Mallikarjuna Raya succeeds his father Deva Raya II






46. Forces led by Shivaji defeat Aurangzeb's troops - and establishes Maratha Empire.






47. Ror Kingdom






48. Mysore Kingdom






49. 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.






50. Establishment of the Kushan empire by Kujula Kadphises.