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Timeline Of Indian History
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1. India explodes first nuclear device in underground test.
1508
2000
1974
1989
2. Gandhi
350
1932 - 24 September
1931 - March
475
3. Zafar Khan - governor of Gujarat - declares himself as Sultan Muzaffar Shah founding the Gujarat Sultanate/Muzaffarid dynasty
1930
1920
1407
450
4. Established first three University of Mumbai - University of Madras and University of Calcutta inIndia
1200
550s
1857
1789
5. Dayananda Saraswati is born (to 1883)
1586
1824 - 12 February
1929
1272
6. Third Anglo-Mysore War begins.
1962
1789
180 BC
1940
7. Kanva Empire
1857 - 10 May
1565
75
1058
8. First Railway estalblished between Bombay and Thane
1853 - 16 April
1358
1774
1759
9. Subhas Chandra Bose calls Mahatma Gandhi as the Father of the Nation.
1984
1940
1944
750
10. Mamluk Sultanate
1545
1206
2000
2001
11. Vasco de Gama's first voyage from Europe toIndia and back (to 1499)
1497
350 BC
1759
321
12. India loses brief border war with China. India won Diu - Daman and Goa from PortugueseIndia.
1761
550s
304 BC
1962
13. Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act - 1856 - (23 July) Bal Gangadhar Tilak is born (to 1920) - (20 August) Narayana Guru is born (to 1928)
450
1194
1856
200 AD
14. Guru Har Rai becomes seventh guru of Sikhs - Shivaji takes oath ofIndependence at Raireshwar.
1919
1451
1644
1780
15. Ahom Kingdom
65 BC
424
1228
3300
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
1845
1757
December 2001
1530
17. Satavahana Empire
35
1707
230
1761
18. Birth of Shivaji Maharaj.
1943
1867
1779
1630
19. Harshavardhana crowned Monarch.
1228
250s
1927 - November
606
20. Guru Hargobind becomes sixth guru of Sikhs.
1606
1545
1040
1823
21. Vijayanagara Empire
1966
1200
1336
800
22. Chera Kingdom
1078
300 BC
377 BC
1485
23. Kuninda Kingdom
1469
1200 BC
200s BC
1070
24. Hindu extremists demolish mosque in Ayodhya - triggering widespread Hindu-Muslim violence.
68
1992
475
712
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.
February 2002
1658
1200s
1310
26. Death of Sher Shah Suri and succeeded by Islam Shah.
1545
320
260 BC
1503
27. Kingdom of Kotte
1412
1811
1801
1228
28. Janata Party Splits. Chaudhary Charan Singh becomes Prime Minister.
1024
1979
1801
305 BC
29. Kingdom of Upatissa Nuwara
1021
505
1863
1845
30. Magadha Kingdom
500
321
345
1858
31. Chalukya Empire
321 BC
1795
543
1341
32. Painted Grey Ware culture
1021
10
200s BC
1200
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
350
1699
1451
1773
34. Rai Kingdom
3300
489
1885 - 28 December
1644
35. Death of Ahilyabai Holkar
1795
550s
1446
335
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.
September 2001
January 2001
505
1539
37. Battle of Diu marks the beginning of the dominance of the Europeans in the Asian naval theater.
200 BC
1320
1919
1509
38. Kingdom of Ruhuna
3300
1644
1971
200 AD
39. Chandragupta II - Samudragupta's son becomes the Gupta Emperor.
380
1989
1612
1600
40. Indo-Sassanid Kingdom
230
1434
1200s
300 BC
41. Kingdom of Dambadeniya
1757
629
1220
350
42. Republic Day (India)
606
1510
1974
1950 - 26 January
43. More than 1000 people are killed in floods and landslides caused by monsoon rains in Mumbai (Bombay) and Maharashtra region.
1680
1856
2005 July
1206
44. Black and Red ware culture
200 BC
1300
1799
1991
45. Maharaja Ranjit Singh establishes Khalsa rule of Punjab from Lahore. Khalsa army liberates Kashmiri Pundits and invades Afghanistan through Khyber Pass.
1801
1792
1916
1674
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
1806
500
1508
350
47. DanishIndia
1803
1658
1987
1620
48. Marathas re-captures Delhi and parts of NorthIndia.
1998
35
1771
7000
49. At least 50 people are killed in two simultaneous bomb blasts in Bombay.
3400 BCE
599 BC
2003 August
1351
50. Fourth Anglo-Mysore War begins.
1775
1341
1157
1798