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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.
1527
350
1530
420
2. 'Victory of Prithviraj Chauhan'.First battle of Tarain between Mohammed Ghori and Prithviraj III. Ghauri is defeated by Prithivi Raj Chauhan III.
1191
1661
230 BC
1539
3. Lucknow Pact
629
1916
35
1747
4. Death of Islam Shah.
1943
1853 - 16 April
1940
1554
5. Chandra Vidyasagar is born (to 1891)
1820 -
1572
1612
1398
6. Rajaram Chhatrapati died
1700
1826
1030
377 BC
7. Marathas comprehensively defeat the Nizam - Maratha Empire reaches its zenith.
1508
1962
1984
1760
8. Shishunaga Kingdom
712
7000
1796
413
9. Falling public support leads to Congress defeat in general election.
1989
1799
2600
1823
10. Poona Pact - (4 August) Communal Award - (November
3400 BCE
1903
1102
1932 - 24 September
11. Harsha Empire
1497
1521
1939
590
12. Iron age
400 BC
1200
1446
1490
13. Vellore Mutiny
1806
335
1786
1931 - March
14. DutchIndia
538 BC
1600
1659
1605
15. Rajaram Chhatrapati died
500
1700
1946 - February
420
16. Vishnukundina Empire
1980
420
320
1759
17. Kamarupa Kingdom
1919
350
1932 - 24 September
1398
18. Death of Yashwantrao Holkar
1811
200 AD
1206
1863
19. Nehru's daughterIndira Gandhi becomes prime minister.
538 BC
1206
1784
1966
20. Maoist rebels in Chhattisgarh state kill more than 50 policemen in a dawn attack.
1407
1483
March 2007
October 2001
21. Arzi Hukumat-e-Azad Hind - the Provisional Government of FreeIndia formed by Netaji.
1192
1943
1451
1927 - November
22. Government of India Act 1935
1815
1877 - January
1935 - August
1927 - November
23. Akbar dies - and is succeeded by his son Jehangir.
1708
185
1605
1805
24. Establishment of theIndo-Scythian kingdom.
650
700
80 BC
1925
25. Gautam Buddha - founder of Buddhism is born.
1559
1130
563 BC
1414
26. Pallava Empire
1674
250 BC
1777
1485
27. Ulugh Khan defeats Prataparudra ending the Kakatiya dynasty
250s BC
1948 - 30 January
1323
1200s
28. Gautam Buddha - founder of Buddhism is born.
16 August
1979
563 BC
December 2001
29. Chandragupta Maurya defeats Seleucus Nicator of the Seleucid Empire.
305 BC
1572
February 2002
1021
30. Third Anglo-Mysore War ends.
2600
1343
1818
1792
31. Establishment of Rashtrakuta Kingdom of Manyakhet by Danti Durga by defeating Chalukyas of Badami
753
1942
1200
1559
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
753
1974
1948 - 30 January
1823
33. Kingdom of Yapahuwa
1192
1272
7000
650
34. Saluva Narasimha Deva Raya drives out Praudha Raya ending the Sangama Dynasty
1485
543
1515
700
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
1857
July 2001
1914
November 2008
36. Mughal Empire
260 BC
1806
2001
1526
37. Chandragupta II - Samudragupta's son becomes the Gupta Emperor.
380
1946 - February
57 BC
1401
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)
1749
266 BC
1407
October 2001
39. First Railway estalblished between Bombay and Thane
1853 - 16 April
200 AD
1708
450 BC
40. Vellore Mutiny
1680
260 BC
1554
1806
41. Sayyid Sultanate
1526
January 2001
1414
200 BC
42. Sunga Empire
1820 -
1220
1220
185
43. Bahlul Khan Lodhi ascends the throne of the Delhi sultanate starting the Lodhi dynasty
1451
240
1555
1707
44. Humayun regained the throne of Delhi from the hands of weak successors of Sher Shah.
1555
1490
1919
1856
45. Genghis Khan invades Punjab
1221
1358
1515
2000
46. Death of Nana Fadnavis
1905
1917
1194
1800
47. Advent of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu - founder of Gaudiya Vaishnavism and leader of the world's first civil disobedience movement - in Navadwip - West Bengal
1764
1765
1486
7000
48. Guru Granth Sahib becomes Guru of Sikhs.
1946 - February
1824 - 12 February
1600
1708
49. Lahore Resolution - August offer 1940
February 2002
1586
1940
1950 - 26 January
50. Western Ganga Kingdom
1605
1586
350
483 BC