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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Shishunaga Kingdom






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






3. Partition of Bengal






4. Gadar Party formed.






5. Central Assembly Bombed by Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt. Purna Swaraj resolution.






6. Shivaji's ill-equipped and small Maratha army defeat mighty Adilshahi troops at the Battle of Pratapgarh in a major upset inIndian history. Shivaji personally kills Adilshahi commander Afzal Khan (general).






7. Hindu extremists demolish mosque in Ayodhya - triggering widespread Hindu-Muslim violence.






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






9. Third Anglo-Maratha War ends with the defeat of Bajirao II and the end of the Maratha Empire leaving the EastIndia Company with control of almost the whole ofIndia






10. Stone age






11. Indian Rebellion of 1857






12. Nanda Empire






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






14. EastIndia Company signs treaty of Amritsar with Maharaja Ranjit Singh






15. Third Anglo-Maratha War begins






16. Birth of Shivaji Maharaj.






17. FrenchIndia






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






19. Timur plunders Lahore






20. Period IV of Mehrgarh ends






21. Early modern period






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






23. Vakataka Empire






24. Mehrgarh Culture






25. Colonial period






26. FrenchIndia (to 1954)






27. Battle of Buxar






28. Gandhi






29. Gadar Party formed.






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






31. Early modern period






32. Ashoka the Great regarded as the greatest ancientIndian emperor - grandson of Chandragupta Maurya - ascends as emperor of the Mauryan Empire.






33. Kalyani Chalukyas power at its peak. Vikramaditya VI ushers in Vikrama Chalukya era.






34. Hindustan Socialist Republican Association formed.






35. Dayananda Saraswati is born (to 1883)






36. Second Anglo-Mysore War begins.






37. Beginning of Vikram Era






38. 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)






39. 'Victory of Mohammed Ghauri'. Second battle of Tarain fought between Ghauri and Prithivi Raj Chauhan III. Prithvi Raj Chauhan III is defeated by Mhammed Ghori.






40. Pallava Empire






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






42. Guru Hargobind becomes sixth guru of Sikhs.






43. Gandhi






44. Portuguese land on the Coromandel Coast






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






46. Kakatiya Kingdom






47. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins. The civilization used an early form of theIndus signs - the so-calledIndus script.






48. Haryanka Kingdom






49. Nripatunga Amoghavarsha I becomes Rashtrakuta emperor. Kannada literature flourishes.






50. Marathas re-captures Delhi and parts of NorthIndia.