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Timeline Of Indian History
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1. Chalukya Empire
1102
1650
543
1925
2. Establishment of theIndo-Parthian kingdom.
35
563 BC
10
1885 - 28 December
3. Third Anglo-Mysore War ends.
1272
1792
185
1998
4. Sunga Empire
1707
1897 - 23 January
185
1505
5. Satavahana Empire
1877 - January
1499
230 BC
230
6. DanishIndia (to 1869)
1696
1806
1083
1434
7. Huna Kingdom
475
35
305 BC
265 BC
8. Dayananda Saraswati is born (to 1883)
1858
1824 - 12 February
304 BC
1790
9. Jehangir announces 'Chain of Justice' outside his palace that anyone can ring the bell and get a personal hearing with the emperor. Jehangir dies - and is succeeded by his son Shah Jahan.
1628
1798
1764
1070
10. Kuninda Kingdom
200s BC
300 BC
1509
350 BC
11. 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
February 2002
1856
7000
2600 BC
12. Maha-Megha-Vahana Empire
3300
1765
1885 - 28 December
250s BC
13. 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.
1540
1221
1919
September 2001
14. India deploys troops for peacekeeping operation in Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict.
1944
1000
700
1987
15. Kingdom of Sitawaka
1521
1915
300 BC
1681
16. Death of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
1964
1940
413
2001
17. Ashoka conquers and unifies most of South Asia - along with Afghanistan and eastern Iran.
2005 July
1774
266 BC
1200
18. India successfully test-fires a nuclear-capable ballistic missile - the Agni - off its eastern coast.
184 BC
1916
1780
January 2002
19. Lala Lajpat Rai is born (to 1928)
1539
489
1865 - 28 January
December 2001
20. Birth of Adi Shankaracharya
1699
2000
1801
788
21. Quit India Movement - (Late March) Cripps' mission - (August) Indian National Army Established by Subhas Chandra Bose
7000
230
1942
377 BC
22. Samma Dynasty assumes rule over Sindh
1351
1157
1586
1991
23. 'Atmiya Sabha' Established Later on known as 'Prarthana Samaj' By Raja Ram Mohan Roy
1499
1824 - 12 February
1807
1814
24. Birth of Babur in Andijan - Fergana Valley in Central Asia
1483
1962
1757
1024
25. Swami Vivekanand is born (to 1902)
1863
1490
1814
1856
26. Maharaja Ranjit Singh establishes Khalsa rule of Punjab from Lahore. Khalsa army liberates Kashmiri Pundits and invades Afghanistan through Khyber Pass.
1759
1510
1801
1799
27. 'Prarthana Samaj' Established Earlier known as 'Atmiya Sabha'
1867
16 August
200s BC
1407
28. Ashoka conquers and unifies most of South Asia - along with Afghanistan and eastern Iran.
538 BC
1510
1814
266 BC
29. Indo-Scythian Kingdom
1799
1102
200 BC
1490
30. Western Satrap Empire
1708
1485
3300
35
31. US President Bill Clinton makes a groundbreaking visit to improve ties. (May) India marks the birth of its billionth citizen.
1984
2000
505
1407
32. Thanjavur Kingdom
1200s
1572
1996
1858
33. Painted Grey Ware culture
1773
1803
1200
1451
34. Died Tatya Tope
2600
424
1859 - 18 April
1526
35. Kingdom of Ruhuna
600 BC
200 AD
1606
1917
36. Simuka declares independence from Mauryan rule and establishes the Satavahana Empire.
1917
1757
1857 - 10 May
230 BC
37. Sena Empire
1070
1858
527 BC
1206
38. Kingdom of Gampola
35
1200 BC
1341
1891
39. Governor Hasan Gangu revolts against Muhammad bin Tughluq founding the Bahmani Sultanate
1931 - March
2600 BC
1347
1807
40. Mallikarjuna Raya succeeds his father Deva Raya II
280
1446
1000
1858
41. Pala Empire
16 August
800
1951
750
42. First Muslim - Md. Bin Qasim defeats Raja Dahir
265 BC
1991
from 2000 BC
712
43. Mehrgarh Culture
333 BC
7000
1857
1900 BC
44. 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
2800 BC
December 2001
1665
1192
45. Kamarupa Kingdom
527 BC
305 BC
350
1102
46. DutchIndia
712
1605
1510
1889 - 3 December
47. Dayananda Saraswati is born (to 1883)
1971
1824 - 12 February
1510
261 BC
48. 'Atmiya Sabha' Established Later on known as 'Prarthana Samaj' By Raja Ram Mohan Roy
1814
1925
180 BC
1845
49. Kingdom of Kurunegala
1293
1859 - 18 April
November 2008
1559
50. Guru Hargobind becomes sixth guru of Sikhs.
563 BC
1839
1323
1606