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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Kingdoms of Sri Lanka






2. Polonnaruwa Kingdom






3. Kalachuri Empire






4. Sultan Ibrahim Lodi - of the Delhi Sultanate - angers local nobles - who respond by inviting Babur - the Mughal ruler of Kabul - to invade Delhi and Agra. The local population - plus the possession of artillery - assists Babur in killing the Sultan (






5. Harshavardhana crowned Monarch.






6. Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act - 1856 - (23 July) Bal Gangadhar Tilak is born (to 1920) - (20 August) Narayana Guru is born (to 1928)






7. Death of Nana Fadnavis






8. Ahom Kingdom






9. Beginning of Vikram Era






10. Subhas Chandra Bose calls Mahatma Gandhi as the Father of the Nation.






11. Maharaja Ranjit Singh establishes Khalsa rule of Punjab from Lahore. Khalsa army liberates Kashmiri Pundits and invades Afghanistan through Khyber Pass.






12. Aurangzeb invades the Deccan






13. Guru Tegh Bahadur becomes ninth Guru of Sikhs.






14. Indo-Scythian Kingdom






15. The Mauryan Empire - which shrunk considerably - collapsed after its emperor Brihadrata was assassinated by his general Pusyamitra Sunga who then established the Sunga dynasty.






16. Earliest evidence for indus valley civilization






17. 'Arya Samaj' Established - Aligarh Muslim University






18. Congress suffers worst ever electoral defeat as Hindu nationalist BJP emerges as largest single party.






19. Battle of Talikota results in the rout of Vijayanagara empire.






20. Panini - a resident of Gandhara - describes the grammar and morphology of Sanskrit in the text Ashtadhyayi. Panini's standardized Sanskrit is known as Classical Sanskrit.






21. India loses brief border war with China. India won Diu - Daman and Goa from PortugueseIndia.






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






23. Guru Amar Das becomes third Guru of Sikhs.






24. Ashoka begins displaying religious tolerance - grants animal rights - builds hospitals for people and animals - treats his subjects as equals regardless of caste or creed - and promotes non-violence and republicanism. Ashoka inscribes the Edicts of A






25. 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






26. Kingdom of Upatissa Nuwara






27. DanishIndia (to 1869)






28. Rashtrakuta Empire






29. All India Forward Bloc Established by Subhas Chandra Bose






30. Mallikarjuna Raya succeeds his father Deva Raya II






31. Ahmadnagar declares independence - followed by Bijapur and Berar in the same year thus breaking up the Bahmani Sultanate.






32. Kingdom of Gampola






33. Durrani Empire






34. Mughal Empire






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






36. 'Arya Samaj' Established - Aligarh Muslim University






37. Guru Hargobind becomes sixth guru of Sikhs.






38. Genghis Khan invades Punjab






39. Invasions by the Huna.






40. Hindu






41. Vellore Mutiny






42. Period IV of Mehrgarh ends






43. Samma Dynasty assumes rule over Sindh






44. Nanda Empire






45. Kingdom of Kochi is taken over by the Portuguese creating the first European settlement inIndia.






46. Magadha Kingdom






47. Battle of Plassey - Company rule inIndia (to 1857)






48. Mughal army arrested for the act.






49. Yadava Empire






50. Proposed death date of Gautama Buddha.