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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. First Muslim mosque inIndia constructed in kerala by malik dheenar






2. First Anglo-Sikh Wars (to 1849)






3. First Anglo-Maratha War






4. Kalinga War takes place between Ashoka and the kingdom of Kalinga. After conquering Kalinga - Ashoka reportedly regrets what he had done - leading him to adopt Buddhism - which then became the quasi-official state religion of the Mauryan Empire.






5. Sikh Confederacy






6. Black and Red ware culture






7. Delhi conspiracy case






8. Constantinople won By Turkey






9. Government of India Act 1935






10. All India Forward Bloc Established by Subhas Chandra Bose






11. Sikh Confederacy






12. Sunga Empire






13. Conquest of Kalinga






14. PortugueseIndia






15. Fourth Anglo-Mysore War begins.






16. Kingdom of Anuradhapura






17. Kingdom of Kotte






18. Swat culture






19. Indira Gandhi's Congress Party loses general elections. Janata Party comes to power.Communist party ofIndia comes into power in West Bengal.






20. Champaran and Kheda Satyagraha






21. Chandragupta II - Samudragupta's son becomes the Gupta Emperor.






22. Kuninda Kingdom established. Tholkappiyam describes the grammar and morphology of Tamil; it is the oldest existing Tamil grammar (dates vary between 200 BCE and 100 CE). (to 100 BC)






23. Third Anglo-Mysore War ends.






24. Maoist rebels in Chhattisgarh state kill more than 50 policemen in a dawn attack.






25. Royal Indian Navy Mutiny - (March) Cabinet Mission






26. Fourth Anglo-Mysore War begins.






27. Yadava Empire






28. Dilawar Khan establishes the Malwa Sultanate in present-day northernIndia






29. Ror Kingdom






30. Kakatiya Kingdom






31. Chandragupta I ascends to the Gupta throne.






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






33. Samudragupta ascends the Gupta throne and expands the empire.






34. Lahore Resolution - August offer 1940






35. Bukka - the Vijayanagara ruler and his son Kumara Kamapna capture the entire Tamil speaking parts.






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






37. Timur plunders Lahore






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






39. Earliest evidence for indus valley civilization






40. Kingdom of Raigama






41. Ambhi king of Taxila surrenders to Alexander. Porus who ruled parts of the Punjab - fought Alexander at the Battle of the Hydaspes River.






42. Kalachuri Empire






43. The Marathas under Holkar and General de Boigne defeat the Rajputs of Jaipur and Mughals at the Battle of Patan - where 3000+ Rajput cavalry is killed and the entire Mughal unit vanquished. The defeat crushes Rajput hope of independence from external






44. Lodi Sultanate






45. Maukhari Empire






46. Kuninda Kingdom






47. DanishIndia (to 1869)






48. Lohara Kingdom






49. Maha-Megha-Vahana Empire






50. Guru Granth Sahib becomes Guru of Sikhs.