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Timeline Of Indian History
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1. Ashfaqulla Khan is born (to 1927)
750
1070
1947 AD
1900 - 22 October
2. Princely states (to 1947)
350 BC
1765
1434
1483
3. Government of India Act 1935
1221
1932 - 24 September
1777
1935 - August
4. Vajpayee meets Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf in the first summit between the two neighbours in more than two years. The meeting ends without a breakthrough or even a joint statement because of differences over Kashmir.
July 2001
1930
68
1399
5. Maurya Empire
321
1845
1865 - 28 January
1508
6. Governor Hasan Gangu revolts against Muhammad bin Tughluq founding the Bahmani Sultanate
1975
180 BC
1974
1347
7. Guru Amar Das becomes third Guru of Sikhs.
1885 - 28 December
2003 August
1134
1552
8. Kingdom of Kotte
1845
1412
543 BC
1780
9. Last invasion of Mahmud Ghazni - sacked and destroyed temple of Somnath
1024
180 BC
1845
1747
10. Hindu extremists demolish mosque in Ayodhya - triggering widespread Hindu-Muslim violence.
1992
1807
1780
942
11. British Raj (to 1947)
1024
1526
1858
1572
12. Proposed death date of Gautama Buddha.
483 BC
1510
7000
1924
13. Maitraka Empire
1815
78
475
1500 BC
14. 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.
2600 BC
350 BC
1944
1700
15. Deva Kingdom
185
1200s
1451
1823
16. First Muslim mosque inIndia constructed in kerala by malik dheenar
1206
1675
629
1906
17. Deccan Sultanates
1490
1200
1708
1773
18. DutchIndia
1120
1929
1605
1540
19. Shah Jahan completes Taj Mahal - Jama Masjid[disambiguation needed] - and RedFort. Imperial treasuries drained by architectural and military overexpenditures. Shah Jahan dies - and is succeeded by his son Aurangzeb.
1869
1658
3300 BC
3300
20. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge.
180 BC
600 BC
1942
1414
21. The Marathas are routed in the Third Battle of Panipat on 14 January 1761 - by the Afghans led by Ahmad Shah Durrani - an ethnic Pashtun - also known as Ahmad Shah Abdali. The battle is considered one of the largest battles fought in the 18th century
1761
1912
250s BC
7000
22. Late Harappan Culture
624
1510
1412
1700
23. FrenchIndia (to 1954)
1900 - 22 October
1759
1780
1565
24. Magadha Kingdom
1605
500
1826
1824 - 12 February
25. India fires on Pakistani military posts in the heaviest firing along the dividing line of control in Kashmir for almost a year.(NO reference)
335
1102
October 2001
1772
26. Kalachuri Empire
1674
942
1858
1130
27. Delhi conspiracy case
424
1407
1912
3300 BC
28. India explodes first nuclear device in underground test.
1853 - 16 April
35
1974
1950 - 26 January
29. Khizr Khan - deputized by Timur to be the governor of Multan takes over Delhi founding the Sayyid dynasty
2600
1414
1120
350
30. 'Arya Samaj' Established - Aligarh Muslim University
1875
450
January 2001
10
31. Ahmadnagar declares independence - followed by Bijapur and Berar in the same year thus breaking up the Bahmani Sultanate.
1490
1940
1760
1451
32. Second Anglo-Maratha War ends
1628
1500 BC
1815
1805
33. Guru Granth Sahib becomes Guru of Sikhs.
1708
1805
1556
1310
34. Kakori conspiracy
1925
1401
1700
1795
35. Central Assembly Bombed by Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt. Purna Swaraj resolution.
1929
1990
1003-1320 AD
1906
36. Garhwal Kingdom
1358
1586
1192
185
37. Established first three University of Mumbai - University of Madras and University of Calcutta inIndia
1911
1800
1853
1857
38. Akbar the Great annexes Gujarat - also shifts the Mughal capital to Fatehpur Sikri where a new township and citadel containing buildings of a unique all-India character
1572
1929
1942
599 BC
39. Ghadar conspiracy - Provisional Government of India formed in Kabul. Gandhiji Return toIndia.
300 BC
10
1915
230
40. 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
1780
1469
260 BC
1650
41. Guru Har Rai becomes seventh guru of Sikhs - Shivaji takes oath ofIndependence at Raireshwar.
304 BC
1906
1644
1527
42. BritishIndia (to 1947) EastIndia Company (to 1757)
1940
1799
1612
1554
43. Anushilan Samiti - organized revolutionary association formed.
1401
1913
1855 - 30 June
1902
44. 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 (
1526
November 2008
180 BC
1939
45. Keladi Kingdom
1675
1499
180 BC
450 BC
46. Vijayanagara Empire established by Harihara I and his brother Bukka Raya I
1336
475
1980
March 2007
47. Direct Action Day/Great Calcutta Killings
1858
1939
590
16 August
48. DanishIndia (to 1869)
1552
1526
1696
1940
49. Koch Kingdom
1799
1515
1867
1729
50. Constantinople won By Turkey
1650
1453
1930
3000