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Timeline Of Indian History
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1. Kingdom of Yapahuwa
788
1272
700
1760
2. Lodi Sultanate
1916
1915
1820 -
1451
3. Kingdom of Gampola
1526
2003 August
2001
1341
4. Thondaiman Kingdom
700
1650
1867
240
5. Battle of Buxar
413
335
1191
1764
6. Seleucus gives up his territories in the subcontinent (Afghanistan/Baluchistan) to Chandragupta in exchange for 500 elephants. Seleucus offers his daughter in marriage to Chandragupta to seal their friendship.
1040
1932 - 24 September
304 BC
700
7. Ochre Coloured Pottery culture
753
1858
from 2000 BC
1814
8. Deva Kingdom
1855 - 30 June
1789
1200s
1948 - 30 January
9. Death of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
1900 BC
320
1526
1964
10. Bardoli Satyagraha
1928
712
2600 BC
1424
11. Maharaja Ranjit Singh establishes Khalsa rule of Punjab from Lahore. Khalsa army liberates Kashmiri Pundits and invades Afghanistan through Khyber Pass.
1801
800
1347
1708
12. Santhal rebellion
1790
1855 - 30 June
712
1786
13. Second Anglo-Mysore War begins.
1780
1336
1521
305 BC
14. Bukka - the Vijayanagara ruler and his son Kumara Kamapna capture the entire Tamil speaking parts.
1024
1323
1370
1490
15. Bahlul Khan Lodhi ascends the throne of the Delhi sultanate starting the Lodhi dynasty
March 2007
788
1798
1451
16. Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act - 1856 - (23 July) Bal Gangadhar Tilak is born (to 1920) - (20 August) Narayana Guru is born (to 1928)
180 BC
1856
527 BC
1605
17. Aurangzeb invades the Deccan
1336
1300
1859 - 18 April
1681
18. Gautamiputra Satkarni becomes Satavahana emperor and starts Shalivahana era calendar after defeating Scythian king Maues.
1120
788
78
1757
19. Guru Tegh Bahadur becomes ninth Guru of Sikhs.
260 BC
345
333 BC
1665
20. Simon Commission
1792
1824 - 12 February
380
1927 - November
21. Vellore Mutiny
1806
600 BC
1760
1964
22. Chitradurga Kingdom
1300
1414
333 BC
650
23. Congress Party wins first general elections under leadership of Jawaharlal Nehru. (to 1952)
1951
1343
1764
1914
24. Chandragupta II - Samudragupta's son becomes the Gupta Emperor.
590
380
1272
1947 AD
25. Ahom Kingdom
1815
1228
1300
1916
26. The Kalachuris under Bijjala II capture Kalyani
1526
1157
300
280
27. Maoist rebels in Chhattisgarh state kill more than 50 policemen in a dawn attack.
3300
March 2007
1508
1705
28. Kakori conspiracy
2003 August
250 BC
1925
from 2000 BC
29. Satavahana Empire
1942
1798
230
1545
30. Partition ofIndia
599 BC
1947 AD
1989
1200
31. Indian Rebellion of 1857
July 2001
1857 - 10 May
1975
1485
32. Indira Gandhi's Congress Party loses general elections. Janata Party comes to power.Communist party ofIndia comes into power in West Bengal.
1858
1962
1977
1971
33. (February) Vajpayee makes historic bus trip to Pakistan to meet Premier Nawaz Sharif and to sign bilateral Lahore peace declaration. (May) Tension in Kashmir leads to brief war with Pakistan-backed forces in the icy heights around Kargil inIndian-hel
1325
1999
300 BC
68
34. PortugueseIndia
1503
1510
1341
1845
35. Santhal rebellion
1919
1855 - 30 June
1600
1775
36. Indira Gandhi returns to power heading Congress party splinter group - Congress (Indira).
413
1980
January 2002
1407
37. Late Harappan Culture
1962
1903
1916
1700
38. Reddy Kingdom
1526
1705
1325
185
39. Hindustan Socialist Republican Association formed.
1200
1990
1947 - July
1924
40. 'Arya Samaj' Established - Aligarh Muslim University
1120
1875
1858
16 August
41. Cyrus the Great - founder of the Persian Achaemenid Empire conquers northwestern parts of theIndian subcontinent.
538 BC
350 BC
1979
1656
42. Anglo
1853
413
1823
78
43. Northern Black Polished Ware
1987
700
1605
942
44. Indus Valley Civilization
7000
606
305 BC
3300
45. Indo-Greek Kingdom
1853 - 16 April
180 BC
1320
1508
46. More than 1000 people are killed in floods and landslides caused by monsoon rains in Mumbai (Bombay) and Maharashtra region.
753
1555
2005 July
836
47. Nanda Empire
7000
300 BC
1905
424
48. DutchIndia
1760
1446
1526
1605
49. British Ceylon
1661
1777
1815
505
50. Maha-Megha-Vahana Empire
2600
250s BC
1351
1826