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Timeline Of Indian History
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1. Shishunaga Kingdom
1446
300 BC
413
1336
2. Akbar dies - and is succeeded by his son Jehangir.
1605
1206
836
250 BC
3. Partition of Bengal
1522
1490
1399
1905
4. Gadar Party formed.
1913
400 BC
March 2007
1817
5. Central Assembly Bombed by Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt. Purna Swaraj resolution.
1964
350
1929
35
6. Shivaji's ill-equipped and small Maratha army defeat mighty Adilshahi troops at the Battle of Pratapgarh in a major upset inIndian history. Shivaji personally kills Adilshahi commander Afzal Khan (general).
January 2001
750
1659
1772
7. Hindu extremists demolish mosque in Ayodhya - triggering widespread Hindu-Muslim violence.
68
335
1992
July 2001
8. Jugantar formed. 30 December - Muslim League formed in Dacca.
1906
1996
1858
1826
9. Third Anglo-Maratha War ends with the defeat of Bajirao II and the end of the Maratha Empire leaving the EastIndia Company with control of almost the whole ofIndia
1989
1818
1817
788
10. Stone age
1083
1927 - November
7000
200s BC
11. Indian Rebellion of 1857
1943
1857 - 10 May
1497
450
12. Nanda Empire
1885 - 28 December
424
1951
1300
13. Vasco de Gama's first voyage from Europe toIndia and back (to 1499)
1965
1130
650
1497
14. EastIndia Company signs treaty of Amritsar with Maharaja Ranjit Singh
1807
200 AD
1897 - 23 January
1989
15. Third Anglo-Maratha War begins
1806
1817
1975
1975
16. Birth of Shivaji Maharaj.
273 BC
1939
1630
400 BC
17. FrenchIndia
1453
1984
700
1759
18. Khizr Khan - deputized by Timur to be the governor of Multan takes over Delhi founding the Sayyid dynasty
1699
750
1964
1414
19. Timur plunders Lahore
1290
1398
16 August
1134
20. Period IV of Mehrgarh ends
1925
3300 BC
1801
543 BC
21. Early modern period
1572
1526
1083
505
22. India fires on Pakistani military posts in the heaviest firing along the dividing line of control in Kashmir for almost a year.(NO reference)
624
305 BC
October 2001
266 BC
23. Vakataka Empire
260 BC
1774
250s
1
24. Mehrgarh Culture
1407
7000
1911
1998
25. Colonial period
1451
1325
September 2001
1505
26. FrenchIndia (to 1954)
420
1206
1759
1572
27. Battle of Buxar
1530
1451
1764
1658
28. Gandhi
1931 - March
684
1083
1552
29. Gadar Party formed.
1526
1228
1913
1705
30. Forces led by Shivaji defeat Aurangzeb's troops - and establishes Maratha Empire.
836
450 BC
266 BC
1674
31. Early modern period
1526
1000 BC
1191
1527
32. Ashoka the Great regarded as the greatest ancientIndian emperor - grandson of Chandragupta Maurya - ascends as emperor of the Mauryan Empire.
600 BC
1194
273 BC
1773
33. Kalyani Chalukyas power at its peak. Vikramaditya VI ushers in Vikrama Chalukya era.
1120
80 BC
75
450 BC
34. Hindustan Socialist Republican Association formed.
1924
1759
483 BC
1939
35. Dayananda Saraswati is born (to 1883)
333 BC
1581
1839
1824 - 12 February
36. Second Anglo-Mysore War begins.
1451
1889 - 3 December
1780
180 BC
37. Beginning of Vikram Era
1206
57 BC
260 BC
1630
38. Mauryan Empire is founded by Chandragupta Maurya in Magadha after he defeats the Nanda dynasty and Macedonian Seleucid Empire. Mauryan capital city is Patliputra (Modern Patna in Bihar)
321
321 BC
1865 - 28 January
1526
39. 'Victory of Mohammed Ghauri'. Second battle of Tarain fought between Ghauri and Prithivi Raj Chauhan III. Prithvi Raj Chauhan III is defeated by Mhammed Ghori.
65 BC
1774
1192
1927 - November
40. Pallava Empire
7000
1078
3400 BCE
250 BC
41. Sri-Gupta starts the Gupta Empire in Magadha - with its capital in Patliputra
1443
16 August
240
1499
42. Guru Hargobind becomes sixth guru of Sikhs.
1620
850
1979
1606
43. Gandhi
1931 - March
475
180 BC
1228
44. Portuguese land on the Coromandel Coast
1824 - 12 February
1951
1522
1992
45. Saluva Narasimha Deva Raya drives out Praudha Raya ending the Sangama Dynasty
1665
1858
1696
1485
46. Kakatiya Kingdom
185
65 BC
1083
1857
47. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins. The civilization used an early form of theIndus signs - the so-calledIndus script.
200 BC
543
2800 BC
1966
48. Haryanka Kingdom
684
1858
1915
16 August
49. Nripatunga Amoghavarsha I becomes Rashtrakuta emperor. Kannada literature flourishes.
814
1414
1856
1779
50. Marathas re-captures Delhi and parts of NorthIndia.
1300
1906
1771
1903