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Timeline Of Indian History
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1. Kingdom of Tambapanni
35
1351
420
543
2. EastIndia company is formed in England. Gets exclusive trading rights withIndia.
345
1606
1600
1801
3. Marathas re-captures Delhi and parts of NorthIndia.
1024
350
1771
3300 BC
4. Last invasion of Mahmud Ghazni - sacked and destroyed temple of Somnath
1206
1858
1024
1559
5. 'Victory of Prithviraj Chauhan'.First battle of Tarain between Mohammed Ghori and Prithviraj III. Ghauri is defeated by Prithivi Raj Chauhan III.
2000
1946 - February
1191
1358
6. Badami Chalukya power at its peak. Pulakesi II pushes north up to the Narmada and defeats the invading Harshavardhana of Kanauj
637
250 BC
1857
1605
7. Ashoka dies and is succeeded by Kunala.
2000
232 BC
1980
1991
8. Kingdom of Kandy
1469
September 2001
1805
1620
9. 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.
1984
1858
1856
July 2001
10. Invasions by the Huna.
450
1764
1661
35
11. Vijayanagara Empire established by Harihara I and his brother Bukka Raya I
1600
1336
80 BC
1540
12. The Pandyan king sends ambassadors to the Greek and Roman lands.
65 BC
1192
1865 - 28 January
590
13. 'Arya Samaj' Established - Aligarh Muslim University
180 BC
973
1620
1875
14. Death of Aurangzeb the mughal emperor.
700
1707
1811
1336
15. Earliest evidence for indus valley civilization
1522
265 BC
1930
3400 BCE
16. Second Anglo-Maratha War ends
1806
600 BC
1102
1805
17. Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act - 1856 - (23 July) Bal Gangadhar Tilak is born (to 1920) - (20 August) Narayana Guru is born (to 1928)
1974
1434
1856
1774
18. 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
260 BC
1401
377 BC
1556
19. Birth of Babur in Andijan - Fergana Valley in Central Asia
1483
from 2000 BC
1773
240
20. Nanda Empire
1453
1845
1490
424
21. Central Assembly Bombed by Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt. Purna Swaraj resolution.
2005 July
1759
1929
1351
22. Guru Tegh Bahadur becomes ninth Guru of Sikhs.
January 2002
1971
1675
1665
23. The Mauryan Empire - which shrunk considerably - collapsed after its emperor Brihadrata was assassinated by his general Pusyamitra Sunga who then established the Sunga dynasty.
1521
200s BC
184 BC
80 BC
24. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins. The civilization used an early form of theIndus signs - the so-calledIndus script.
321 BC
2800 BC
March 2007
1990
25. Maukhari Empire
1644
550s
1811
1451
26. Kalachuri Empire
1600
1130
1500 BC
700
27. Santhal rebellion
1855 - 30 June
1206
1996
1699
28. Western Chalukya Empire
1310
230
1984
973
29. Birth of Shivaji Maharaj.
1630
1700
1040
1401
30. Narayanrao Peshwa is murdered by his uncle Raghunathrao's wife in front of Raghunathrao. Regulating Act of 1773 - Warren Hastings appointed as first Governor-General ofIndia
1773
1605
September 2001
1341
31. Lodi Sultanate
1527
1795
1806
1451
32. Partition ofIndia
1964
1510
1947 AD
1200 BC
33. Second Anglo-Maratha War ends
1805
1992
230
1120
34. Dayananda Saraswati is born (to 1883)
1940
1939
1824 - 12 February
75
35. Iron age
1200
1857
1974
350 BC
36. Kingdom of Ruhuna
200 AD
1300
1310
1600
37. Maukhari Empire
1206
550s
1414
1581
38. Death of Islam Shah.
1912
1554
1807
230
39. FrenchIndia (to 1954)
1749
1885 - 28 December
1759
1817
40. Mughal army arrested for the act.
500
1526
250s BC
1705
41. Marathas comprehensively defeat the Nizam - Maratha Empire reaches its zenith.
1760
420
753
1490
42. Indus Valley Civilization
300
1811
3300
1600
43. Santhal rebellion
1855 - 30 June
538 BC
1347
1942
44. Marava Kingdom
1999
1980
1780
1600
45. The Christian-Islamic power struggle in Europe and the Middle East. Spills over into theIndian Ocean as Battle of Chaul during the Portuguese-Mamluk War
1984
75
1508
16 August
46. Travancore Kingdom
1729
1845
1815
200 AD
47. India explodes first nuclear device in underground test.
1974
320
1826
1811
48. Nearly 200 people are killed and hundreds injured in a series of co-ordinated attacks by gunmen on the main tourist and business area ofIndia's financial capital Mumbai.India blames militants from Pakistan for the attacks and demands that Islamabad t
1
637
1865 - 28 January
November 2008
49. Guru Har Krishan becomes eight guru of Sikhs.
300
1443
1942
1661
50. Jehangir announces 'Chain of Justice' outside his palace that anyone can ring the bell and get a personal hearing with the emperor. Jehangir dies - and is succeeded by his son Shah Jahan.
1792
1803
1628
1000 BC