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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Falling public support leads to Congress defeat in general election.






2. Proposed death date of Gautama Buddha.






3. Kingdom of Anuradhapura






4. Maukhari Empire






5. FrenchIndia (to 1954)






6. Mallikarjuna Raya succeeds his father Deva Raya II






7. The Mauryan Empire - which shrunk considerably - collapsed after its emperor Brihadrata was assassinated by his general Pusyamitra Sunga who then established the Sunga dynasty.






8. Guru Har Krishan becomes eight guru of Sikhs.






9. Northern Black Polished Ware






10. Republic Day (India)






11. Gurjara-Pratihara (to 910)






12. Maukhari Empire






13. Genghis Khan invades Punjab






14. Second Anglo-Mysore War ends with the Treaty of Mangalore.






15. Western Ganga Kingdom






16. Mahavira - 24th Tirthankar of Jainism is born (traditional date).






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






18. Death of Ahilyabai Holkar






19. Battle of Chandawar fought between Ghauri and Jaichand of Kannauj. Ghauri defeated Jayachandra and killed him.






20. Cancelation of Partition of Bengal - Delhi Durbar Third Time






21. Ulugh Khan defeats Prataparudra ending the Kakatiya dynasty






22. Lala Lajpat Rai is born (to 1928)






23. Bronze age






24. 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






25. Guru Har Rai becomes seventh guru of Sikhs - Shivaji takes oath ofIndependence at Raireshwar.






26. Akbar annexes Kashmir.






27. Abdur Razzaq visitsIndia






28. Shahi Empire






29. Battle of Chandawar fought between Ghauri and Jaichand of Kannauj. Ghauri defeated Jayachandra and killed him.






30. Advent of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu - founder of Gaudiya Vaishnavism and leader of the world's first civil disobedience movement - in Navadwip - West Bengal






31. Kingdoms of Sri Lanka






32. Kadamba Empire






33. Black and Red ware culture






34. Indo-Scythian Kingdom






35. Congress Party wins first general elections under leadership of Jawaharlal Nehru. (to 1952)






36. Company Raj






37. Tughlaq Sultanate






38. B. R. Ambedkar is born (to 1956)






39. Second Anglo-Mysore War ends with the Treaty of Mangalore.






40. Siddharta Gautama 'Buddha' of the Shakya polity in S. Nepal - founds Buddhism (older date - 563






41. Western Satraps formed.






42. Started Post Service






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






44. Rashtrakuta Empire






45. Pallava Empire






46. Delhi conspiracy case






47. Marava Kingdom






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






49. Hoysala Empire






50. Mallikarjuna Raya succeeds his father Deva Raya II