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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Samudragupta ascends the Gupta throne and expands the empire.






2. Kingdoms of Sri Lanka






3. Maurya Empire






4. Guru Har Krishan becomes eight guru of Sikhs.






5. Partition of Bengal






6. Travancore Kingdom






7. 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






8. Maha Janapadas






9. Death of Sher Shah Suri and succeeded by Islam Shah.






10. Mughal Empire






11. Late Harappan Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins - including Cemetery H culture and other cultures.






12. Nripatunga Amoghavarsha I becomes Rashtrakuta emperor. Kannada literature flourishes.






13. Lohara Kingdom






14. Deva Raya II succeeded his father Veera Vijaya Bukka Raya as monarch of the Vijayanagara Empire






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






16. Samma Dynasty assumes rule over Sindh






17. Established first three University of Mumbai - University of Madras and University of Calcutta inIndia






18. Iron age






19. Yadava Empire






20. Maoist rebels in Chhattisgarh state kill more than 50 policemen in a dawn attack.






21. Period IV of Mehrgarh ends






22. 'Victory of Prithviraj Chauhan'.First battle of Tarain between Mohammed Ghori and Prithviraj III. Ghauri is defeated by Prithivi Raj Chauhan III.






23. Ching-Thang Khomba moves Manipur's capital to Kangla






24. Lahore Resolution - August offer 1940






25. Kingdom of Upatissa Nuwara






26. Indian Rebellion of 1857






27. Mysore Kingdom






28. Fourth Anglo-Mysore War ends with the death of Tipu Sultan - the victory of the EastIndia Company - and the restoration of their ally - the Wodeyar dynasty of Mysore. Polygar War






29. Chief Justice of the Maratha Empire - Ram Shastri passes death sentence against the ruling Peshwa Raghunathrao for murdering his nephew.






30. District collectors in Bengal were made responsible for settling the revenue and collecting it.






31. Ashoka the Great regarded as the greatest ancientIndian emperor - grandson of Chandragupta Maurya - ascends as emperor of the Mauryan Empire.






32. 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.






33. Guru Har Krishan becomes eight guru of Sikhs.






34. Kuninda Kingdom






35. Iron age






36. Samma Dynasty assumes rule over Sindh






37. Constantinople won By Turkey






38. Third Anglo-Mysore War ends.






39. British Expedition to Tibet






40. Subhas Chandra Bose is born (to 1945)






41. Kingdom of Kurunegala






42. Eastern Chalukya Kingdom






43. Alberuni arrivies inIndia; death of Mahmud of Ghazni






44. First Anglo-Maratha War






45. Company Raj






46. 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






47. Forces led by Shivaji defeat Aurangzeb's troops - and establishes Maratha Empire.






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






49. Indira Gandhi returns to power heading Congress party splinter group - Congress (Indira).






50. Harsha Empire