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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Mamluk Sultanate






2. Second Anglo-Maratha War begins






3. Koch Kingdom






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






5. Death of Aurangzeb the mughal emperor.






6. Sikh Empire






7. Guru Ram Das becomes fourth Guru of Sikhs. Akbar annexes Bengal.






8. Battle of Buxar






9. Guru Hargobind becomes sixth guru of Sikhs.






10. Kingdom of Ruhuna






11. India explodes first nuclear device in underground test.






12. Harsha Empire






13. Second Anglo-Mysore War begins.






14. Inter-religious bloodshed breaks out after 59 Hindu pilgrims returning from Ayodhya are killed in a train fire in Godhra - Gujarat. More than 1000 people - mainly Muslims - die in subsequent riots. (Police and officials blamed the fire on a Muslim mo






15. Saluva Narasimha Deva Raya drives out Praudha Raya ending the Sangama Dynasty






16. Vajpayee's BJP party declines his offer to resign over a number of political scandals and the apparent failure of his talks with Pakistani President Musharraf.






17. Battle of Plassey - Company rule inIndia (to 1857)






18. Arzi Hukumat-e-Azad Hind - the Provisional Government of FreeIndia formed by Netaji.






19. Babur bribes Mewar general Silhadi promising Silhadi a kingdom - if Silhadi betrays Mewar King Rana Sanga in Battle of Khanwa - thus leading to the annexation of Mewar.






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






21. Dutch Ceylon






22. Rajaram Chhatrapati died






23. Ochre Coloured Pottery culture






24. Gupta Empire






25. Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act - 1856 - (23 July) Bal Gangadhar Tilak is born (to 1920) - (20 August) Narayana Guru is born (to 1928)






26. Maha Janapadas






27. Suicide squad attacks parliament in New Delhi - killing several police. The five gunmen die in the assault. India imposes sanctions against Pakistan - to force it to take action against two Kashmir militant groups blamed for the suicide attack on par






28. DutchIndia






29. Mughal army arrested for the act.






30. Mysore Kingdom






31. Ulugh Khan defeats Prataparudra ending the Kakatiya dynasty






32. Eastern Chalukya Kingdom






33. Troops storm Golden Temple - Sikhs' most holy shrine - to flush out Sikh militants pressing for self-rule. Indira Gandhi assassinated by Sikh bodyguards - following which her son - Rajiv - takes over.






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






35. 'Prarthana Samaj' Established Earlier known as 'Atmiya Sabha'






36. Establishment of the Kushan empire by Kujula Kadphises.






37. Other states






38. FrenchIndia






39. Aurangzeb invades the Deccan






40. Morley-Minto Reforms






41. Zamorin Kingdom






42. Birth of Adi Shankaracharya






43. Third Anglo-Mysore War begins.






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






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






46. Humayun converts from Sunni Islam to Shia Islam - to gain the alliance of the Shah of Persia. Humayun dies - and is succeeded by his son Akbar. Hindu king Hemu establishes 'Hindu Raj' in NorthIndia and bestowed with title of 'Samrat Hem Chandra Vikra






47. India fires on Pakistani military posts in the heaviest firing along the dividing line of control in Kashmir for almost a year.(NO reference)






48. Travancore Kingdom






49. Partition ofIndia






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