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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Vedic period






2. Early Harappan Culture






3. Kingdom of Kochi is taken over by the Portuguese creating the first European settlement inIndia.






4. Shivaji dies of fever at Raigad.






5. British Raj






6. Chandra Vidyasagar is born (to 1891)






7. Lala Lajpat Rai is born (to 1928)






8. The Marathas are routed in the Third Battle of Panipat on 14 January 1761 - by the Afghans led by Ahmad Shah Durrani - an ethnic Pashtun - also known as Ahmad Shah Abdali. The battle is considered one of the largest battles fought in the 18th century






9. Birth of Shivaji Maharaj.






10. Iron age






11. Western Satraps formed.






12. Stone age






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






14. Travancore Kingdom






15. Eastern Chalukya Kingdom






16. Maukhari Empire






17. Ala-ud-din Khalji's army under Malik Kafur occupies Devagiri ending the Seuna Yadava Kingdom






18. Badami Chalukya power at its peak. Pulakesi II pushes north up to the Narmada and defeats the invading Harshavardhana of Kanauj






19. Ashfaqulla Khan is born (to 1927)






20. Vellore Mutiny






21. Rajaram Chhatrapati died






22. Western Chalukya Empire






23. Abdur Razzaq visitsIndia






24. Maurya Empire






25. DutchIndia






26. Aurangzeb invades the Deccan






27. Fourth Anglo-Mysore War begins.






28. Guru Tegh Bahadur becomes ninth Guru of Sikhs.






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






30. Humayun regained the throne of Delhi from the hands of weak successors of Sher Shah.






31. Kuninda Kingdom






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






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






34. Guru Amar Das becomes third Guru of Sikhs.






35. Battle of Kannauj fought between Humayun and Sher Shah Suri and Humayun was completely defeated. Humayun lost the Mughal empire to Afghans (Suri Dynasty) - and passed 12 years in exile.






36. India explodes first nuclear device in underground test.






37. Partition of Bengal






38. Iron age






39. 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.






40. Chandragupta Maurya defeats Seleucus Nicator of the Seleucid Empire.






41. Vijayanagara Empire established by Harihara I and his brother Bukka Raya I






42. Swat culture






43. Kuninda Kingdom established. Tholkappiyam describes the grammar and morphology of Tamil; it is the oldest existing Tamil grammar (dates vary between 200 BCE and 100 CE). (to 100 BC)






44. Other states






45. Establishment of Rashtrakuta Kingdom of Manyakhet by Danti Durga by defeating Chalukyas of Badami






46. Lala Lajpat Rai is born (to 1928)






47. Kadamba Empire






48. First Muslim - Md. Bin Qasim defeats Raja Dahir






49. Northern Black Polished Ware






50. Ahmadnagar declares independence - followed by Bijapur and Berar in the same year thus breaking up the Bahmani Sultanate.