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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Dilawar Khan establishes the Malwa Sultanate in present-day northernIndia






2. Iron age






3. Second Anglo-Maratha War begins






4. Mahatma Gandhi is born (to 1948)






5. Early Harappan Culture






6. India deploys troops for peacekeeping operation in Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict.






7. 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)






8. A high-powered rocket is launched - addingIndia to the club of countries able to fire big satellites deep into space.






9. Black and Red ware culture






10. Kingdoms of Sri Lanka






11. Pallava Empire






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






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






14. British Expedition to Tibet






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






16. Western Satraps formed.






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






18. 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.






19. Indira Gandhi's Congress Party loses general elections. Janata Party comes to power.Communist party ofIndia comes into power in West Bengal.






20. Solanki Kingdom






21. Vedic period






22. Beginning of Vikram Era






23. Maratha Empire






24. Harsha Empire






25. Gandhi






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






27. The Maratha Peshwa (prime minister) usurps the Maratha kingdom - starting a new dynastic rule based in Pune.






28. Marathas comprehensively defeat the Nizam - Maratha Empire reaches its zenith.






29. Kamarupa Kingdom






30. DutchIndia






31. Simon Commission






32. Portuguese land on the Coromandel Coast






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






34. Kingdom of Sitawaka






35. Dutch Ceylon






36. 'Atmiya Sabha' Established Later on known as 'Prarthana Samaj' By Raja Ram Mohan Roy






37. Ror Kingdom






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






39. Indo-Greek Kingdom






40. Mauryan Empire is founded by Chandragupta Maurya in Magadha after he defeats the Nanda dynasty and Macedonian Seleucid Empire. Mauryan capital city is Patliputra (Modern Patna in Bihar)






41. All India Forward Bloc Established by Subhas Chandra Bose






42. Kingdom of Dambadeniya






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






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






45. Ram Mohan Roy Born (to 1833)






46. 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






47. Early Vedic period (to 1000 BC)






48. Iron age






49. 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)






50. Haryanka Kingdom