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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Swat culture






2. Satavahana Empire






3. Timur plunders Lahore






4. Pala Empire






5. Proposed death date of Gautama Buddha.






6. Haryanka Kingdom






7. Bahlul Khan Lodhi ascends the throne of the Delhi sultanate starting the Lodhi dynasty






8. Death of Ahilyabai Holkar






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






10. Partition ofIndia






11. Battle of Diu marks the beginning of the dominance of the Europeans in the Asian naval theater.






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






13. Gurjara-Pratihara (to 910)






14. Fourth Anglo-Mysore War begins.






15. Deva Kingdom






16. BritishIndia (to 1947) EastIndia Company (to 1757)






17. Ambhi king of Taxila surrenders to Alexander. Porus who ruled parts of the Punjab - fought Alexander at the Battle of the Hydaspes River.






18. Morley-Minto Reforms






19. Durrani Empire






20. Mamluk Sultanate






21. Death of Yashwantrao Holkar






22. Kushan Empire






23. Third Anglo-Maratha War ends with the defeat of Bajirao II and the end of the Maratha Empire leaving the EastIndia Company with control of almost the whole ofIndia






24. Ghadar conspiracy - Provisional Government of India formed in Kabul. Gandhiji Return toIndia.






25. British Ceylon






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






27. Kingdom of Upatissa Nuwara






28. Keladi Kingdom






29. Kingdom of Upatissa Nuwara






30. Kanva Empire






31. Vishnukundina Empire






32. First Anglo-Sikh Wars (to 1849)






33. Rajiv Gandhi assassinated by suicide bomber sympathetic to Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers. Economic reform programme begun by Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao.






34. Alberuni arrivies inIndia; death of Mahmud of Ghazni






35. Late Harappan Culture






36. 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)






37. Late medieval age






38. 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.






39. Indo-Parthian Kingdom






40. Tughlaq Sultanate






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






42. Kingdoms of Sri Lanka






43. Republic Day (India)






44. Vajpayee meets Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf in the first summit between the two neighbours in more than two years. The meeting ends without a breakthrough or even a joint statement because of differences over Kashmir.






45. Early Vedic period (to 1000 BC)






46. Massive earthquakes hit the western state of Gujarat - leaving at least 30000 dead.






47. Third Anglo-Mysore War ends.






48. Shishunaga Kingdom






49. Cyrus the Great - founder of the Persian Achaemenid Empire conquers northwestern parts of theIndian subcontinent.






50. Huna Kingdom