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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. All India Forward Bloc Established by Subhas Chandra Bose






2. Paramara Kingdom






3. Beginning of Vikram Era






4. Conquest of Kalinga






5. Ror Kingdom






6. Rajaram Chhatrapati died






7. Death of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.






8. Kingdom of Kurunegala






9. Late medieval age






10. Anushilan Samiti - organized revolutionary association formed.






11. Mahmud Ghazni defeats Tarnochalpal and annexes Punjab






12. Indo-Scythian Kingdom






13. FrenchIndia






14. Swat culture






15. Birth of Adi Shankaracharya






16. B. R. Ambedkar is born (to 1956)






17. Travancore Kingdom






18. Rai Kingdom






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






20. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins. The cities of Harappa - Lothal - Kalibangan - Dholavira - Rakhigarhi and Mohenjo-daro become large metropolises and the civilization expands to over 2 -500 cities and settlements. The civi






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






22. Chandragupta I ascends to the Gupta throne.






23. Khizr Khan - deputized by Timur to be the governor of Multan takes over Delhi founding the Sayyid dynasty






24. Guru Hargobind becomes sixth guru of Sikhs.






25. Eastern Chalukya Kingdom






26. Kingdom of Anuradhapura






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






28. Vakataka Empire






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






30. Ashoka conquers and unifies most of South Asia - along with Afghanistan and eastern Iran.






31. Maratha sardar Mahadji Shinde routs the EastIndia Company army at the Battle of Wadgaon War ends with the restoration of status quo as per Treaty of Salbai.






32. Sikh Empire






33. Subhas Chandra Bose calls Mahatma Gandhi as the Father of the Nation.






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






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






36. Abdur Razzaq visitsIndia






37. Mature Harappan Culture






38. Vijayanagara Empire






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






40. Gautamiputra Satkarni becomes Satavahana emperor and starts Shalivahana era calendar after defeating Scythian king Maues.






41. Western Satraps formed.






42. Genghis Khan invades Punjab






43. Deva Kingdom






44. DanishIndia






45. Life of Basaveshwara - philosopher and social reformer. (to 1196)






46. 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.






47. Rigveda (to 1000 BC)






48. Royal Indian Navy Mutiny - (March) Cabinet Mission






49. Solanki Kingdom






50. Battle of Chausa fought between Humayun and Sher Shah Suri in which Humayun defeated. Guru Angad Dev becomes second guru of sikhs.