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Timeline Of Indian History

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






2. Simon Commission






3. Ahom Kingdom






4. Death of Nana Fadnavis






5. Death of Ahilyabai Holkar






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






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. 'Arya Samaj' Established - Aligarh Muslim University






9. Maitraka Empire






10. Akbar dies - and is succeeded by his son Jehangir.






11. Dutch Ceylon






12. Maratha Empire






13. Panini - a resident of Gandhara - describes the grammar and morphology of Sanskrit in the text Ashtadhyayi. Panini's standardized Sanskrit is known as Classical Sanskrit.






14. Chandragupta II - Samudragupta's son becomes the Gupta Emperor.






15. 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






16. Second Anglo-Maratha War ends






17. British Raj (to 1947)






18. Shah Jahan completes Taj Mahal - Jama Masjid[disambiguation needed] - and RedFort. Imperial treasuries drained by architectural and military overexpenditures. Shah Jahan dies - and is succeeded by his son Aurangzeb.






19. Death of Ahilyabai Holkar






20. EastIndia Company signs treaty of Amritsar with Maharaja Ranjit Singh






21. Establishment of theIndo-Parthian kingdom.






22. Delhi Sultanate






23. Death of Sher Shah Suri and succeeded by Islam Shah.






24. Delhi DurbarFirst time






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






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






27. Kingdom of Yapahuwa






28. Kingdom of Gampola






29. Birth of Babur in Andijan - Fergana Valley in Central Asia






30. Other states






31. Hindustan Socialist Republican Association formed.






32. Hindu






33. Santhal rebellion






34. Mahatma Gandhi is born (to 1948)






35. Second Anglo-Maratha War begins






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






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






38. Conquest of Kalinga






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






40. Second Anglo-Mysore War begins.






41. Mahatma Gandhi is born (to 1948)






42. Dayananda Saraswati is born (to 1883)






43. Subhas Chandra Bose is born (to 1945)






44. India successfully test-fires a nuclear-capable ballistic missile - the Agni - off its eastern coast.






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






46. Thanjavur Kingdom






47. Narayanrao Peshwa is murdered by his uncle Raghunathrao's wife in front of Raghunathrao. Regulating Act of 1773 - Warren Hastings appointed as first Governor-General ofIndia






48. Fourth Anglo-Mysore War ends with the death of Tipu Sultan - the victory of the EastIndia Company - and the restoration of their ally - the Wodeyar dynasty of Mysore. Polygar War






49. Birth of Adi Shankaracharya






50. Death of Nana Fadnavis