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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Governor Hasan Gangu revolts against Muhammad bin Tughluq founding the Bahmani Sultanate






2. Subhas Chandra Bose is born (to 1945)






3. DanishIndia






4. Jallianwala Bagh massacre - Montagu






5. Battle of Plassey - Company rule inIndia (to 1857)






6. Shivaji's ill-equipped and small Maratha army defeat mighty Adilshahi troops at the Battle of Pratapgarh in a major upset inIndian history. Shivaji personally kills Adilshahi commander Afzal Khan (general).






7. Nripatunga Amoghavarsha I becomes Rashtrakuta emperor. Kannada literature flourishes.






8. 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






9. British Expedition to Tibet






10. Swami Vivekanand is born (to 1902)






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






12. Ror Kingdom






13. The Christian-Islamic power struggle in Europe and the Middle East. Spills over into theIndian Ocean as Battle of Chaul during the Portuguese-Mamluk War






14. Advent of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu - founder of Gaudiya Vaishnavism and leader of the world's first civil disobedience movement - in Navadwip - West Bengal






15. Guru Tegh Bahadur becomes ninth Guru of Sikhs.






16. (February) Vajpayee makes historic bus trip to Pakistan to meet Premier Nawaz Sharif and to sign bilateral Lahore peace declaration. (May) Tension in Kashmir leads to brief war with Pakistan-backed forces in the icy heights around Kargil inIndian-hel






17. Vijayanagara Empire






18. Early Harappan Culture






19. Mamluk Sultanate






20. Chitradurga Kingdom






21. Cancelation of Partition of Bengal - Delhi Durbar Third Time






22. Mahavira - 24th Tirthankar of Jainism is born (traditional date).






23. The Kalachuris under Bijjala II capture Kalyani






24. Delhi conspiracy case






25. Early Harappan Culture






26. Kingdoms of Sri Lanka






27. Rajaram Chhatrapati died






28. Partition of Bengal






29. Guru Ram Das becomes fourth Guru of Sikhs. Akbar annexes Bengal.






30. 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)






31. First Anglo-Maratha War begins - in which Haidar Ali of Mysore defeats the combined armies of the EastIndia Company - the Marathas and the Nizam of Hyderabad.






32. Dayananda Saraswati is born (to 1883)






33. Late Harappan Culture






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






35. Maha-Megha-Vahana Empire






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






37. Janata Party Splits. Chaudhary Charan Singh becomes Prime Minister.






38. Kanva Empire






39. Durrani Empire






40. 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.






41. Harshavardhana crowned Monarch.






42. Mahavira - 24th Tirthankar of Jainism is born (traditional date).






43. Chief Justice of the Maratha Empire - Ram Shastri passes death sentence against the ruling Peshwa Raghunathrao for murdering his nephew.






44. Princely states (to 1947)






45. Second Anglo-Maratha War begins






46. Started Post Service






47. Kingdom of Upatissa Nuwara






48. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge.






49. Kalachuri Empire






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