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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. First Railway estalblished between Bombay and Thane






2. Western Ganga Kingdom






3. Vedic period






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






5. Anglo






6. Early modern period






7. Kadamba Empire






8. The Kalachuris under Bijjala II capture Kalyani






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






10. Indus Valley Civilization






11. Beginning of Vikram Era






12. Mahatma Gandhi is born (to 1948)






13. Chalukya Empire






14. Guru Tegh Bahadur becomes ninth Guru of Sikhs.






15. Jallianwala Bagh massacre - Montagu






16. FrenchIndia (to 1954)






17. Kingdom of Dambadeniya






18. 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






19. Second war with Pakistan over Kashmir.






20. Ochre Coloured Pottery culture






21. Second Anglo-Mysore War begins.






22. Chandra Vidyasagar is born (to 1891)






23. Sikh Confederacy






24. Government of India Act 1935






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






26. Pallava Empire






27. PortugueseIndia (to 1961)






28. Guru Nanak - the founder of Sikhism is born






29. Ashoka the Great regarded as the greatest ancientIndian emperor - grandson of Chandragupta Maurya - ascends as emperor of the Mauryan Empire.






30. Harsha Empire






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






32. Kingdom of Dambadeniya






33. Genghis Khan invades Punjab






34. Guru Granth Sahib becomes Guru of Sikhs.






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






36. Hoysala Empire






37. Keladi Kingdom






38. Early Harappan Culture






39. 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






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






41. India loses brief border war with China. India won Diu - Daman and Goa from PortugueseIndia.






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






43. First Anglo-Afghan War






44. Establishment of theIndo-Scythian kingdom.






45. Poona Pact - (4 August) Communal Award - (November






46. Kingdom of Anuradhapura






47. Kingdom of Anuradhapura






48. IndianIndependence Act 1947 by British Raj. Partition ofIndia - Freedom from British Raj. Hundreds of thousands die in widespread communal bloodshed after partition. (to 1948)






49. Kingdom of Gampola






50. 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)