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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. British rule in Burma (to 1947)






2. Kingdom of Anuradhapura






3. Babur completes his Baburnama - reflecting on society - politics - economics - history - geography - nature - flora and fauna - which to this day is a standard textbook in 25 countries. Babur dies - and is succeeded by his son Humayun.






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






5. 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.






6. Establishment of theIndo-Scythian kingdom.






7. Company Raj






8. Invasion of Mahmud of Ghazni






9. Mysore Kingdom






10. Lodi Sultanate






11. Persian rule in the northwest ends after Darius III is defeated by Alexander the Great - who establishes the Macedonian Empire after inheriting the Persian Achaemenid Empire.






12. Gautam Buddha - founder of Buddhism is born.






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






14. Non-cooperation movementKhilafat Movement






15. Second Anglo-Mysore War begins.






16. Vellore Mutiny






17. Delhi Sultanate






18. Establishment of theIndo-Greek kingdom.






19. Thanjavur Kingdom






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






21. Gajapati Kingdom






22. 'Prarthana Samaj' Established Earlier known as 'Atmiya Sabha'






23. Mahavira passes away.






24. Kingdom of Kotte






25. Salt Satyagraha - Round Table Conferences (India) First - civil disobedience movement






26. 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.






27. Harsha Empire






28. Establishment of the Kushan empire by Kujula Kadphises.






29. Satavahana Empire






30. Stone age






31. 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)






32. Iron age






33. 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






34. Ashfaqulla Khan is born (to 1927)






35. Indira Gandhi declares state of emergency after being found guilty of electoral malpractice. Nearly 1000 political opponents imprisoned and programme of compulsory birth control introduced. (to 1977)






36. Painted Grey Ware culture






37. Abdur Razzaq visitsIndia






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






39. Invasions by the Huna.






40. Chandragupta Maurya defeats Seleucus Nicator of the Seleucid Empire.






41. Marathas re-captures Delhi and parts of NorthIndia.






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






43. At least 50 people are killed in two simultaneous bomb blasts in Bombay.






44. Delhi DurbarFirst time






45. Guru Granth Sahib becomes Guru of Sikhs.






46. Kingdom of Anuradhapura






47. Eastern Chalukya Kingdom






48. Western Chalukya Empire






49. Second war with Pakistan over Kashmir.






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