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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Anglo






2. Kalyani Chalukyas power at its peak. Vikramaditya VI ushers in Vikrama Chalukya era.






3. Kalachuri Empire






4. Mysore Kingdom






5. Kingdom of Upatissa Nuwara






6. 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.






7. Durrani Empire






8. Keladi Kingdom






9. 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






10. Battle of Talikota results in the rout of Vijayanagara empire.






11. Chalukya Empire






12. Indus Valley Civilization






13. Early Harappan Culture






14. Kingdom of Kandy






15. Veera Ballala III killed at the Battle of Madurai.






16. First Railway estalblished between Bombay and Thane






17. BJP forms coalition government under Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee. India carries out nuclear tests - leading to widespread international condemnation.






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






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






20. DutchIndia






21. Champaran and Kheda Satyagraha






22. Lucknow Pact






23. Kingdoms of Sri Lanka






24. 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.






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






26. Chola Empire






27. Mahavira passes away.






28. 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






29. Kuninda Kingdom






30. Tughlaq Sultanate






31. Early modern period






32. Khudiram Bose is born (to 1908)






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






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






35. US lifts sanctions which it imposed againstIndia and Pakistan after they staged nuclear tests in 1998. The move is seen as a reward for their support for the US-led anti-terror campaign.






36. Hindustan Socialist Republican Association formed.






37. Hindu extremists demolish mosque in Ayodhya - triggering widespread Hindu-Muslim violence.






38. Delhi DurbarFirst time






39. Indo-Sassanid Kingdom






40. Western Satrap Empire






41. Company Raj






42. Bardoli Satyagraha






43. PortugueseIndia (to 1961)






44. Northern Black Polished Ware






45. Bronze age






46. Morley-Minto Reforms






47. Magadha Kingdom






48. Babur bribes Mewar general Silhadi promising Silhadi a kingdom - if Silhadi betrays Mewar King Rana Sanga in Battle of Khanwa - thus leading to the annexation of Mewar.






49. Maha Janapadas






50. 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.