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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Kingdom of Yapahuwa






2. Lodi Sultanate






3. Kingdom of Gampola






4. Thondaiman Kingdom






5. Battle of Buxar






6. Seleucus gives up his territories in the subcontinent (Afghanistan/Baluchistan) to Chandragupta in exchange for 500 elephants. Seleucus offers his daughter in marriage to Chandragupta to seal their friendship.






7. Ochre Coloured Pottery culture






8. Deva Kingdom






9. Death of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.






10. Bardoli Satyagraha






11. Maharaja Ranjit Singh establishes Khalsa rule of Punjab from Lahore. Khalsa army liberates Kashmiri Pundits and invades Afghanistan through Khyber Pass.






12. Santhal rebellion






13. Second Anglo-Mysore War begins.






14. Bukka - the Vijayanagara ruler and his son Kumara Kamapna capture the entire Tamil speaking parts.






15. Bahlul Khan Lodhi ascends the throne of the Delhi sultanate starting the Lodhi dynasty






16. Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act - 1856 - (23 July) Bal Gangadhar Tilak is born (to 1920) - (20 August) Narayana Guru is born (to 1928)






17. Aurangzeb invades the Deccan






18. Gautamiputra Satkarni becomes Satavahana emperor and starts Shalivahana era calendar after defeating Scythian king Maues.






19. Guru Tegh Bahadur becomes ninth Guru of Sikhs.






20. Simon Commission






21. Vellore Mutiny






22. Chitradurga Kingdom






23. Congress Party wins first general elections under leadership of Jawaharlal Nehru. (to 1952)






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






25. Ahom Kingdom






26. The Kalachuris under Bijjala II capture Kalyani






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






28. Kakori conspiracy






29. Satavahana Empire






30. Partition ofIndia






31. Indian Rebellion of 1857






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






33. (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






34. PortugueseIndia






35. Santhal rebellion






36. Indira Gandhi returns to power heading Congress party splinter group - Congress (Indira).






37. Late Harappan Culture






38. Reddy Kingdom






39. Hindustan Socialist Republican Association formed.






40. 'Arya Samaj' Established - Aligarh Muslim University






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






42. Anglo






43. Northern Black Polished Ware






44. Indus Valley Civilization






45. Indo-Greek Kingdom






46. More than 1000 people are killed in floods and landslides caused by monsoon rains in Mumbai (Bombay) and Maharashtra region.






47. Nanda Empire






48. DutchIndia






49. British Ceylon






50. Maha-Megha-Vahana Empire