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Timeline Of Indian History
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1. Mamluk Sultanate
1206
80 BC
230
1951
2. Second Anglo-Maratha War begins
1323
1965
1325
1803
3. Koch Kingdom
1515
1773
1510
1815
4. Indira Gandhi returns to power heading Congress party splinter group - Congress (Indira).
200 BC
1980
10
550s
5. Death of Aurangzeb the mughal emperor.
1707
624
1911
2000
6. Sikh Empire
650
1856
57 BC
1799
7. Guru Ram Das becomes fourth Guru of Sikhs. Akbar annexes Bengal.
1574
1792
1867
1801
8. Battle of Buxar
1565
1485
1975
1764
9. Guru Hargobind becomes sixth guru of Sikhs.
1858
333 BC
1606
1000
10. Kingdom of Ruhuna
200 AD
1989
1935 - August
1206
11. India explodes first nuclear device in underground test.
1414
2600
68
1974
12. Harsha Empire
350
1932 - 24 September
1134
590
13. Second Anglo-Mysore War begins.
1552
836
1780
1526
14. Inter-religious bloodshed breaks out after 59 Hindu pilgrims returning from Ayodhya are killed in a train fire in Godhra - Gujarat. More than 1000 people - mainly Muslims - die in subsequent riots. (Police and officials blamed the fire on a Muslim mo
February 2002
1814
1990
1336
15. Saluva Narasimha Deva Raya drives out Praudha Raya ending the Sangama Dynasty
1759
333 BC
1485
1003-1320 AD
16. Vajpayee's BJP party declines his offer to resign over a number of political scandals and the apparent failure of his talks with Pakistani President Musharraf.
1675
September 2001
July 2001
1347
17. Battle of Plassey - Company rule inIndia (to 1857)
1757
1764
333 BC
1221
18. Arzi Hukumat-e-Azad Hind - the Provisional Government of FreeIndia formed by Netaji.
1858
563 BC
500s
1943
19. 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.
1527
1909
1130
1779
20. Ashoka the Great regarded as the greatest ancientIndian emperor - grandson of Chandragupta Maurya - ascends as emperor of the Mauryan Empire.
1102
1927 - November
304 BC
273 BC
21. Dutch Ceylon
1499
78
1777
1656
22. Rajaram Chhatrapati died
1800
1700
788
184 BC
23. Ochre Coloured Pottery culture
from 2000 BC
1707
1102
1200
24. Gupta Empire
500s
280
1906
1759
25. Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act - 1856 - (23 July) Bal Gangadhar Tilak is born (to 1920) - (20 August) Narayana Guru is born (to 1928)
1913
2800 BC
1856
1040
26. Maha Janapadas
2000
700
637
1863
27. Suicide squad attacks parliament in New Delhi - killing several police. The five gunmen die in the assault. India imposes sanctions against Pakistan - to force it to take action against two Kashmir militant groups blamed for the suicide attack on par
250 BC
1200 BC
December 2001
973
28. DutchIndia
232 BC
230 BC
1605
483 BC
29. Mughal army arrested for the act.
1705
563 BC
78
184 BC
30. Mysore Kingdom
1811
1399
2001
1708
31. Ulugh Khan defeats Prataparudra ending the Kakatiya dynasty
1824 - 12 February
1661
1323
September 2001
32. Eastern Chalukya Kingdom
321
1000
624
1974
33. Troops storm Golden Temple - Sikhs' most holy shrine - to flush out Sikh militants pressing for self-rule. Indira Gandhi assassinated by Sikh bodyguards - following which her son - Rajiv - takes over.
250 BC
1556
1984
1935 - August
34. Cancelation of Partition of Bengal - Delhi Durbar Third Time
1206
1900 BC
1911
1761
35. 'Prarthana Samaj' Established Earlier known as 'Atmiya Sabha'
1796
1867
21
1814
36. Establishment of the Kushan empire by Kujula Kadphises.
68
1765
1757
1407
37. Other states
1102
1554
1885 - 28 December
1779
38. FrenchIndia
450
1759
184 BC
273 BC
39. Aurangzeb invades the Deccan
1900 - 22 October
1681
1040
1764
40. Morley-Minto Reforms
1909
1659
1817
1875
41. Zamorin Kingdom
1674
1772
1102
1443
42. Birth of Adi Shankaracharya
788
1469
1977
320
43. Third Anglo-Mysore War begins.
1789
1773
1747
1681
44. Maoist rebels in Chhattisgarh state kill more than 50 policemen in a dawn attack.
973
March 2007
1900 BC
1897 - 23 January
45. Nripatunga Amoghavarsha I becomes Rashtrakuta emperor. Kannada literature flourishes.
250s BC
814
3300
1942
46. Humayun converts from Sunni Islam to Shia Islam - to gain the alliance of the Shah of Persia. Humayun dies - and is succeeded by his son Akbar. Hindu king Hemu establishes 'Hindu Raj' in NorthIndia and bestowed with title of 'Samrat Hem Chandra Vikra
1483
185
1556
1696
47. India fires on Pakistani military posts in the heaviest firing along the dividing line of control in Kashmir for almost a year.(NO reference)
October 2001
1500 BC
1759
1803
48. Travancore Kingdom
1505
1630
1914
1729
49. Partition ofIndia
1929
1628
1947 AD
January 2002
50. Sri-Gupta starts the Gupta Empire in Magadha - with its capital in Patliputra
1600
240
1965
1206