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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Shivaji dies of fever at Raigad.






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






3. Saluva Narasimha Deva Raya drives out Praudha Raya ending the Sangama Dynasty






4. The Pandyan king sends ambassadors to the Greek and Roman lands.






5. Kingdoms of Sri Lanka






6. Pala Empire






7. All India Forward Bloc Established by Subhas Chandra Bose






8. Late Harappan Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins - including Cemetery H culture and other cultures.






9. Guru Hargobind becomes sixth guru of Sikhs.






10. Mughal Empire






11. Gadar Party formed.






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






13. Kuninda Kingdom






14. Guru Amar Das becomes third Guru of Sikhs.






15. 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.






16. Lucknow Pact






17. Guru Har Krishan becomes eight guru of Sikhs.






18. Humayun regained the throne of Delhi from the hands of weak successors of Sher Shah.






19. FrenchIndia (to 1954)






20. Genghis Khan invades Punjab






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






22. DanishIndia (to 1869)






23. 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.






24. B. R. Ambedkar is born (to 1956)






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






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






27. Established first three University of Mumbai - University of Madras and University of Calcutta inIndia






28. Conquest of Kalinga






29. Maratha Empire






30. Fourth Anglo-Mysore War begins.






31. Dilawar Khan establishes the Malwa Sultanate in present-day northernIndia






32. Samudragupta ascends the Gupta throne and expands the empire.






33. India explodes first nuclear device in underground test.






34. Eastern Chalukya Kingdom






35. Third Anglo-Mysore War begins.






36. Arzi Hukumat-e-Azad Hind - the Provisional Government of FreeIndia formed by Netaji.






37. Sri-Gupta starts the Gupta Empire in Magadha - with its capital in Patliputra






38. Falling public support leads to Congress defeat in general election.






39. Second Anglo-Mysore War begins.






40. Death of Aurangzeb the mughal emperor.






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






42. Maha Janapadas






43. 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






44. British Raj






45. India successfully test-fires a nuclear-capable ballistic missile - the Agni - off its eastern coast.






46. First Muslim - Md. Bin Qasim defeats Raja Dahir






47. Alberuni arrivies inIndia; death of Mahmud of Ghazni






48. Kanva Empire






49. Ghadar conspiracy - Provisional Government of India formed in Kabul. Gandhiji Return toIndia.






50. Guru Tegh Bahadur - the ninth Guru of Sikhs is executed in Delhi by the order of Aurangzeb for his support for the Kashmiri Hindus to practice their religion.Guru Gobind Singh becomes tenth Guru of Sikhs.