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Timeline Of Indian History
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1. Ashoka the Great regarded as the greatest ancientIndian emperor - grandson of Chandragupta Maurya - ascends as emperor of the Mauryan Empire.
1192
304 BC
273 BC
1628
2. Gurjara Pratihara Empire
1658
232 BC
1521
650
3. Kalabhras Empire
1891
1928
250
1656
4. Guru Granth Sahib becomes Guru of Sikhs.
350
1293
1696
1708
5. Simon Commission
1779
1347
1927 - November
942
6. First Anglo-Afghan War
1206
2600 BC
1839
1856
7. Akbar annexes Kashmir.
1341
1586
1206
1786
8. Kuninda Kingdom established. Tholkappiyam describes the grammar and morphology of Tamil; it is the oldest existing Tamil grammar (dates vary between 200 BCE and 100 CE). (to 100 BC)
1600
75
200 BC
21
9. Middle and Late Vedic period (to 500 BC)
1765
1974
1000 BC
1775
10. Morley-Minto Reforms
1839
1134
1826
1909
11. Earliest evidence for indus valley civilization
550s
3400 BCE
1814
2003 August
12. Guru Nanak - the founder of Sikhism is born
1932 - 24 September
1581
1469
543
13. Maoist rebels in Chhattisgarh state kill more than 50 policemen in a dawn attack.
1858
1935 - August
753
March 2007
14. British Raj
1856
1858
606
1407
15. Late Harappan Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins - including Cemetery H culture and other cultures.
300 BC
1935 - August
1900 BC
321
16. Painted Grey Ware culture
1336
788
1200
413
17. Congress Party wins first general elections under leadership of Jawaharlal Nehru. (to 1952)
1951
500
September 2001
1293
18. Western Satraps formed.
35
1891
1310
1796
19. Indo-Parthian Kingdom
1869
1572
21
1526
20. District collectors in Bengal were made responsible for settling the revenue and collecting it.
1786
1414
483 BC
250s
21. Maurya Empire
1586
1228
321
377 BC
22. 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.
1764
1530
300 BC
1777
23. 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
1980
July 2001
1351
February 2002
24. Janata Party Splits. Chaudhary Charan Singh becomes Prime Minister.
1979
1508
2800 BC
1606
25. Ahom Kingdom
1796
1228
1845
1003-1320 AD
26. Kakatiya Kingdom
1911
1310
1083
273 BC
27. Battle of Chausa fought between Humayun and Sher Shah Suri in which Humayun defeated. Guru Angad Dev becomes second guru of sikhs.
1574
1807
1130
1539
28. Maha Janapadas
700
1814
1707
1980
29. Established first three University of Mumbai - University of Madras and University of Calcutta inIndia
712
1857
1817
1966
30. Dayananda Saraswati is born (to 1883)
1824 - 12 February
1552
420
1857
31. Bukka - the Vijayanagara ruler and his son Kumara Kamapna capture the entire Tamil speaking parts.
489
1370
700
629
32. Western Chalukya Empire
3000
973
1902
1764
33. The Marathas under Holkar and General de Boigne defeat the Rajputs of Jaipur and Mughals at the Battle of Patan - where 3000+ Rajput cavalry is killed and the entire Mughal unit vanquished. The defeat crushes Rajput hope of independence from external
1556
1971
1790
1555
34. A high-powered rocket is launched - addingIndia to the club of countries able to fire big satellites deep into space.
2001
1526
424
1040
35. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins. The cities of Harappa - Lothal - Kalibangan - Dholavira - Rakhigarhi and Mohenjo-daro become large metropolises and the civilization expands to over 2 -500 cities and settlements. The civi
2600 BC
1903
1612
2005 July
36. Deva Kingdom
1912
1200s
7000
10
37. 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.
1424
3300
350 BC
1527
38. Hindustan Socialist Republican Association formed.
1600
1950 - 26 January
1911
1924
39. Iron age
1845
1030
1398
1200
40. Vakataka Empire
1443
1503
1798
250s
41. Ulugh Khan defeats Prataparudra ending the Kakatiya dynasty
1759
1522
1323
1490
42. Ochre Coloured Pottery culture
184 BC
240
from 2000 BC
1572
43. Birth of Adi Shankaracharya
1869
10
1798
788
44. 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
1818
377 BC
1469
1857
45. Portuguese land on the Coromandel Coast
300
1522
1927 - November
1760
46. Guru Har Rai becomes seventh guru of Sikhs - Shivaji takes oath ofIndependence at Raireshwar.
543
1644
1940
March 2007
47. Mature Harappan Culture
1200
335
2600
1771
48. Travancore Kingdom
1729
1323
1336
1206
49. Alberuni arrivies inIndia; death of Mahmud of Ghazni
1659
1030
250 BC
1310
50. Chola Empire
300 BC
1358
380
814