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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. FrenchIndia






2. Badami Chalukya power at its peak. Pulakesi II pushes north up to the Narmada and defeats the invading Harshavardhana of Kanauj






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






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






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






6. Magadha Kingdom






7. 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.






8. Gandhi






9. Conquest of Kalinga






10. FrenchIndia (to 1954)






11. Western Satraps formed.






12. Fourth Anglo-Mysore War begins.






13. 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






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






15. Second Anglo-Maratha War ends






16. Marathas comprehensively defeat the Nizam - Maratha Empire reaches its zenith.






17. Nehru's daughterIndira Gandhi becomes prime minister.






18. Maratha Empire






19. Nearly 200 people are killed and hundreds injured in a series of co-ordinated attacks by gunmen on the main tourist and business area ofIndia's financial capital Mumbai.India blames militants from Pakistan for the attacks and demands that Islamabad t






20. 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






21. Maratha sardar Mahadji Shinde routs the EastIndia Company army at the Battle of Wadgaon War ends with the restoration of status quo as per Treaty of Salbai.






22. Chief Justice of the Maratha Empire - Ram Shastri passes death sentence against the ruling Peshwa Raghunathrao for murdering his nephew.






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






24. 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.






25. Sumra Dynasty ends the Arab domination and establishes its own rule over Sindh.






26. Fourth Anglo-Mysore War begins.






27. Early modern period






28. Partition ofIndia






29. Death of Aurangzeb the mughal emperor.






30. Kingdom of Kandy






31. District collectors in Bengal were made responsible for settling the revenue and collecting it.






32. Harsha Empire






33. Guru Granth Sahib becomes Guru of Sikhs.






34. Guru Tegh Bahadur becomes ninth Guru of Sikhs.






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






36. Delhi DurbarFirst time






37. Nripatunga Amoghavarsha I becomes Rashtrakuta emperor. Kannada literature flourishes.






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






39. The Marathas are routed in the Third Battle of Panipat on 14 January 1761 - by the Afghans led by Ahmad Shah Durrani - an ethnic Pashtun - also known as Ahmad Shah Abdali. The battle is considered one of the largest battles fought in the 18th century






40. Sultan Ibrahim Lodi - of the Delhi Sultanate - angers local nobles - who respond by inviting Babur - the Mughal ruler of Kabul - to invade Delhi and Agra. The local population - plus the possession of artillery - assists Babur in killing the Sultan (






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






42. Ambhi king of Taxila surrenders to Alexander. Porus who ruled parts of the Punjab - fought Alexander at the Battle of the Hydaspes River.






43. Kakori conspiracy






44. Rajaram Chhatrapati died






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






46. Death of Yashwantrao Holkar






47. Third Anglo-Maratha War begins






48. Deva Kingdom






49. Death of Islam Shah.






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