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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Panini - a resident of Gandhara - describes the grammar and morphology of Sanskrit in the text Ashtadhyayi. Panini's standardized Sanskrit is known as Classical Sanskrit.






2. Narayanrao Peshwa is murdered by his uncle Raghunathrao's wife in front of Raghunathrao. Regulating Act of 1773 - Warren Hastings appointed as first Governor-General ofIndia






3. Sikh Confederacy






4. Direct Action Day/Great Calcutta Killings






5. Western Ganga Kingdom






6. Kanva Empire






7. Princely states (to 1947)






8. BritishIndia (to 1947) EastIndia Company (to 1757)






9. Rajiv Gandhi assassinated by suicide bomber sympathetic to Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers. Economic reform programme begun by Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao.






10. British Raj






11. Gadar Party formed.






12. Simuka declares independence from Mauryan rule and establishes the Satavahana Empire.






13. Chalukya Empire






14. 'Victory of Prithviraj Chauhan'.First battle of Tarain between Mohammed Ghori and Prithviraj III. Ghauri is defeated by Prithivi Raj Chauhan III.






15. Rai Kingdom






16. Maha-Megha-Vahana Empire






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






18. Solanki Kingdom






19. Khudiram Bose is born (to 1908)






20. Nehru's daughterIndira Gandhi becomes prime minister.






21. Shahi Empire






22. First Anglo-Maratha War






23. Hindu






24. Establishment of Rashtrakuta Kingdom of Manyakhet by Danti Durga by defeating Chalukyas of Badami






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






26. Central Assembly Bombed by Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt. Purna Swaraj resolution.






27. Invasions by the Huna.






28. Pallava Empire






29. Lucknow Pact






30. Kuninda Kingdom






31. Mahavira - 24th Tirthankar of Jainism is born (traditional date).






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






33. 'Victory of Prithviraj Chauhan'.First battle of Tarain between Mohammed Ghori and Prithviraj III. Ghauri is defeated by Prithivi Raj Chauhan III.






34. Khilji Sultanate






35. Hindu extremists demolish mosque in Ayodhya - triggering widespread Hindu-Muslim violence.






36. Painted Grey Ware culture






37. Birth of Shivaji Maharaj.






38. Keladi Kingdom






39. Fourth Anglo-Mysore War begins.






40. Early Vedic period (to 1000 BC)






41. British rule in Burma (to 1947)






42. The Kalachuris under Bijjala II capture Kalyani






43. Indian National Congress Eshtablished






44. 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.






45. Death of Nana Fadnavis






46. DutchIndia






47. Marathas re-captures Delhi and parts of NorthIndia.






48. Janata Party Splits. Chaudhary Charan Singh becomes Prime Minister.






49. Kalinga War takes place between Ashoka and the kingdom of Kalinga. After conquering Kalinga - Ashoka reportedly regrets what he had done - leading him to adopt Buddhism - which then became the quasi-official state religion of the Mauryan Empire.






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