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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.






2. Gurjara Pratihara Empire






3. Kalabhras Empire






4. Guru Granth Sahib becomes Guru of Sikhs.






5. Simon Commission






6. First Anglo-Afghan War






7. Akbar annexes Kashmir.






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)






9. Middle and Late Vedic period (to 500 BC)






10. Morley-Minto Reforms






11. Earliest evidence for indus valley civilization






12. Guru Nanak - the founder of Sikhism is born






13. Maoist rebels in Chhattisgarh state kill more than 50 policemen in a dawn attack.






14. British Raj






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






16. Painted Grey Ware culture






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






18. Western Satraps formed.






19. Indo-Parthian Kingdom






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






21. Maurya Empire






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.






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






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






25. Ahom Kingdom






26. Kakatiya Kingdom






27. Battle of Chausa fought between Humayun and Sher Shah Suri in which Humayun defeated. Guru Angad Dev becomes second guru of sikhs.






28. Maha Janapadas






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






30. Dayananda Saraswati is born (to 1883)






31. Bukka - the Vijayanagara ruler and his son Kumara Kamapna capture the entire Tamil speaking parts.






32. Western Chalukya Empire






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






34. A high-powered rocket is launched - addingIndia to the club of countries able to fire big satellites deep into space.






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






36. Deva Kingdom






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.






38. Hindustan Socialist Republican Association formed.






39. Iron age






40. Vakataka Empire






41. Ulugh Khan defeats Prataparudra ending the Kakatiya dynasty






42. Ochre Coloured Pottery culture






43. Birth of Adi Shankaracharya






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






45. Portuguese land on the Coromandel Coast






46. Guru Har Rai becomes seventh guru of Sikhs - Shivaji takes oath ofIndependence at Raireshwar.






47. Mature Harappan Culture






48. Travancore Kingdom






49. Alberuni arrivies inIndia; death of Mahmud of Ghazni






50. Chola Empire