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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Indo-Sassanid Kingdom






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






3. Ashoka conquers and unifies most of South Asia - along with Afghanistan and eastern Iran.






4. 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






5. Direct Action Day/Great Calcutta Killings






6. Kamarupa Kingdom






7. Painted Grey Ware culture






8. Pandya Empire






9. British Raj






10. Mahatma Gandhi is born (to 1948)






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






12. Sunga Empire






13. Lohara Kingdom






14. Third war with Pakistan over creation of Bangladesh - formerly East Pakistan. Twenty-year treaty of friendship signed with Soviet Union.






15. Ror Kingdom






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






17. Battle of Kannauj fought between Humayun and Sher Shah Suri and Humayun was completely defeated. Humayun lost the Mughal empire to Afghans (Suri Dynasty) - and passed 12 years in exile.






18. Tughlaq Sultanate






19. Birth of Babur in Andijan - Fergana Valley in Central Asia






20. Keladi Kingdom






21. Gajapati Kingdom






22. Kakatiya Kingdom






23. British Expedition to Tibet






24. Chola Empire






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






26. Pala Empire






27. Battle of Kannauj fought between Humayun and Sher Shah Suri and Humayun was completely defeated. Humayun lost the Mughal empire to Afghans (Suri Dynasty) - and passed 12 years in exile.






28. 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






29. Rashtrakuta Empire






30. Proposed death date of Gautama Buddha.






31. Period IV of Mehrgarh ends






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






33. Gurjara Pratihara Empire






34. Kuninda Kingdom






35. Koch Kingdom






36. Vellore Mutiny






37. Maurya Empire






38. Death of Islam Shah.






39. 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






40. Rai Kingdom






41. Akbar dies - and is succeeded by his son Jehangir.






42. Thondaiman Kingdom






43. Jehangir announces 'Chain of Justice' outside his palace that anyone can ring the bell and get a personal hearing with the emperor. Jehangir dies - and is succeeded by his son Shah Jahan.






44. Period IV of Mehrgarh ends






45. Swat culture






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






47. DanishIndia






48. Keladi Kingdom






49. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge.






50. Akbar the Great annexes Gujarat - also shifts the Mughal capital to Fatehpur Sikri where a new township and citadel containing buildings of a unique all-India character