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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Death of Aurangzeb the mughal emperor.






2. Advent of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu - founder of Gaudiya Vaishnavism and leader of the world's first civil disobedience movement - in Navadwip - West Bengal






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






4. Fourth Anglo-Mysore War begins.






5. Late Harappan Culture






6. Fourth Anglo-Mysore War ends with the death of Tipu Sultan - the victory of the EastIndia Company - and the restoration of their ally - the Wodeyar dynasty of Mysore. Polygar War






7. FrenchIndia (to 1954)






8. Mauryan Empire is founded by Chandragupta Maurya in Magadha after he defeats the Nanda dynasty and Macedonian Seleucid Empire. Mauryan capital city is Patliputra (Modern Patna in Bihar)






9. The Mauryan Empire - which shrunk considerably - collapsed after its emperor Brihadrata was assassinated by his general Pusyamitra Sunga who then established the Sunga dynasty.






10. Gajapati Kingdom






11. Guru Hargobind becomes sixth guru of Sikhs.






12. Kingdom of Kochi is taken over by the Portuguese creating the first European settlement inIndia.






13. Morley-Minto Reforms






14. Kingdom of Raigama






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






16. Princely states (to 1947)






17. Classical period






18. Deva Kingdom






19. 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.






20. Gadar Party formed.






21. US President Bill Clinton makes a groundbreaking visit to improve ties. (May) India marks the birth of its billionth citizen.






22. Rai Kingdom






23. Jallianwala Bagh massacre - Montagu






24. Fourth Anglo-Mysore War begins.






25. Saluva Narasimha Deva Raya drives out Praudha Raya ending the Sangama Dynasty






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






27. The Maratha Peshwa (prime minister) usurps the Maratha kingdom - starting a new dynastic rule based in Pune.






28. Sena Empire






29. (February) Vajpayee makes historic bus trip to Pakistan to meet Premier Nawaz Sharif and to sign bilateral Lahore peace declaration. (May) Tension in Kashmir leads to brief war with Pakistan-backed forces in the icy heights around Kargil inIndian-hel






30. Sunga Empire






31. 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 (






32. Timur plunders Lahore






33. Indian National Congress Eshtablished






34. Bronze age






35. Mahmud Ghazni defeats Tarnochalpal and annexes Punjab






36. Eastern Ganga Empire






37. Harsha Empire






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






39. Humayun regained the throne of Delhi from the hands of weak successors of Sher Shah.






40. Haryanka Kingdom






41. Sikh Confederacy






42. Samma Dynasty assumes rule over Sindh






43. Kingdom of Gampola






44. Hoysala Empire






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






46. Mehrgarh Culture






47. Swat culture






48. Indian Rebellion of 1857






49. Death of Yashwantrao Holkar






50. Black and Red ware culture






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