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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Guru Ram Das becomes fourth Guru of Sikhs. Akbar annexes Bengal.






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






3. Life of Basaveshwara - philosopher and social reformer. (to 1196)






4. Kakori conspiracy






5. Western Ganga Kingdom






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






7. Mahatma Gandhi is born (to 1948)






8. 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.






9. Paramara Kingdom






10. Alberuni arrivies inIndia; death of Mahmud of Ghazni






11. Second Anglo-Mysore War ends with the Treaty of Mangalore.






12. Falling public support leads to Congress defeat in general election.






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






15. 'Prarthana Samaj' Established Earlier known as 'Atmiya Sabha'






16. Died Tatya Tope






17. Gakhars kills Muhammad Ghori during a raid on his camp on the Jhelum River






18. Kingdom of Yapahuwa






19. Western Ganga Kingdom






20. Lucknow Pact






21. Dayananda Saraswati is born (to 1883)






22. Rajaram Chhatrapati died






23. India successfully test-fires a nuclear-capable ballistic missile - the Agni - off its eastern coast.






24. Sayyid Sultanate






25. DutchIndia






26. 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)






27. Gurjara Pratihara Empire






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






29. Harshavardhana crowned Monarch.






30. Poona Pact - (4 August) Communal Award - (November






31. 'Arya Samaj' Established - Aligarh Muslim University






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






33. DanishIndia (to 1869)






34. Second Anglo-Mysore War begins.






35. Maharaja Ranjit Singh establishes Khalsa rule of Punjab from Lahore. Khalsa army liberates Kashmiri Pundits and invades Afghanistan through Khyber Pass.






36. Shahi Empire






37. Gupta Empire






38. Partition ofIndia






39. Portuguese Ceylon






40. Late medieval age






41. Subhas Chandra Bose is born (to 1945)






42. Chalukya Empire






43. Second Anglo-Mysore War begins.






44. Ashoka begins displaying religious tolerance - grants animal rights - builds hospitals for people and animals - treats his subjects as equals regardless of caste or creed - and promotes non-violence and republicanism. Ashoka inscribes the Edicts of A






45. US lifts sanctions which it imposed againstIndia and Pakistan after they staged nuclear tests in 1998. The move is seen as a reward for their support for the US-led anti-terror campaign.






46. Solanki Kingdom






47. Death of Islam Shah.






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






49. Constantinople won By Turkey






50. First Anglo-Maratha War