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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Early modern period






2. Kingdom of Kandy






3. Maitraka Empire






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






5. Portuguese Ceylon






6. Republic Day (India)






7. Tughlaq Sultanate






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






9. Vishnukundina Empire






10. Abdur Razzaq visitsIndia






11. Morley-Minto Reforms






12. Dutch Ceylon






13. Samma Dynasty assumes rule over Sindh






14. Kamarupa Kingdom






15. Kuninda Kingdom






16. Gurjara-Pratihara (to 910)






17. Khilji Sultanate






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






19. First Anglo-Afghan War






20. Indo-Scythian Kingdom






21. Gandhi






22. Satavahana Empire






23. 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






24. Invasion of Mahmud of Ghazni






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






26. Lala Lajpat Rai is born (to 1928)






27. Deccan Sultanates






28. Partition ofIndia






29. Stone age






30. Sumra Dynasty ends the Arab domination and establishes its own rule over Sindh.






31. Indira Gandhi's Congress Party loses general elections. Janata Party comes to power.Communist party ofIndia comes into power in West Bengal.






32. Magadha Kingdom






33. Ror Kingdom






34. Gautam Buddha - founder of Buddhism is born.






35. Kalachuri Empire






36. All India Forward Bloc Established by Subhas Chandra Bose






37. Forces led by Shivaji defeat Aurangzeb's troops - and establishes Maratha Empire.






38. Delhi DurbarFirst time






39. Kingdom of Anuradhapura






40. 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






41. Maukhari Empire






42. DanishIndia






43. First Muslim mosque inIndia constructed in kerala by malik dheenar






44. Gajapati Kingdom






45. Chandragupta II - Samudragupta's son becomes the Gupta Emperor.






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






47. Battle of Diu marks the beginning of the dominance of the Europeans in the Asian naval theater.






48. Akbar annexes Kashmir.






49. Shah Jahan completes Taj Mahal - Jama Masjid[disambiguation needed] - and RedFort. Imperial treasuries drained by architectural and military overexpenditures. Shah Jahan dies - and is succeeded by his son Aurangzeb.






50. Keladi Kingdom