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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Ala-ud-din Khalji's army under Malik Kafur occupies Devagiri ending the Seuna Yadava Kingdom






2. Kingdom of Ruhuna






3. Nanda Empire






4. Shivaji's ill-equipped and small Maratha army defeat mighty Adilshahi troops at the Battle of Pratapgarh in a major upset inIndian history. Shivaji personally kills Adilshahi commander Afzal Khan (general).






5. Sayyid Sultanate






6. 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






7. Second Anglo-Mysore War begins.






8. Zamorin Kingdom






9. Period IV of Mehrgarh ends






10. Simuka declares independence from Mauryan rule and establishes the Satavahana Empire.






11. Mamluk Sultanate






12. Alberuni arrivies inIndia; death of Mahmud of Ghazni






13. FrenchIndia (to 1954)






14. First Railway estalblished between Bombay and Thane






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






16. IndianIndependence Act 1947 by British Raj. Partition ofIndia - Freedom from British Raj. Hundreds of thousands die in widespread communal bloodshed after partition. (to 1948)






17. Vajpayee meets Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf in the first summit between the two neighbours in more than two years. The meeting ends without a breakthrough or even a joint statement because of differences over Kashmir.






18. More than 1000 people are killed in floods and landslides caused by monsoon rains in Mumbai (Bombay) and Maharashtra region.






19. Period IV of Mehrgarh ends






20. 'Victory of Prithviraj Chauhan'.First battle of Tarain between Mohammed Ghori and Prithviraj III. Ghauri is defeated by Prithivi Raj Chauhan III.






21. Conquest of Kalinga






22. Alberuni arrivies inIndia; death of Mahmud of Ghazni






23. 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)






24. IndianIndependence Act 1947 by British Raj. Partition ofIndia - Freedom from British Raj. Hundreds of thousands die in widespread communal bloodshed after partition. (to 1948)






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






26. Eastern Chalukya Kingdom






27. Indira Gandhi declares state of emergency after being found guilty of electoral malpractice. Nearly 1000 political opponents imprisoned and programme of compulsory birth control introduced. (to 1977)






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






29. Second Anglo-Maratha War begins






30. Sayyid Sultanate






31. Death of Aurangzeb the mughal emperor.






32. Rai Kingdom






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






34. Fourth Anglo-Mysore War begins.






35. Kingdom of Raigama






36. Third Anglo-Maratha War begins






37. First Muslim - Md. Bin Qasim defeats Raja Dahir






38. Shishunaga Kingdom






39. Establishment of Rashtrakuta Kingdom of Manyakhet by Danti Durga by defeating Chalukyas of Badami






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






41. Rigveda (to 1000 BC)






42. Santhal rebellion






43. Anushilan Samiti - organized revolutionary association formed.






44. Vasco de Gama's first voyage from Europe toIndia and back (to 1499)






45. Massive earthquakes hit the western state of Gujarat - leaving at least 30000 dead.






46. Death of Nana Fadnavis






47. Chandra Vidyasagar is born (to 1891)






48. Portuguese land on the Coromandel Coast






49. Lodi Sultanate






50. Western Satrap Empire







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