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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Morley-Minto Reforms






2. Vijayanagara Empire established by Harihara I and his brother Bukka Raya I






3. Simon Commission






4. 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






5. Shishunaga Kingdom






6. Proposed death date of Gautama Buddha.






7. Gupta Empire






8. Battle of Chausa fought between Humayun and Sher Shah Suri in which Humayun defeated. Guru Angad Dev becomes second guru of sikhs.






9. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins. The civilization used an early form of theIndus signs - the so-calledIndus script.






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






11. Guru Har Rai becomes seventh guru of Sikhs - Shivaji takes oath ofIndependence at Raireshwar.






12. Santhal rebellion






13. Third Anglo-Mysore War ends.






14. Bahlul Khan Lodhi ascends the throne of the Delhi sultanate starting the Lodhi dynasty






15. Chera Kingdom






16. Kalachuri Empire






17. Shishunaga Kingdom






18. Delhi Sultanate






19. Eastern Chalukya Kingdom






20. Indo-Greek Kingdom






21. Chandragupta I ascends to the Gupta throne.






22. Mahmud Ghazni defeats Tarnochalpal and annexes Punjab






23. Ulugh Khan defeats Prataparudra ending the Kakatiya dynasty






24. Second Anglo-Mysore War begins.






25. Non-cooperation movementKhilafat Movement






26. Republic Day (India)






27. At least 50 people are killed in two simultaneous bomb blasts in Bombay.






28. Delhi conspiracy case






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






30. Kingdom of Kandy






31. Died Tatya Tope






32. 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)






33. Direct Action Day/Great Calcutta Killings






34. Ching-Thang Khomba moves Manipur's capital to Kangla






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






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






37. DanishIndia






38. Deva Kingdom






39. Classical period






40. Babur bribes Mewar general Silhadi promising Silhadi a kingdom - if Silhadi betrays Mewar King Rana Sanga in Battle of Khanwa - thus leading to the annexation of Mewar.






41. Western Satrap Empire






42. Vellore Mutiny






43. Western Satrap Empire






44. Third Anglo-Mysore War begins.






45. Guru Har Krishan becomes eight guru of Sikhs.






46. 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






47. Mahmud Ghazni defeats Tarnochalpal and annexes Punjab






48. Invasion of Mahmud of Ghazni






49. Kingdom of Gampola






50. Death of Islam Shah.







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