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Timeline Of Indian History
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1. Madurai Kingdom
1991
1559
1931 - March
1912
2. Maitraka Empire
1902
October 2001
475
543
3. Swat culture
600 BC
1600
1932 - 24 September
1130
4. EastIndia company is formed in England. Gets exclusive trading rights withIndia.
1771
35
1600
333 BC
5. At least 50 people are killed in two simultaneous bomb blasts in Bombay.
2003 August
424
345
1759
6. Deccan Sultanates
1490
3300
1398
1612
7. Rigveda (to 1000 BC)
November 2008
1200 BC
1944
500s
8. India loses brief border war with China. India won Diu - Daman and Goa from PortugueseIndia.
1946 - February
300 BC
1962
1490
9. 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
304 BC
260 BC
1206
1612
10. Narayanrao Peshwa is murdered by his uncle Raghunathrao's wife in front of Raghunathrao. Regulating Act of 1773 - Warren Hastings appointed as first Governor-General ofIndia
1530
1700
1773
1200s
11. First Anglo-Afghan War
3300
413
7000
1839
12. Alberuni arrivies inIndia; death of Mahmud of Ghazni
1499
1759
1030
1939
13. Establishment of Rashtrakuta Kingdom of Manyakhet by Danti Durga by defeating Chalukyas of Badami
1600
753
450 BC
1747
14. Invasion of Mahmud of Ghazni
788
1000
1747
1855 - 30 June
15. British Raj (to 1947)
1928
1779
1858
1889 - 3 December
16. 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)
1414
1191
1630
321 BC
17. British rule in Burma (to 1947)
563 BC
326 BC
1826
184 BC
18. Khilji Sultanate
563 BC
1290
1674
1944
19. Jallianwala Bagh massacre - Montagu
1853
60
1823
1919
20. Kingdom of Raigama
1555
1490
1347
July 2001
21. Santhal rebellion
400 BC
1855 - 30 June
1839
10
22. 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.
1574
350 BC
1407
1900 - 22 October
23. 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 (
1526
1747
942
836
24. Guru Amar Das becomes third Guru of Sikhs.
1485
266 BC
180 BC
1552
25. Fourth Anglo-Mysore War begins.
1845
1798
1789
230 BC
26. Chitradurga Kingdom
1540
1300
1586
1999
27. Muslim separatist groups begin campaign of violence in Kashmir.
1920
1984
1990
78
28. Ambhi king of Taxila surrenders to Alexander. Porus who ruled parts of the Punjab - fought Alexander at the Battle of the Hydaspes River.
1574
606
304 BC
326 BC
29. Nripatunga Amoghavarsha I becomes Rashtrakuta emperor. Kannada literature flourishes.
320
475
1764
814
30. Birth of Shivaji Maharaj.
1965
1911
1630
1323
31. B. R. Ambedkar is born (to 1956)
475
1680
1891
1806
32. Chief Justice of the Maratha Empire - Ram Shastri passes death sentence against the ruling Peshwa Raghunathrao for murdering his nephew.
543 BC
300
1774
200 BC
33. EastIndia Company signs treaty of Amritsar with Maharaja Ranjit Singh
1760
1665
1320
1807
34. Timur plunders Lahore
1867
1857
377 BC
1398
35. First Anglo-Maratha War begins - in which Haidar Ali of Mysore defeats the combined armies of the EastIndia Company - the Marathas and the Nizam of Hyderabad.
1628
1790
1777
from 2000 BC
36. Kingdom of Sitawaka
240
1971
1817
1521
37. Forces led by Shivaji defeat Aurangzeb's troops - and establishes Maratha Empire.
1120
230 BC
1497
1674
38. Western Chalukya Empire
973
1194
3300
1545
39. Khizr Khan - deputized by Timur to be the governor of Multan takes over Delhi founding the Sayyid dynasty
450 BC
1996
420
1414
40. Simuka declares independence from Mauryan rule and establishes the Satavahana Empire.
230 BC
1515
January 2001
527 BC
41. Vishnukundina Empire
420
1526
753
1757
42. District collectors in Bengal were made responsible for settling the revenue and collecting it.
1877 - January
1401
1823
1786
43. Second Anglo-Maratha War begins
1980
1803
1799
1989
44. Keladi Kingdom
1336
1943
753
1499
45. Late Harappan Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins - including Cemetery H culture and other cultures.
1900 BC
1515
1191
1661
46. 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
1572
1780
1503
1979
47. BJP forms coalition government under Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee. India carries out nuclear tests - leading to widespread international condemnation.
505
1853 - 16 April
1998
1815
48. Morley-Minto Reforms
1909
1815
1485
1869
49. Indo-Parthian Kingdom
21
1786
1919
240
50. Vajpayee's BJP party declines his offer to resign over a number of political scandals and the apparent failure of his talks with Pakistani President Musharraf.
80 BC
1102
July 2001
1772