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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Maitraka Empire






2. Subhas Chandra Bose calls Mahatma Gandhi as the Father of the Nation.






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






4. Polonnaruwa Kingdom






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






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






7. Death of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.






8. Satavahana Empire






9. Thanjavur Kingdom






10. Death of Aurangzeb the mughal emperor.






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






12. Death of Yashwantrao Holkar






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






14. Swat culture






15. Started Post Service






16. Indus Valley Civilization






17. Champaran and Kheda Satyagraha






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






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






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






21. Humayun converts from Sunni Islam to Shia Islam - to gain the alliance of the Shah of Persia. Humayun dies - and is succeeded by his son Akbar. Hindu king Hemu establishes 'Hindu Raj' in NorthIndia and bestowed with title of 'Samrat Hem Chandra Vikra






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.






23. Last invasion of Mahmud Ghazni - sacked and destroyed temple of Somnath






24. Nripatunga Amoghavarsha I becomes Rashtrakuta emperor. Kannada literature flourishes.






25. Koch Kingdom






26. Nehru's daughterIndira Gandhi becomes prime minister.






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






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






29. 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.






30. Late Harappan Culture






31. Champaran and Kheda Satyagraha






32. Suicide squad attacks parliament in New Delhi - killing several police. The five gunmen die in the assault. India imposes sanctions against Pakistan - to force it to take action against two Kashmir militant groups blamed for the suicide attack on par






33. Princely states (to 1947)






34. British Raj






35. The Maratha Peshwa (prime minister) usurps the Maratha kingdom - starting a new dynastic rule based in Pune.






36. DanishIndia (to 1869)






37. Chera Kingdom






38. Ashfaqulla Khan is born (to 1927)






39. Pandya Empire






40. FrenchIndia (to 1954)






41. Ulugh Khan defeats Prataparudra ending the Kakatiya dynasty






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






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






44. Bronze age






45. Haryanka Kingdom






46. Ashoka the Great regarded as the greatest ancientIndian emperor - grandson of Chandragupta Maurya - ascends as emperor of the Mauryan Empire.






47. Black and Red ware culture






48. 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.






49. Marava Kingdom






50. Government of India Act 1935