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Timeline Of Indian History

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






2. Solanki Kingdom






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






4. Battle of Talikota results in the rout of Vijayanagara empire.






5. Kingdom of Gampola






6. Death of Nana Fadnavis






7. Ahom Kingdom






8. Dayananda Saraswati is born (to 1883)






9. Classical period






10. Black and Red ware culture






11. Delhi DurbarFirst time






12. Marathas comprehensively defeat the Nizam - Maratha Empire reaches its zenith.






13. Delhi conspiracy case






14. Chandra Vidyasagar is born (to 1891)






15. Eastern Ganga Empire






16. Chalukya Empire






17. Sri-Gupta starts the Gupta Empire in Magadha - with its capital in Patliputra






18. Gautam Buddha - founder of Buddhism is born.






19. Fourth Anglo-Mysore War begins.






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






21. Rashtrakuta Empire






22. Guru Tegh Bahadur - the ninth Guru of Sikhs is executed in Delhi by the order of Aurangzeb for his support for the Kashmiri Hindus to practice their religion.Guru Gobind Singh becomes tenth Guru of Sikhs.






23. Harsha Empire






24. Non-cooperation movementKhilafat Movement






25. Gupta Empire






26. Other states






27. 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 (






28. Partition of Bengal






29. 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






30. Veera Ballala III killed at the Battle of Madurai.






31. Kingdom of Kurunegala






32. 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 (






33. Indira Gandhi returns to power heading Congress party splinter group - Congress (Indira).






34. Vishnukundina Empire






35. Kanva Empire






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






37. Early Harappan Culture






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






39. Kadamba Empire






40. DanishIndia






41. Late medieval age






42. Persian rule in the northwest ends after Darius III is defeated by Alexander the Great - who establishes the Macedonian Empire after inheriting the Persian Achaemenid Empire.






43. Deva Raya II succeeded his father Veera Vijaya Bukka Raya as monarch of the Vijayanagara Empire






44. 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)






45. Advent of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu - founder of Gaudiya Vaishnavism and leader of the world's first civil disobedience movement - in Navadwip - West Bengal






46. British Expedition to Tibet






47. Birth of Adi Shankaracharya






48. Akbar dies - and is succeeded by his son Jehangir.






49. Colonial period






50. FrenchIndia (to 1954)







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