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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Chandra Vidyasagar is born (to 1891)






2. PortugueseIndia (to 1961)






3. Troops storm Golden Temple - Sikhs' most holy shrine - to flush out Sikh militants pressing for self-rule. Indira Gandhi assassinated by Sikh bodyguards - following which her son - Rajiv - takes over.






4. Dilawar Khan establishes the Malwa Sultanate in present-day northernIndia






5. DutchIndia






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






7. Late medieval age






8. Kingdom of Yapahuwa






9. 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.






10. Guru Amar Das becomes third Guru of Sikhs.






11. Delhi DurbarFirst time






12. First Anglo-Afghan War






13. Maurya Empire






14. Portuguese Ceylon






15. Gautamiputra Satkarni becomes Satavahana emperor and starts Shalivahana era calendar after defeating Scythian king Maues.






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






17. Anglo






18. EastIndia Company signs treaty of Amritsar with Maharaja Ranjit Singh






19. Hindu






20. Guru Granth Sahib becomes Guru of Sikhs.






21. Aurangzeb invades the Deccan






22. Second Anglo-Mysore War ends with the Treaty of Mangalore.






23. Fourth Anglo-Mysore War begins.






24. Congress Party wins first general elections under leadership of Jawaharlal Nehru. (to 1952)






25. Alberuni arrivies inIndia; death of Mahmud of Ghazni






26. Lahore Resolution - August offer 1940






27. Maratha Empire






28. Jallianwala Bagh massacre - Montagu






29. Mehrgarh Culture






30. Kalachuri Empire






31. Early Harappan Culture






32. Death of Sher Shah Suri and succeeded by Islam Shah.






33. (February) Vajpayee makes historic bus trip to Pakistan to meet Premier Nawaz Sharif and to sign bilateral Lahore peace declaration. (May) Tension in Kashmir leads to brief war with Pakistan-backed forces in the icy heights around Kargil inIndian-hel






34. Painted Grey Ware culture






35. 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






36. Death of Yashwantrao Holkar






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






38. British Ceylon






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






40. Anushilan Samiti - organized revolutionary association formed.






41. Mughal Empire






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






43. Zamorin Kingdom






44. Mahavira - 24th Tirthankar of Jainism is born (traditional date).






45. Khizr Khan - deputized by Timur to be the governor of Multan takes over Delhi founding the Sayyid dynasty






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






47. Birth of Shivaji Maharaj.






48. Kamarupa Kingdom






49. Kingdom of Dambadeniya






50. Congress suffers worst ever electoral defeat as Hindu nationalist BJP emerges as largest single party.