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Timeline Of Indian History
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1. Vasco de Gama's first voyage from Europe toIndia and back (to 1499)
1773
230
1497
1705
2. Zamorin Kingdom
1102
57 BC
1902
1401
3. Kushan Empire
1773
1759
60
1620
4. Kingdom of Kurunegala
489
1499
1917
1293
5. Died Tatya Tope
1859 - 18 April
450 BC
1206
1855 - 30 June
6. Early modern period
1605
1526
1343
1859 - 18 April
7. Siddharta Gautama 'Buddha' of the Shakya polity in S. Nepal - founds Buddhism (older date - 563
200 BC
400 BC
1453
1272
8. Congress Party wins first general elections under leadership of Jawaharlal Nehru. (to 1952)
2001
1929
1951
1749
9. Proposed death date of Gautama Buddha.
1200 BC
483 BC
1839
2003 August
10. Seleucus gives up his territories in the subcontinent (Afghanistan/Baluchistan) to Chandragupta in exchange for 500 elephants. Seleucus offers his daughter in marriage to Chandragupta to seal their friendship.
1815
1930
304 BC
1906
11. 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.
1863
350 BC
1490
from 2000 BC
12. Shah Jahan completes Taj Mahal - Jama Masjid[disambiguation needed] - and RedFort. Imperial treasuries drained by architectural and military overexpenditures. Shah Jahan dies - and is succeeded by his son Aurangzeb.
1658
1699
December 2001
1913
13. Kingdom of Upatissa Nuwara
700
1935 - August
1539
505
14. Middle and Late Vedic period (to 500 BC)
1000 BC
1917
185
1940
15. Death of Ahilyabai Holkar
1885 - 28 December
1000
1795
304 BC
16. Lodi Sultanate
1451
1962
1509
1414
17. Western Ganga Kingdom
1773
1078
350
1905
18. Portuguese Ceylon
1505
1485
1658
1814
19. Kingdom of Kandy
1790
1434
1407
1469
20. Northern Black Polished Ware
700
1200
180 BC
1552
21. Gajapati Kingdom
1965
1434
1991
483 BC
22. Ahom Kingdom
1228
543 BC
538 BC
1951
23. Second Anglo-Maratha War ends
1826
1805
80 BC
1974
24. Indira Gandhi declares state of emergency after being found guilty of electoral malpractice. Nearly 1000 political opponents imprisoned and programme of compulsory birth control introduced. (to 1977)
1975
750
1826
1857 - 10 May
25. Shivaji dies of fever at Raigad.
1497
1505
1680
1789
26. Nehru's daughterIndira Gandhi becomes prime minister.
1869
1966
413
1962
27. 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.
333 BC
1628
1347
1903
28. 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
1556
1192
1773
1605
29. FrenchIndia
1497
1759
1984
1925
30. Dutch Ceylon
1799
1823
1656
1343
31. Maukhari Empire
550s
413
1605
1545
32. Partition of Bengal
1490
1943
1799
1905
33. Dilawar Khan establishes the Malwa Sultanate in present-day northernIndia
1505
1863
1401
1801
34. Durrani Empire
563 BC
1540
1747
1485
35. Kingdom of Dambadeniya
November 2008
250s
973
1220
36. Birth of Babur in Andijan - Fergana Valley in Central Asia
1974
200 BC
1483
300 BC
37. Death of Yashwantrao Holkar
1811
563 BC
321 BC
1917
38. Maoist rebels in Chhattisgarh state kill more than 50 policemen in a dawn attack.
March 2007
250
1341
1792
39. Mature Harappan Culture
1194
2600
1606
599 BC
40. Khizr Khan - deputized by Timur to be the governor of Multan takes over Delhi founding the Sayyid dynasty
1600
1565
300 BC
1414
41. Gautam Buddha - founder of Buddhism is born.
563 BC
1903
1325
1206
42. Akbar dies - and is succeeded by his son Jehangir.
550s
1900 - 22 October
1605
1777
43. Marava Kingdom
1853
1572
1600
1200s
44. All India Forward Bloc Established by Subhas Chandra Bose
1586
1774
1939
75
45. Jallianwala Bagh massacre - Montagu
1919
500
1554
1665
46. District collectors in Bengal were made responsible for settling the revenue and collecting it.
1811
3300
78
1786
47. Santhal rebellion
1412
1658
1855 - 30 June
1515
48. Kingdom of Kandy
1469
1911
1674
550s
49. Khilji Sultanate
1070
1962
1290
600 BC
50. Alberuni arrivies inIndia; death of Mahmud of Ghazni
475
1984
1030
1497