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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Chandragupta Maurya defeats Seleucus Nicator of the Seleucid Empire.






2. India loses brief border war with China. India won Diu - Daman and Goa from PortugueseIndia.






3. Vedic period






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






5. Maoist rebels in Chhattisgarh state kill more than 50 policemen in a dawn attack.






6. 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 (






7. DutchIndia






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






9. Swami Vivekanand is born (to 1902)






10. Yadava Empire






11. Simuka declares independence from Mauryan rule and establishes the Satavahana Empire.






12. Rai Kingdom






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






14. Satavahana Empire






15. Pandya Empire






16. Chandra Vidyasagar is born (to 1891)






17. Lala Lajpat Rai is born (to 1928)






18. Pala Empire






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






20. The Christian-Islamic power struggle in Europe and the Middle East. Spills over into theIndian Ocean as Battle of Chaul during the Portuguese-Mamluk War






21. Kalabhras Empire






22. Subhas Chandra Bose is born (to 1945)






23. Proposed death date of Gautama Buddha.






24. Gakhars kills Muhammad Ghori during a raid on his camp on the Jhelum River






25. BritishIndia (to 1947) EastIndia Company (to 1757)






26. Guru Granth Sahib becomes Guru of Sikhs.






27. Gurjara Pratihara Empire






28. Haryanka Kingdom






29. First Anglo-Maratha War






30. British Raj






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






32. Kalachuri Empire






33. Second Anglo-Maratha War begins






34. Kingdom of Kurunegala






35. Other states






36. Western Satraps formed.






37. Mughal Empire






38. A high-powered rocket is launched - addingIndia to the club of countries able to fire big satellites deep into space.






39. Ala-ud-din Khalji's army under Malik Kafur occupies Devagiri ending the Seuna Yadava Kingdom






40. Second Anglo-Mysore War begins.






41. 'Victory of Mohammed Ghauri'. Second battle of Tarain fought between Ghauri and Prithivi Raj Chauhan III. Prithvi Raj Chauhan III is defeated by Mhammed Ghori.






42. Samma Dynasty assumes rule over Sindh






43. Subhas Chandra Bose is born (to 1945)






44. Chandragupta Maurya defeats Seleucus Nicator of the Seleucid Empire.






45. British Expedition to Tibet






46. 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






47. Kalinga War takes place between Ashoka and the kingdom of Kalinga. After conquering Kalinga - Ashoka reportedly regrets what he had done - leading him to adopt Buddhism - which then became the quasi-official state religion of the Mauryan Empire.






48. Harsha Empire






49. Ala-ud-din Khalji's army under Malik Kafur occupies Devagiri ending the Seuna Yadava Kingdom






50. Deccan Sultanates