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Timeline Of Indian History

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






2. Lahore Resolution - August offer 1940






3. 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.






4. Rajaram Chhatrapati died






5. Koch Kingdom






6. Kamarupa Kingdom






7. Ghadar conspiracy - Provisional Government of India formed in Kabul. Gandhiji Return toIndia.






8. PortugueseIndia (to 1961)






9. Magadha Kingdom






10. Western Satrap Empire






11. Vishnukundina Empire






12. Mature Harappan Culture






13. Fourth Anglo-Mysore War begins.






14. Janata Party Splits. Chaudhary Charan Singh becomes Prime Minister.






15. Genghis Khan invades Punjab






16. India successfully test-fires a nuclear-capable ballistic missile - the Agni - off its eastern coast.






17. Babur bribes Mewar general Silhadi promising Silhadi a kingdom - if Silhadi betrays Mewar King Rana Sanga in Battle of Khanwa - thus leading to the annexation of Mewar.






18. The Pandyan king sends ambassadors to the Greek and Roman lands.






19. Harsha Empire






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






21. Vedic period






22. 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






23. (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






24. B. R. Ambedkar is born (to 1956)






25. Death of Nana Fadnavis






26. 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.






27. Timur plunders Lahore






28. Early Harappan Culture






29. Anushilan Samiti - organized revolutionary association formed.






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






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






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






33. Aurangzeb invades the Deccan






34. Establishment of theIndo-Greek kingdom.






35. Vakataka Empire






36. Chief Justice of the Maratha Empire - Ram Shastri passes death sentence against the ruling Peshwa Raghunathrao for murdering his nephew.






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






38. Death of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.






39. Battle of Chandawar fought between Ghauri and Jaichand of Kannauj. Ghauri defeated Jayachandra and killed him.






40. Establishment of theIndo-Parthian kingdom.






41. India explodes first nuclear device in underground test.






42. 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






43. Akbar the Great annexes Gujarat - also shifts the Mughal capital to Fatehpur Sikri where a new township and citadel containing buildings of a unique all-India character






44. Shahi Empire






45. Maitraka Empire






46. Morley-Minto Reforms






47. Bukka - the Vijayanagara ruler and his son Kumara Kamapna capture the entire Tamil speaking parts.






48. Earliest evidence for indus valley civilization






49. Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act - 1856 - (23 July) Bal Gangadhar Tilak is born (to 1920) - (20 August) Narayana Guru is born (to 1928)






50. Maurya Empire