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Timeline Of Indian History
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1. Swat culture
600 BC
377 BC
1600
1572
2. District collectors in Bengal were made responsible for settling the revenue and collecting it.
1786
1200
1058
1977
3. Jehangir announces 'Chain of Justice' outside his palace that anyone can ring the bell and get a personal hearing with the emperor. Jehangir dies - and is succeeded by his son Shah Jahan.
1928
3400 BCE
1628
1943
4. Indian Rebellion of 1857
1940
1857 - 10 May
1120
1900 BC
5. Ashoka dies and is succeeded by Kunala.
1764
232 BC
500s
1083
6. BJP forms coalition government under Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee. India carries out nuclear tests - leading to widespread international condemnation.
413
650
1220
1998
7. Stone age
7000
2001
80 BC
November 2008
8. Death of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
3000
1964
424
300
9. Invasions by the Huna.
450
1999
10
1556
10. Gandhi
1799
1681
1856
1931 - March
11. 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
1806
1650
350 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
750
1773
1780
13. Indo-Scythian Kingdom
1021
200 BC
1914
35
14. Bukka - the Vijayanagara ruler and his son Kumara Kamapna capture the entire Tamil speaking parts.
527 BC
1370
1990
684
15. Bardoli Satyagraha
1358
1928
1877 - January
1807
16. Sumra Dynasty ends the Arab domination and establishes its own rule over Sindh.
1759
1058
1965
1370
17. Central Assembly Bombed by Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt. Purna Swaraj resolution.
1707
1948 - 30 January
1929
1964
18. Humayun regained the throne of Delhi from the hands of weak successors of Sher Shah.
75
1555
1760
from 2000 BC
19. Arzi Hukumat-e-Azad Hind - the Provisional Government of FreeIndia formed by Netaji.
304 BC
75
1943
1807
20. More than 1000 people are killed in floods and landslides caused by monsoon rains in Mumbai (Bombay) and Maharashtra region.
321
1539
1424
2005 July
21. Samudragupta ascends the Gupta throne and expands the empire.
1900 BC
335
1998
1891
22. The Pandyan king sends ambassadors to the Greek and Roman lands.
1947 - July
65 BC
1370
1451
23. IndianIndependence Act 1947 by British Raj. Partition ofIndia - Freedom from British Raj. Hundreds of thousands die in widespread communal bloodshed after partition. (to 1948)
1947 - July
1500 BC
21
1680
24. Early Vedic period (to 1000 BC)
1500 BC
624
1928
850
25. Indo-Sassanid Kingdom
1399
1729
1943
230
26. 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
1120
2000
1820 -
1508
27. Ching-Thang Khomba moves Manipur's capital to Kangla
80 BC
1102
1801
1796
28. Chalukya Empire
1680
543
1814
1134
29. Huna Kingdom
1424
475
1505
1453
30. Indian National Congress Eshtablished
1885 - 28 December
304 BC
753
1574
31. Swami Vivekanand is born (to 1902)
753
300
1527
1863
32. Forces led by Shivaji defeat Aurangzeb's troops - and establishes Maratha Empire.
1674
1412
1912
December 2001
33. Portuguese Ceylon
1320
1412
1858
1505
34. Mughal Empire
1323
1987
1526
2000
35. Chola Empire
1545
550s
300 BC
489
36. Maratha Empire
1905
1674
1540
1855 - 30 June
37. Akbar annexes Kashmir.
800
1323
68
1586
38. Thondaiman Kingdom
527 BC
1628
200 AD
1650
39. Vajpayee's BJP party declines his offer to resign over a number of political scandals and the apparent failure of his talks with Pakistani President Musharraf.
543
July 2001
788
1799
40. Early modern period
1526
1351
1078
450
41. Pala Empire
57 BC
1824 - 12 February
750
1917
42. Vellore Mutiny
700
1102
1806
350 BC
43. Dutch Ceylon
1865 - 28 January
1192
1656
2600
44. Lodi Sultanate
1451
1774
10
1889 - 3 December
45. Jallianwala Bagh massacre - Montagu
1919
1857
1729
942
46. Salt Satyagraha - Round Table Conferences (India) First - civil disobedience movement
1003-1320 AD
1965
1818
1930
47. First Anglo-Sikh Wars (to 1849)
380
1845
1552
1572
48. 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
1370
1505
December 2001
300 BC
49. The Pandyan king sends ambassadors to the Greek and Roman lands.
1526
400 BC
65 BC
475
50. Subhas Chandra Bose calls Mahatma Gandhi as the Father of the Nation.
1944
500s
1527
1200