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Timeline Of Indian History
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1. Shahi Empire
1358
500s
1858
1083
2. Colonial period
1414
1947 - July
1505
September 2001
3. Chitradurga Kingdom
1300
527 BC
1966
2000
4. Kanva Empire
75
1192
7000
1510
5. Hindu
185
1863
1914
1522
6. Guru Granth Sahib becomes Guru of Sikhs.
1708
180 BC
1696
1503
7. Ochre Coloured Pottery culture
from 2000 BC
700
1628
1200
8. Kalachuri Empire
1729
1674
1336
1130
9. Kanva Empire
1606
1798
1469
75
10. Battle of Chausa fought between Humayun and Sher Shah Suri in which Humayun defeated. Guru Angad Dev becomes second guru of sikhs.
1681
1539
1966
266 BC
11. Akbar annexes Kashmir.
1003-1320 AD
1586
1771
1774
12. Zafar Khan - governor of Gujarat - declares himself as Sultan Muzaffar Shah founding the Gujarat Sultanate/Muzaffarid dynasty
1818
265 BC
1650
1407
13. Established first three University of Mumbai - University of Madras and University of Calcutta inIndia
1807
1552
1191
1857
14. Shishunaga Kingdom
2600 BC
413
1399
1885 - 28 December
15. First Anglo-Sikh Wars (to 1849)
1940
1845
1929
320
16. Rai Kingdom
1490
1784
1572
489
17. Ashoka dies and is succeeded by Kunala.
814
80 BC
350
232 BC
18. Kingdom of Yapahuwa
1989
1505
1200
1272
19. Keladi Kingdom
1799
1789
280
1499
20. DanishIndia (to 1869)
1900 - 22 October
1490
1696
1999
21. Kamarupa Kingdom
1906
483 BC
350
1424
22. Chief Justice of the Maratha Empire - Ram Shastri passes death sentence against the ruling Peshwa Raghunathrao for murdering his nephew.
345
1586
1644
1774
23. Kakatiya Kingdom
1083
1300
1552
527 BC
24. Satavahana Empire
563 BC
1757
230
10
25. First Muslim mosque inIndia constructed in kerala by malik dheenar
629
1102
753
1757
26. Hoysala Empire
1889 - 3 December
450
1900 - 22 October
1040
27. Hindustan Socialist Republican Association formed.
684
1924
1586
3300
28. Second Anglo-Maratha War ends
1863
1805
57 BC
563 BC
29. British Ceylon
1815
300 BC
543
2005 July
30. Earliest evidence for indus valley civilization
3400 BCE
3300
1120
1911
31. Indus Valley Civilization
1774
3300
January 2002
75
32. Non-cooperation movementKhilafat Movement
1920
1320
1485
273 BC
33. Gajapati Kingdom
3300 BC
500s
1434
1857
34. Portuguese Ceylon
600 BC
1505
304 BC
1863
35. A high-powered rocket is launched - addingIndia to the club of countries able to fire big satellites deep into space.
2001
1341
1469
1775
36. Sri-Gupta starts the Gupta Empire in Magadha - with its capital in Patliputra
1900 BC
February 2002
1811
240
37. Sunga Empire
2001
185
1707
1674
38. Northern Black Polished Ware
1824 - 12 February
1503
1784
700
39. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins. The cities of Harappa - Lothal - Kalibangan - Dholavira - Rakhigarhi and Mohenjo-daro become large metropolises and the civilization expands to over 2 -500 cities and settlements. The civi
1600
2600 BC
1786
1820 -
40. Indo-Sassanid Kingdom
230
1605
500
1947 AD
41. Maharaja Ranjit Singh establishes Khalsa rule of Punjab from Lahore. Khalsa army liberates Kashmiri Pundits and invades Afghanistan through Khyber Pass.
1801
1453
1998
1290
42. Constantinople won By Turkey
1200 BC
475
335
1453
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
1336
1490
350
1572
44. Governor Hasan Gangu revolts against Muhammad bin Tughluq founding the Bahmani Sultanate
1508
1515
1539
1347
45. Company Raj
1539
1194
1925
1757
46. Santhal rebellion
280
1855 - 30 June
1620
1290
47. US lifts sanctions which it imposed againstIndia and Pakistan after they staged nuclear tests in 1998. The move is seen as a reward for their support for the US-led anti-terror campaign.
1515
1526
November 2008
September 2001
48. Last invasion of Mahmud Ghazni - sacked and destroyed temple of Somnath
1024
629
1996
637
49. 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
1469
230
1931 - March
1508
50. Late Harappan Culture
1940
712
1485
1700