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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Battle of Buxar






2. Painted Grey Ware culture






3. Solanki Kingdom






4. Marathas comprehensively defeat the Nizam - Maratha Empire reaches its zenith.






5. Birth of Adi Shankaracharya






6. Mahatma Gandhi assassinated by a right wing Hindu nationalist Nathuram Godse. War with Pakistan over disputed territory of Kashmir. Telangana and other princely states integrated inIndian union






7. Kalabhras Empire






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






9. Indian Rebellion of 1857






10. Ambhi king of Taxila surrenders to Alexander. Porus who ruled parts of the Punjab - fought Alexander at the Battle of the Hydaspes River.






11. DanishIndia (to 1869)






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






13. Vellore Mutiny






14. 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.






15. India explodes first nuclear device in underground test.






16. IndianIndependence Act 1947 by British Raj. Partition ofIndia - Freedom from British Raj. Hundreds of thousands die in widespread communal bloodshed after partition. (to 1948)






17. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge.






18. Kalachuri Empire






19. Portuguese Ceylon






20. Hindu extremists demolish mosque in Ayodhya - triggering widespread Hindu-Muslim violence.






21. Started Post Service






22. Inter-religious bloodshed breaks out after 59 Hindu pilgrims returning from Ayodhya are killed in a train fire in Godhra - Gujarat. More than 1000 people - mainly Muslims - die in subsequent riots. (Police and officials blamed the fire on a Muslim mo






23. Mahatma Gandhi assassinated by a right wing Hindu nationalist Nathuram Godse. War with Pakistan over disputed territory of Kashmir. Telangana and other princely states integrated inIndian union






24. Zamorin Kingdom






25. Gadar Party formed.






26. India deploys troops for peacekeeping operation in Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict.






27. Polonnaruwa Kingdom






28. Champaran and Kheda Satyagraha






29. Guru Hargobind becomes sixth guru of Sikhs.






30. Established first three University of Mumbai - University of Madras and University of Calcutta inIndia






31. Akbar annexes Kashmir.






32. Delhi Sultanate






33. Chalukya Empire






34. Guru Ram Das becomes fourth Guru of Sikhs. Akbar annexes Bengal.






35. 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.






36. Haryanka Kingdom






37. Vijayanagara Empire established by Harihara I and his brother Bukka Raya I






38. Jallianwala Bagh massacre - Montagu






39. Birth of Shivaji Maharaj.






40. Bahlul Khan Lodhi ascends the throne of the Delhi sultanate starting the Lodhi dynasty






41. Paramara Kingdom






42. Poona Pact - (4 August) Communal Award - (November






43. 'Victory of Prithviraj Chauhan'.First battle of Tarain between Mohammed Ghori and Prithviraj III. Ghauri is defeated by Prithivi Raj Chauhan III.






44. Invasion of Mahmud of Ghazni






45. DanishIndia (to 1869)






46. Ashoka begins displaying religious tolerance - grants animal rights - builds hospitals for people and animals - treats his subjects as equals regardless of caste or creed - and promotes non-violence and republicanism. Ashoka inscribes the Edicts of A






47. Lodi Sultanate






48. Aurangzeb invades the Deccan






49. Other states






50. Birth of Babur in Andijan - Fergana Valley in Central Asia