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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Satavahana Empire






2. Middle and Late Vedic period (to 500 BC)






3. Maratha sardar Mahadji Shinde routs the EastIndia Company army at the Battle of Wadgaon War ends with the restoration of status quo as per Treaty of Salbai.






4. Shivaji's ill-equipped and small Maratha army defeat mighty Adilshahi troops at the Battle of Pratapgarh in a major upset inIndian history. Shivaji personally kills Adilshahi commander Afzal Khan (general).






5. Early Vedic period (to 1000 BC)






6. Hindu






7. Western Satraps formed.






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






9. Battle of Chausa fought between Humayun and Sher Shah Suri in which Humayun defeated. Guru Angad Dev becomes second guru of sikhs.






10. Subhas Chandra Bose is born (to 1945)






11. Vijayanagara Empire






12. 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.






13. Sikh Confederacy






14. Shahi Empire






15. Morley-Minto Reforms






16. Guru Har Krishan becomes eight guru of Sikhs.






17. Hoysala Empire






18. Keladi Kingdom






19. Vedic period






20. Marava Kingdom






21. 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






22. 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






23. Mature Harappan Culture






24. Ashoka the Great regarded as the greatest ancientIndian emperor - grandson of Chandragupta Maurya - ascends as emperor of the Mauryan Empire.






25. Mehrgarh Culture






26. Establishment of the Kushan empire by Kujula Kadphises.






27. Death of Ahilyabai Holkar






28. Kalyani Chalukyas power at its peak. Vikramaditya VI ushers in Vikrama Chalukya era.






29. Republic Day (India)






30. Reddy Kingdom






31. Classical period






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






33. First Muslim mosque inIndia constructed in kerala by malik dheenar






34. Durrani Empire






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






36. US President Bill Clinton makes a groundbreaking visit to improve ties. (May) India marks the birth of its billionth citizen.






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






38. Kingdom of Tambapanni






39. Chitradurga Kingdom






40. Delhi conspiracy case






41. Guru Gobind Singh - the 10th Guru of Sikhs creates Khalsa - the saint-soldier at Anandpur Sahib - Punjab.






42. Kakori conspiracy






43. Nanda Empire






44. Rajiv Gandhi assassinated by suicide bomber sympathetic to Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers. Economic reform programme begun by Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao.






45. Kingdom of Raigama






46. Western Satraps formed.






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






48. Started Post Service






49. British Ceylon






50. Gupta Empire







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