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Timeline Of Indian History
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1. Ala-ud-din Khalji's army under Malik Kafur occupies Devagiri ending the Seuna Yadava Kingdom
1272
1000 BC
1310
2600 BC
2. Kingdom of Ruhuna
1490
200 AD
599 BC
80 BC
3. Nanda Empire
1453
753
637
424
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).
1853 - 16 April
1659
35
57 BC
5. Sayyid Sultanate
320
1414
543 BC
1799
6. 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
3300
78
1947 - July
February 2002
7. Second Anglo-Mysore War begins.
1795
1674
1040
1780
8. Zamorin Kingdom
1932 - 24 September
250
1574
1102
9. Period IV of Mehrgarh ends
1530
1510
1000 BC
3300 BC
10. Simuka declares independence from Mauryan rule and establishes the Satavahana Empire.
305 BC
1927 - November
230 BC
599 BC
11. Mamluk Sultanate
1759
377 BC
1206
1358
12. Alberuni arrivies inIndia; death of Mahmud of Ghazni
from 2000 BC
2600 BC
629
1030
13. FrenchIndia (to 1954)
1759
1696
1919
1412
14. First Railway estalblished between Bombay and Thane
1996
1323
1853 - 16 April
1341
15. 'Atmiya Sabha' Established Later on known as 'Prarthana Samaj' By Raja Ram Mohan Roy
1814
265 BC
1681
606
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)
1947 - July
1856
1486
1916
17. Vajpayee meets Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf in the first summit between the two neighbours in more than two years. The meeting ends without a breakthrough or even a joint statement because of differences over Kashmir.
July 2001
1220
1998
489
18. More than 1000 people are killed in floods and landslides caused by monsoon rains in Mumbai (Bombay) and Maharashtra region.
2005 July
1574
1443
1325
19. Period IV of Mehrgarh ends
1965
1944
3300 BC
624
20. 'Victory of Prithviraj Chauhan'.First battle of Tarain between Mohammed Ghori and Prithviraj III. Ghauri is defeated by Prithivi Raj Chauhan III.
180 BC
1469
1191
1398
21. Conquest of Kalinga
483 BC
260 BC
1000 BC
261 BC
22. Alberuni arrivies inIndia; death of Mahmud of Ghazni
1030
1696
377 BC
1157
23. Kuninda Kingdom established. Tholkappiyam describes the grammar and morphology of Tamil; it is the oldest existing Tamil grammar (dates vary between 200 BCE and 100 CE). (to 100 BC)
250 BC
200 BC
1859 - 18 April
1102
24. IndianIndependence Act 1947 by British Raj. Partition ofIndia - Freedom from British Raj. Hundreds of thousands die in widespread communal bloodshed after partition. (to 1948)
1605
1947 - July
1310
1370
25. Saluva Narasimha Deva Raya drives out Praudha Raya ending the Sangama Dynasty
3400 BCE
1942
1920
1485
26. Eastern Chalukya Kingdom
624
475
1581
1586
27. Indira Gandhi declares state of emergency after being found guilty of electoral malpractice. Nearly 1000 political opponents imprisoned and programme of compulsory birth control introduced. (to 1977)
from 2000 BC
1975
1412
185
28. Badami Chalukya power at its peak. Pulakesi II pushes north up to the Narmada and defeats the invading Harshavardhana of Kanauj
1931 - March
3300
1857
637
29. Second Anglo-Maratha War begins
1157
1803
78
1916
30. Sayyid Sultanate
1574
1499
1914
1414
31. Death of Aurangzeb the mughal emperor.
1358
600 BC
1980
1707
32. Rai Kingdom
1605
1451
489
250
33. Samudragupta ascends the Gupta throne and expands the empire.
305 BC
1775
335
1469
34. Fourth Anglo-Mysore War begins.
1900 BC
1798
1774
1343
35. Kingdom of Raigama
1526
1347
1775
1000
36. Third Anglo-Maratha War begins
March 2007
3400 BCE
60
1817
37. First Muslim - Md. Bin Qasim defeats Raja Dahir
550s
200s BC
1990
712
38. Shishunaga Kingdom
413
200 AD
1510
1764
39. Establishment of Rashtrakuta Kingdom of Manyakhet by Danti Durga by defeating Chalukyas of Badami
550s
1102
1855 - 30 June
753
40. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge.
413
1206
1857 - 10 May
600 BC
41. Rigveda (to 1000 BC)
1554
1200 BC
1539
1200s
42. Santhal rebellion
377 BC
1572
1644
1855 - 30 June
43. Anushilan Samiti - organized revolutionary association formed.
65 BC
1772
1947 - July
1902
44. Vasco de Gama's first voyage from Europe toIndia and back (to 1499)
1964
1070
1320
1497
45. Massive earthquakes hit the western state of Gujarat - leaving at least 30000 dead.
1600
78
1490
January 2001
46. Death of Nana Fadnavis
1675
543
1800
1989
47. Chandra Vidyasagar is born (to 1891)
2600
420
1820 -
1971
48. Portuguese land on the Coromandel Coast
1526
1522
1102
1817
49. Lodi Sultanate
1903
1565
600 BC
1451
50. Western Satrap Empire
35
184 BC
1858
1885 - 28 December
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