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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. 'Prarthana Samaj' Established Earlier known as 'Atmiya Sabha'






2. Ashoka dies and is succeeded by Kunala.






3. Nearly 200 people are killed and hundreds injured in a series of co-ordinated attacks by gunmen on the main tourist and business area ofIndia's financial capital Mumbai.India blames militants from Pakistan for the attacks and demands that Islamabad t






4. Kingdom of Raigama






5. First Railway estalblished between Bombay and Thane






6. Maoist rebels in Chhattisgarh state kill more than 50 policemen in a dawn attack.






7. Hindustan Socialist Republican Association formed.






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






9. Painted Grey Ware culture






10. Cyrus the Great - founder of the Persian Achaemenid Empire conquers northwestern parts of theIndian subcontinent.






11. British Ceylon






12. Simon Commission






13. British rule in Burma (to 1947)






14. Chandragupta I ascends to the Gupta throne.






15. 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)






16. Maha Janapadas






17. Indo-Scythian Kingdom






18. Sunga Empire






19. Death of Yashwantrao Holkar






20. The Marathas are routed in the Third Battle of Panipat on 14 January 1761 - by the Afghans led by Ahmad Shah Durrani - an ethnic Pashtun - also known as Ahmad Shah Abdali. The battle is considered one of the largest battles fought in the 18th century






21. Establishment of theIndo-Parthian kingdom.






22. Second war with Pakistan over Kashmir.






23. Mamluk Sultanate






24. Sayyid Sultanate






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






26. Second Anglo-Mysore War ends with the Treaty of Mangalore.






27. Ashoka conquers and unifies most of South Asia - along with Afghanistan and eastern Iran.






28. Maratha Empire






29. 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






30. Iron age






31. EastIndia Company signs treaty of Amritsar with Maharaja Ranjit Singh






32. Salt Satyagraha - Round Table Conferences (India) First - civil disobedience movement






33. Seleucus gives up his territories in the subcontinent (Afghanistan/Baluchistan) to Chandragupta in exchange for 500 elephants. Seleucus offers his daughter in marriage to Chandragupta to seal their friendship.






34. More than 1000 people are killed in floods and landslides caused by monsoon rains in Mumbai (Bombay) and Maharashtra region.






35. Travancore Kingdom






36. First Anglo-Maratha War






37. Proposed death date of Gautama Buddha.






38. Guru Amar Das becomes third Guru of Sikhs.






39. 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






40. Maukhari Empire






41. Lucknow Pact






42. Alberuni arrivies inIndia; death of Mahmud of Ghazni






43. Birth of Shivaji Maharaj.






44. Indira Gandhi returns to power heading Congress party splinter group - Congress (Indira).






45. Deva Raya II succeeded his father Veera Vijaya Bukka Raya as monarch of the Vijayanagara Empire






46. Death of Islam Shah.






47. Sikh Empire






48. Vedic period






49. Kingdom of Kotte






50. Zafar Khan - governor of Gujarat - declares himself as Sultan Muzaffar Shah founding the Gujarat Sultanate/Muzaffarid dynasty






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