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Timeline Of Indian History
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1. Death of Sher Shah Suri and succeeded by Islam Shah.
1343
1545
December 2001
1674
2. Proposed death date of Gautama Buddha.
321
1929
1040
483 BC
3. Subhas Chandra Bose calls Mahatma Gandhi as the Father of the Nation.
1799
1977
1030
1944
4. 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.
300 BC
2000
333 BC
1935 - August
5. Kingdom of Sitawaka
1885 - 28 December
1521
1979
1900 BC
6. Kadamba Empire
1857
1951
1451
345
7. Mauryan Empire is founded by Chandragupta Maurya in Magadha after he defeats the Nanda dynasty and Macedonian Seleucid Empire. Mauryan capital city is Patliputra (Modern Patna in Bihar)
1272
1700
321 BC
1300
8. B. R. Ambedkar is born (to 1956)
1891
606
3400 BCE
1811
9. Birth of Shivaji Maharaj.
1508
1630
1891
1772
10. Establishment of theIndo-Parthian kingdom.
10
543
1775
1962
11. Battle of Buxar
1764
1784
1628
800
12. Simon Commission
1927 - November
1605
1823
3000
13. Salt Satyagraha - Round Table Conferences (India) First - civil disobedience movement
1984
1814
1605
1930
14. B. R. Ambedkar is born (to 1956)
1817
1083
326 BC
1891
15. Eastern Ganga Empire
1300
1078
1839
1021
16. 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
1889 - 3 December
1818
1823
1962
17. Ching-Thang Khomba moves Manipur's capital to Kangla
1600
December 2001
1796
1554
18. 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
1761
35
1443
1942
19. Hindustan Socialist Republican Association formed.
1574
1924
1779
1200
20. Sultan Ibrahim Lodi - of the Delhi Sultanate - angers local nobles - who respond by inviting Babur - the Mughal ruler of Kabul - to invade Delhi and Agra. The local population - plus the possession of artillery - assists Babur in killing the Sultan (
1853 - 16 April
1526
1980
606
21. Establishment of Rashtrakuta Kingdom of Manyakhet by Danti Durga by defeating Chalukyas of Badami
753
1000 BC
814
1780
22. Pandya Empire
300 BC
1526
1600
1443
23. Chandragupta II - Samudragupta's son becomes the Gupta Emperor.
1863
1040
380
1856
24. Saluva Narasimha Deva Raya drives out Praudha Raya ending the Sangama Dynasty
July 2001
400 BC
1485
250 BC
25. Pallava Empire
1508
1777
1503
250 BC
26. Hindu
1914
1572
1943
1807
27. Maukhari Empire
550s
1814
1775
1771
28. Akbar annexes Kashmir.
1777
1370
1586
637
29. Earliest evidence for indus valley civilization
1930
3400 BCE
377 BC
1948 - 30 January
30. Dilawar Khan establishes the Malwa Sultanate in present-day northernIndia
1805
230
1401
1856
31. Magadha Kingdom
500
1772
450 BC
1857
32. BritishIndia (to 1947) EastIndia Company (to 1757)
1977
345
700
1612
33. Kingdom of Dambadeniya
1220
1771
1790
3400 BCE
34. Koch Kingdom
1414
1120
1869
1515
35. Ashoka the Great regarded as the greatest ancientIndian emperor - grandson of Chandragupta Maurya - ascends as emperor of the Mauryan Empire.
1658
1858
1979
273 BC
36. Sena Empire
1977
280
1453
1070
37. Chandragupta Maurya defeats Seleucus Nicator of the Seleucid Empire.
1943
1805
305 BC
200 BC
38. Western Satraps formed.
35
16 August
3400 BCE
1950 - 26 January
39. Government of India Act 1935
1554
1815
1935 - August
1975
40. Maha Janapadas
1964
700
1757
273 BC
41. Kalabhras Empire
250s
1824 - 12 February
250
1799
42. Direct Action Day/Great Calcutta Killings
1336
1912
16 August
1681
43. Subhas Chandra Bose is born (to 1945)
January 2001
1521
1917
1897 - 23 January
44. 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
1228
1948 - 30 January
1807
65 BC
45. Vajpayee's BJP party declines his offer to resign over a number of political scandals and the apparent failure of his talks with Pakistani President Musharraf.
1526
July 2001
320
1497
46. Congress suffers worst ever electoral defeat as Hindu nationalist BJP emerges as largest single party.
16 August
1996
1644
1521
47. Gandhi
1931 - March
1824 - 12 February
1130
753
48. Kingdom of Kandy
345
1469
7000
400 BC
49. Deccan Sultanates
240
1490
1889 - 3 December
1914
50. 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)
1975
1003-1320 AD
1343
1559