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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Battle of Plassey - Company rule inIndia (to 1857)






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






3. Simon Commission






4. Advent of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu - founder of Gaudiya Vaishnavism and leader of the world's first civil disobedience movement - in Navadwip - West Bengal






5. Akbar dies - and is succeeded by his son Jehangir.






6. Proposed death date of Gautama Buddha.






7. Proposed death date of Gautama Buddha.






8. Timur plunders Lahore






9. Battle of Diu marks the beginning of the dominance of the Europeans in the Asian naval theater.






10. Khilji Sultanate






11. Rai Kingdom






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






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






14. Constantinople won By Turkey






15. Died Tatya Tope






16. Maukhari Empire






17. Delhi DurbarFirst time






18. Champaran and Kheda Satyagraha






19. Invasions by the Huna.






20. Madurai Kingdom






21. Thondaiman Kingdom






22. Satavahana Empire






23. Dilawar Khan establishes the Malwa Sultanate in present-day northernIndia






24. Establishment of theIndo-Greek kingdom.






25. 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






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






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






28. Morley-Minto Reforms






29. Sena Empire






30. Beginning of Vikram Era






31. Indian National Congress Eshtablished






32. The Pandyan king sends ambassadors to the Greek and Roman lands.






33. Lala Lajpat Rai is born (to 1928)






34. Gadar Party formed.






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






36. Eastern Chalukya Kingdom






37. Western Chalukya Empire






38. Black and Red ware culture






39. Chitradurga Kingdom






40. Ashoka dies and is succeeded by Kunala.






41. Black and Red ware culture






42. Jallianwala Bagh massacre - Montagu






43. Gautam Buddha - founder of Buddhism is born.






44. India loses brief border war with China. India won Diu - Daman and Goa from PortugueseIndia.






45. Zamorin Kingdom






46. Samudragupta ascends the Gupta throne and expands the empire.






47. Maha-Megha-Vahana Empire






48. Princely states (to 1947)






49. Massive earthquakes hit the western state of Gujarat - leaving at least 30000 dead.






50. Death of Ahilyabai Holkar