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Timeline Of Indian History

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






2. 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






3. Kamarupa Kingdom






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






5. Cancelation of Partition of Bengal - Delhi Durbar Third Time






6. 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.






7. Pandya Empire






8. Death of Sher Shah Suri and succeeded by Islam Shah.






9. British Expedition to Tibet






10. Shahi Empire






11. Subhas Chandra Bose is born (to 1945)






12. (February) Vajpayee makes historic bus trip to Pakistan to meet Premier Nawaz Sharif and to sign bilateral Lahore peace declaration. (May) Tension in Kashmir leads to brief war with Pakistan-backed forces in the icy heights around Kargil inIndian-hel






13. Mahatma Gandhi is born (to 1948)






14. Second Anglo-Mysore War begins.






15. Republic Day (India)






16. 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






17. Sena Empire






18. Lahore Resolution - August offer 1940






19. Classical period






20. Indira Gandhi's Congress Party loses general elections. Janata Party comes to power.Communist party ofIndia comes into power in West Bengal.






21. Sayyid Sultanate






22. Gajapati Kingdom






23. Anushilan Samiti - organized revolutionary association formed.






24. Second war with Pakistan over Kashmir.






25. First Muslim - Md. Bin Qasim defeats Raja Dahir






26. First Anglo-Afghan War






27. Lodi Sultanate






28. 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)






29. Nripatunga Amoghavarsha I becomes Rashtrakuta emperor. Kannada literature flourishes.






30. Nanda Empire






31. Royal Indian Navy Mutiny - (March) Cabinet Mission






32. PortugueseIndia (to 1961)






33. Subhas Chandra Bose calls Mahatma Gandhi as the Father of the Nation.






34. Early modern period






35. Princely states (to 1947)






36. Kingdom of Kurunegala






37. Portuguese land on the Coromandel Coast






38. Rashtrakuta Empire






39. Ashfaqulla Khan is born (to 1927)






40. Kingdom of Gampola






41. Eastern Chalukya Kingdom






42. US lifts sanctions which it imposed againstIndia and Pakistan after they staged nuclear tests in 1998. The move is seen as a reward for their support for the US-led anti-terror campaign.






43. India explodes first nuclear device in underground test.






44. Arzi Hukumat-e-Azad Hind - the Provisional Government of FreeIndia formed by Netaji.






45. Jehangir announces 'Chain of Justice' outside his palace that anyone can ring the bell and get a personal hearing with the emperor. Jehangir dies - and is succeeded by his son Shah Jahan.






46. Third Anglo-Maratha War begins






47. India successfully test-fires a nuclear-capable ballistic missile - the Agni - off its eastern coast.






48. Tughlaq Sultanate






49. Gadar Party formed.






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






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