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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Deva Kingdom






2. Vijayanagara Empire established by Harihara I and his brother Bukka Raya I






3. Chitradurga Kingdom






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






5. Koch Kingdom






6. Hindu extremists demolish mosque in Ayodhya - triggering widespread Hindu-Muslim violence.






7. The Kalachuris under Bijjala II capture Kalyani






8. Indus Valley Civilization






9. Established first three University of Mumbai - University of Madras and University of Calcutta inIndia






10. Guru Tegh Bahadur - the ninth Guru of Sikhs is executed in Delhi by the order of Aurangzeb for his support for the Kashmiri Hindus to practice their religion.Guru Gobind Singh becomes tenth Guru of Sikhs.






11. Gadar Party formed.






12. Kingdom of Kandy






13. Harsha Empire






14. FrenchIndia






15. Mughal Empire






16. Khizr Khan - deputized by Timur to be the governor of Multan takes over Delhi founding the Sayyid dynasty






17. Kingdom of Sitawaka






18. Battle of Buxar






19. Northern Black Polished Ware






20. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins. The civilization used an early form of theIndus signs - the so-calledIndus script.






21. Humayun converts from Sunni Islam to Shia Islam - to gain the alliance of the Shah of Persia. Humayun dies - and is succeeded by his son Akbar. Hindu king Hemu establishes 'Hindu Raj' in NorthIndia and bestowed with title of 'Samrat Hem Chandra Vikra






22. Gurjara Pratihara Empire






23. Third war with Pakistan over creation of Bangladesh - formerly East Pakistan. Twenty-year treaty of friendship signed with Soviet Union.






24. Kingdoms of Sri Lanka






25. Painted Grey Ware culture






26. Second Anglo-Maratha War begins






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






28. Lohara Kingdom






29. Paramara Kingdom






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






31. Indo-Parthian Kingdom






32. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge.






33. Nanda Empire






34. Birth of Adi Shankaracharya






35. Quit India Movement - (Late March) Cripps' mission - (August) Indian National Army Established by Subhas Chandra Bose






36. Keladi Kingdom






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






38. Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act - 1856 - (23 July) Bal Gangadhar Tilak is born (to 1920) - (20 August) Narayana Guru is born (to 1928)






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






40. Humayun converts from Sunni Islam to Shia Islam - to gain the alliance of the Shah of Persia. Humayun dies - and is succeeded by his son Akbar. Hindu king Hemu establishes 'Hindu Raj' in NorthIndia and bestowed with title of 'Samrat Hem Chandra Vikra






41. Battle of Talikota results in the rout of Vijayanagara empire.






42. Earliest evidence for indus valley civilization






43. Guru Arjan Dev becomes fifth Guru of Sikhs.






44. Mughal Empire






45. Other states






46. Shivaji dies of fever at Raigad.






47. Sayyid Sultanate






48. Harshavardhana crowned Monarch.






49. India deploys troops for peacekeeping operation in Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict.






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