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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. 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)






2. Beginning of Vikram Era






3. Establishment of Rashtrakuta Kingdom of Manyakhet by Danti Durga by defeating Chalukyas of Badami






4. British Expedition to Tibet






5. Lala Lajpat Rai is born (to 1928)






6. Lahore Resolution - August offer 1940






7. Maratha sardar Mahadji Shinde routs the EastIndia Company army at the Battle of Wadgaon War ends with the restoration of status quo as per Treaty of Salbai.






8. DanishIndia






9. British rule in Burma (to 1947)






10. Chitradurga Kingdom






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






12. Gupta Empire






13. FrenchIndia (to 1954)






14. Kuninda Kingdom






15. Rigveda (to 1000 BC)






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






17. Death of Nana Fadnavis






18. Western Satraps formed.






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






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 (






21. Reddy Kingdom






22. Sunga Empire






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






24. DutchIndia






25. Fourth Anglo-Mysore War begins.






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






27. Pallava Empire






28. Hindustan Socialist Republican Association formed.






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






30. Marathas re-captures Delhi and parts of NorthIndia.






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






32. Mallikarjuna Raya succeeds his father Deva Raya II






33. Ochre Coloured Pottery culture






34. Delhi conspiracy case






35. Mughal army arrested for the act.






36. Gakhars kills Muhammad Ghori during a raid on his camp on the Jhelum River






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






38. Tughlaq Sultanate






39. Western Chalukya Empire






40. Second war with Pakistan over Kashmir.






41. Gurjara Pratihara Empire






42. Mahavira - 24th Tirthankar of Jainism is born (traditional date).






43. Bronze age






44. Indo-Scythian Kingdom






45. Western Ganga Kingdom






46. Battle of Chausa fought between Humayun and Sher Shah Suri in which Humayun defeated. Guru Angad Dev becomes second guru of sikhs.






47. Ashfaqulla Khan is born (to 1927)






48. First Anglo-Afghan War






49. India explodes first nuclear device in underground test.






50. Marava Kingdom