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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Forces led by Shivaji defeat Aurangzeb's troops - and establishes Maratha Empire.






2. Pala Empire






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






4. Guru Hargobind becomes sixth guru of Sikhs.






5. Chola Empire






6. Garhwal Kingdom






7. Gurjara-Pratihara (to 910)






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






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






10. Deva Kingdom






11. Hindustan Socialist Republican Association formed.






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






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






14. Janata Party Splits. Chaudhary Charan Singh becomes Prime Minister.






15. Kanva Empire






16. Classical period






17. Gajapati Kingdom






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






19. Timur plunders Lahore






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






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






22. 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.






23. Gupta Empire






24. Vellore Mutiny






25. Second war with Pakistan over Kashmir.






26. Chandra Vidyasagar is born (to 1891)






27. Delhi conspiracy case






28. Deccan Sultanates






29. Indo-Sassanid Kingdom






30. British Ceylon






31. 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






32. Indo-Greek Kingdom






33. Partition ofIndia






34. Shivaji's ill-equipped and small Maratha army defeat mighty Adilshahi troops at the Battle of Pratapgarh in a major upset inIndian history. Shivaji personally kills Adilshahi commander Afzal Khan (general).






35. Abdur Razzaq visitsIndia






36. All India Forward Bloc Established by Subhas Chandra Bose






37. Died Tatya Tope






38. Ching-Thang Khomba moves Manipur's capital to Kangla






39. British Ceylon






40. Aurangzeb invades the Deccan






41. A high-powered rocket is launched - addingIndia to the club of countries able to fire big satellites deep into space.






42. Alberuni arrivies inIndia; death of Mahmud of Ghazni






43. Kingdom of Tambapanni






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






45. Shivaji dies of fever at Raigad.






46. Jugantar formed. 30 December - Muslim League formed in Dacca.






47. Harshavardhana crowned Monarch.






48. Nanda Empire






49. 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.






50. First Muslim mosque inIndia constructed in kerala by malik dheenar