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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Eastern Ganga Empire






2. Timur plunders Lahore






3. Guru Hargobind becomes sixth guru of Sikhs.






4. Gajapati Kingdom






5. Guru Amar Das becomes third Guru of Sikhs.






6. Durrani Empire






7. Delhi Sultanate






8. First Anglo-Sikh Wars (to 1849)






9. Magadha Kingdom






10. Shahi Empire






11. Anglo






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






13. Western Satraps formed.






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






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






16. Harshavardhana crowned Monarch.






17. Birth of Shivaji Maharaj.






18. Colonial period






19. BJP forms coalition government under Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee. India carries out nuclear tests - leading to widespread international condemnation.






20. Late Harappan Culture






21. All India Forward Bloc Established by Subhas Chandra Bose






22. Gurjara-Pratihara (to 910)






23. Hindustan Socialist Republican Association formed.






24. Eastern Chalukya Kingdom






25. EastIndia company is formed in England. Gets exclusive trading rights withIndia.






26. Governor Hasan Gangu revolts against Muhammad bin Tughluq founding the Bahmani Sultanate






27. First Railway estalblished between Bombay and Thane






28. Alberuni arrivies inIndia; death of Mahmud of Ghazni






29. The Mauryan Empire - which shrunk considerably - collapsed after its emperor Brihadrata was assassinated by his general Pusyamitra Sunga who then established the Sunga dynasty.






30. Chandra Vidyasagar is born (to 1891)






31. Black and Red ware culture






32. Kingdom of Anuradhapura






33. Western Chalukya Empire






34. Kingdom of Dambadeniya






35. 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).






36. Second Anglo-Maratha War ends






37. Akbar annexes Kashmir.






38. Western Satrap Empire






39. Shah Jahan completes Taj Mahal - Jama Masjid[disambiguation needed] - and RedFort. Imperial treasuries drained by architectural and military overexpenditures. Shah Jahan dies - and is succeeded by his son Aurangzeb.






40. Company Raj






41. Harshavardhana crowned Monarch.






42. Kingdom of Kandy






43. Anushilan Samiti - organized revolutionary association formed.






44. Ambhi king of Taxila surrenders to Alexander. Porus who ruled parts of the Punjab - fought Alexander at the Battle of the Hydaspes River.






45. Khilji Sultanate






46. 'Atmiya Sabha' Established Later on known as 'Prarthana Samaj' By Raja Ram Mohan Roy






47. Kushan Empire






48. Kingdoms of Sri Lanka






49. DanishIndia






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