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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Nearly 200 people are killed and hundreds injured in a series of co-ordinated attacks by gunmen on the main tourist and business area ofIndia's financial capital Mumbai.India blames militants from Pakistan for the attacks and demands that Islamabad t






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






3. Death of Nana Fadnavis






4. Chalukya Empire






5. Early modern period






6. Deva Kingdom






7. Garhwal Kingdom






8. Ghadar conspiracy - Provisional Government of India formed in Kabul. Gandhiji Return toIndia.






9. Suicide squad attacks parliament in New Delhi - killing several police. The five gunmen die in the assault. India imposes sanctions against Pakistan - to force it to take action against two Kashmir militant groups blamed for the suicide attack on par






10. Babur completes his Baburnama - reflecting on society - politics - economics - history - geography - nature - flora and fauna - which to this day is a standard textbook in 25 countries. Babur dies - and is succeeded by his son Humayun.






11. Veera Ballala III killed at the Battle of Madurai.






12. Vijayanagara Empire






13. Last invasion of Mahmud Ghazni - sacked and destroyed temple of Somnath






14. Government of India Act 1935






15. British rule in Burma (to 1947)






16. Nanda Empire






17. Genghis Khan invades Punjab






18. Chief Justice of the Maratha Empire - Ram Shastri passes death sentence against the ruling Peshwa Raghunathrao for murdering his nephew.






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






20. Sri-Gupta starts the Gupta Empire in Magadha - with its capital in Patliputra






21. Ochre Coloured Pottery culture






22. Early Vedic period (to 1000 BC)






23. Second Anglo-Mysore War begins.






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






25. Chandragupta II - Samudragupta's son becomes the Gupta Emperor.






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






27. Eastern Chalukya Kingdom






28. Bardoli Satyagraha






29. Colonial period






30. Subhas Chandra Bose is born (to 1945)






31. Battle of Chandawar fought between Ghauri and Jaichand of Kannauj. Ghauri defeated Jayachandra and killed him.






32. Abdur Razzaq visitsIndia






33. Started Post Service






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






35. Princely states (to 1947)






36. Dutch Ceylon






37. DutchIndia






38. Indira Gandhi returns to power heading Congress party splinter group - Congress (Indira).






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






40. Samma Dynasty assumes rule over Sindh






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






42. Lucknow Pact






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






44. Solanki Kingdom






45. FrenchIndia (to 1954)






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






47. The Christian-Islamic power struggle in Europe and the Middle East. Spills over into theIndian Ocean as Battle of Chaul during the Portuguese-Mamluk War






48. Marathas comprehensively defeat the Nizam - Maratha Empire reaches its zenith.






49. 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






50. Vedic period