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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. PortugueseIndia (to 1961)






2. Sena Empire






3. Mughal Empire






4. Eastern Chalukya Kingdom






5. Chera Kingdom






6. Troops storm Golden Temple - Sikhs' most holy shrine - to flush out Sikh militants pressing for self-rule. Indira Gandhi assassinated by Sikh bodyguards - following which her son - Rajiv - takes over.






7. Gautam Buddha - founder of Buddhism is born.






8. Guru Arjan Dev becomes fifth Guru of Sikhs.






9. Thanjavur Kingdom






10. FrenchIndia






11. Kingdom of Kotte






12. Harshavardhana crowned Monarch.






13. Rigveda (to 1000 BC)






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






15. Alberuni arrivies inIndia; death of Mahmud of Ghazni






16. Kalachuri Empire






17. Stone age






18. Samma Dynasty assumes rule over Sindh






19. Seleucus gives up his territories in the subcontinent (Afghanistan/Baluchistan) to Chandragupta in exchange for 500 elephants. Seleucus offers his daughter in marriage to Chandragupta to seal their friendship.






20. Kamarupa Kingdom






21. Mysore Kingdom






22. Saluva Narasimha Deva Raya drives out Praudha Raya ending the Sangama Dynasty






23. At least 50 people are killed in two simultaneous bomb blasts in Bombay.






24. Alberuni arrivies inIndia; death of Mahmud of Ghazni






25. Delhi DurbarFirst time






26. Gandhi






27. Mamluk Sultanate






28. Partition ofIndia






29. Establishment of theIndo-Scythian kingdom.






30. Invasions by the Huna.






31. All India Forward Bloc Established by Subhas Chandra Bose






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






33. Akbar the Great annexes Gujarat - also shifts the Mughal capital to Fatehpur Sikri where a new township and citadel containing buildings of a unique all-India character






34. Kingdom of Raigama






35. Abdur Razzaq visitsIndia






36. Late Harappan Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins - including Cemetery H culture and other cultures.






37. Black and Red ware culture






38. District collectors in Bengal were made responsible for settling the revenue and collecting it.






39. Conquest of Kalinga






40. Siddharta Gautama 'Buddha' of the Shakya polity in S. Nepal - founds Buddhism (older date - 563






41. 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.






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






43. Ashoka dies and is succeeded by Kunala.






44. Marava Kingdom






45. Guru Har Krishan becomes eight guru of Sikhs.






46. British rule in Burma (to 1947)






47. Bronze age






48. Rajaram Chhatrapati died






49. Kingdom of Kotte






50. Indira Gandhi's Congress Party loses general elections. Janata Party comes to power.Communist party ofIndia comes into power in West Bengal.







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