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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. B. R. Ambedkar is born (to 1956)






2. 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






3. Mature Harappan Culture






4. DanishIndia






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






6. Mehrgarh Culture






7. Indian National Congress Eshtablished






8. Tughlaq Sultanate






9. Koch Kingdom






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






11. Cancelation of Partition of Bengal - Delhi Durbar Third Time






12. Death of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.






13. Guru Ram Das becomes fourth Guru of Sikhs. Akbar annexes Bengal.






14. Early modern period






15. Deva Kingdom






16. Kingdom of Kochi is taken over by the Portuguese creating the first European settlement inIndia.






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






18. Haryanka Kingdom






19. 'Prarthana Samaj' Established Earlier known as 'Atmiya Sabha'






20. Indo-Greek Kingdom






21. Birth of Adi Shankaracharya






22. Muslim separatist groups begin campaign of violence in Kashmir.






23. FrenchIndia






24. Khudiram Bose is born (to 1908)






25. Kuninda Kingdom






26. Durrani Empire






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






28. Maitraka Empire






29. Ochre Coloured Pottery culture






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






31. Ashfaqulla Khan is born (to 1927)






32. Death of Ahilyabai Holkar






33. Life of Basaveshwara - philosopher and social reformer. (to 1196)






34. Thondaiman Kingdom






35. Kamarupa Kingdom






36. Ulugh Khan defeats Prataparudra ending the Kakatiya dynasty






37. Dutch Ceylon






38. Vijayanagara Empire established by Harihara I and his brother Bukka Raya I






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






40. Chandragupta Maurya defeats Seleucus Nicator of the Seleucid Empire.






41. First Railway estalblished between Bombay and Thane






42. Kalabhras Empire






43. Kingdom of Kurunegala






44. 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)






45. Late medieval age






46. Pallava Empire






47. Swat culture






48. Chera Kingdom






49. 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






50. Reddy Kingdom