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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Alberuni arrivies inIndia; death of Mahmud of Ghazni






2. Chola Empire






3. Hindu extremists demolish mosque in Ayodhya - triggering widespread Hindu-Muslim violence.






4. Indo-Parthian Kingdom






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






6. Zafar Khan - governor of Gujarat - declares himself as Sultan Muzaffar Shah founding the Gujarat Sultanate/Muzaffarid dynasty






7. Gandhi






8. India explodes first nuclear device in underground test.






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






10. Colonial period






11. Hoysala Empire






12. Ashoka dies and is succeeded by Kunala.






13. Kingdom of Tambapanni






14. Swami Vivekanand is born (to 1902)






15. Conquest of Kalinga






16. Humayun regained the throne of Delhi from the hands of weak successors of Sher Shah.






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






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






19. Simon Commission






20. Garhwal Kingdom






21. PortugueseIndia (to 1961)






22. Birth of Adi Shankaracharya






23. Mamluk Sultanate






24. 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






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






26. Vellore Mutiny






27. EastIndia Company signs treaty of Amritsar with Maharaja Ranjit Singh






28. Deva Raya II succeeded his father Veera Vijaya Bukka Raya as monarch of the Vijayanagara Empire






29. 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






30. All India Forward Bloc Established by Subhas Chandra Bose






31. Earliest evidence for indus valley civilization






32. 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.






33. Huna Kingdom






34. Anglo






35. Sunga Empire






36. Koch Kingdom






37. 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






38. Indian Rebellion of 1857






39. Maitraka Empire






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






41. Yadava Empire






42. Gadar Party formed.






43. FrenchIndia (to 1954)






44. Kakori conspiracy






45. Kalinga War takes place between Ashoka and the kingdom of Kalinga. After conquering Kalinga - Ashoka reportedly regrets what he had done - leading him to adopt Buddhism - which then became the quasi-official state religion of the Mauryan Empire.






46. Third Anglo-Maratha War ends with the defeat of Bajirao II and the end of the Maratha Empire leaving the EastIndia Company with control of almost the whole ofIndia






47. Falling public support leads to Congress defeat in general election.






48. Birth of Adi Shankaracharya






49. IndianIndependence Act 1947 by British Raj. Partition ofIndia - Freedom from British Raj. Hundreds of thousands die in widespread communal bloodshed after partition. (to 1948)






50. Birth of Shivaji Maharaj.