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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Gupta Empire






2. Zamorin Kingdom






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






4. Guru Tegh Bahadur becomes ninth Guru of Sikhs.






5. Inter-religious bloodshed breaks out after 59 Hindu pilgrims returning from Ayodhya are killed in a train fire in Godhra - Gujarat. More than 1000 people - mainly Muslims - die in subsequent riots. (Police and officials blamed the fire on a Muslim mo






6. Maharaja Ranjit Singh establishes Khalsa rule of Punjab from Lahore. Khalsa army liberates Kashmiri Pundits and invades Afghanistan through Khyber Pass.






7. Invasions by the Huna.






8. Indian Rebellion of 1857






9. First Anglo-Afghan War






10. Indian National Congress Eshtablished






11. Eastern Chalukya Kingdom






12. 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






13. Simon Commission






14. Maitraka Empire






15. Abdur Razzaq visitsIndia






16. Subhas Chandra Bose is born (to 1945)






17. First Anglo-Sikh Wars (to 1849)






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






19. Gandhi






20. Eastern Chalukya Kingdom






21. Gakhars kills Muhammad Ghori during a raid on his camp on the Jhelum River






22. Guru Granth Sahib becomes Guru of Sikhs.






23. Death of Aurangzeb the mughal emperor.






24. Ashoka the Great regarded as the greatest ancientIndian emperor - grandson of Chandragupta Maurya - ascends as emperor of the Mauryan Empire.






25. Established first three University of Mumbai - University of Madras and University of Calcutta inIndia






26. First Muslim mosque inIndia constructed in kerala by malik dheenar






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






28. Stone age






29. Garhwal Kingdom






30. Congress Party wins first general elections under leadership of Jawaharlal Nehru. (to 1952)






31. Mahatma Gandhi assassinated by a right wing Hindu nationalist Nathuram Godse. War with Pakistan over disputed territory of Kashmir. Telangana and other princely states integrated inIndian union






32. 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.






33. Iron age






34. India fires on Pakistani military posts in the heaviest firing along the dividing line of control in Kashmir for almost a year.(NO reference)






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






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






37. Chalukya Empire






38. Third Anglo-Maratha War begins






39. Battle of Plassey - Company rule inIndia (to 1857)






40. Sena Empire






41. 'Arya Samaj' Established - Aligarh Muslim University






42. Lodi Sultanate






43. Guru Tegh Bahadur - the ninth Guru of Sikhs is executed in Delhi by the order of Aurangzeb for his support for the Kashmiri Hindus to practice their religion.Guru Gobind Singh becomes tenth Guru of Sikhs.






44. Aurangzeb invades the Deccan






45. Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act - 1856 - (23 July) Bal Gangadhar Tilak is born (to 1920) - (20 August) Narayana Guru is born (to 1928)






46. Shishunaga Kingdom






47. Conquest of Kalinga






48. Chandragupta I ascends to the Gupta throne.






49. Persian rule in the northwest ends after Darius III is defeated by Alexander the Great - who establishes the Macedonian Empire after inheriting the Persian Achaemenid Empire.






50. Ochre Coloured Pottery culture







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