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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Establishment of the Kushan empire by Kujula Kadphises.






2. Mature Harappan Culture






3. British Ceylon






4. Ashoka dies and is succeeded by Kunala.






5. Delhi Sultanate






6. BritishIndia (to 1947) EastIndia Company (to 1757)






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






8. Early modern period






9. Mughal Empire






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






11. Kingdom of Ruhuna






12. Kingdom of Kandy






13. Gupta Empire






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






15. Harshavardhana crowned Monarch.






16. Princely states (to 1947)






17. Mamluk Sultanate






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






19. Panini - a resident of Gandhara - describes the grammar and morphology of Sanskrit in the text Ashtadhyayi. Panini's standardized Sanskrit is known as Classical Sanskrit.






20. Keladi Kingdom






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






22. 'Victory of Mohammed Ghauri'. Second battle of Tarain fought between Ghauri and Prithivi Raj Chauhan III. Prithvi Raj Chauhan III is defeated by Mhammed Ghori.






23. 'Arya Samaj' Established - Aligarh Muslim University






24. First Railway estalblished between Bombay and Thane






25. DutchIndia






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






27. Mysore Kingdom






28. Maratha Empire






29. Koch Kingdom






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






31. Battle of Kannauj fought between Humayun and Sher Shah Suri and Humayun was completely defeated. Humayun lost the Mughal empire to Afghans (Suri Dynasty) - and passed 12 years in exile.






32. Government of India Act 1935






33. Northern Black Polished Ware






34. FrenchIndia






35. Princely states (to 1947)






36. Dutch Ceylon






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






38. Maratha sardar Mahadji Shinde routs the EastIndia Company army at the Battle of Wadgaon War ends with the restoration of status quo as per Treaty of Salbai.






39. Indo-Sassanid Kingdom






40. Death of Ahilyabai Holkar






41. Garhwal Kingdom






42. Shivaji's ill-equipped and small Maratha army defeat mighty Adilshahi troops at the Battle of Pratapgarh in a major upset inIndian history. Shivaji personally kills Adilshahi commander Afzal Khan (general).






43. Marava Kingdom






44. India deploys troops for peacekeeping operation in Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict.






45. 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






46. British Raj






47. Koch Kingdom






48. 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.






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






50. Mahavira passes away.