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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Pallava Empire






2. Started Post Service






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






4. Ahmadnagar declares independence - followed by Bijapur and Berar in the same year thus breaking up the Bahmani Sultanate.






5. Fourth Anglo-Mysore War begins.






6. British Raj (to 1947)






7. Congress suffers worst ever electoral defeat as Hindu nationalist BJP emerges as largest single party.






8. British Raj






9. Mahavira - 24th Tirthankar of Jainism is born (traditional date).






10. Pandya Empire






11. Kushan Empire






12. Khilji Sultanate






13. Khudiram Bose is born (to 1908)






14. Chandra Vidyasagar is born (to 1891)






15. Death of Yashwantrao Holkar






16. Vedic period






17. Mughal Empire






18. Anglo






19. Ashoka conquers and unifies most of South Asia - along with Afghanistan and eastern Iran.






20. Establishment of Rashtrakuta Kingdom of Manyakhet by Danti Durga by defeating Chalukyas of Badami






21. Tughlaq Sultanate






22. Mature Harappan Culture






23. Indus Valley Civilization






24. Non-cooperation movementKhilafat Movement






25. Invasion of Mahmud of Ghazni






26. Painted Grey Ware culture






27. 'Arya Samaj' Established - Aligarh Muslim University






28. Advent of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu - founder of Gaudiya Vaishnavism and leader of the world's first civil disobedience movement - in Navadwip - West Bengal






29. Mehrgarh Culture






30. FrenchIndia






31. Rigveda (to 1000 BC)






32. Company Raj






33. Narayanrao Peshwa is murdered by his uncle Raghunathrao's wife in front of Raghunathrao. Regulating Act of 1773 - Warren Hastings appointed as first Governor-General ofIndia






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






35. Indian Rebellion of 1857






36. Kingdom of Dambadeniya






37. Harshavardhana crowned Monarch.






38. Durrani Empire






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






40. 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






41. Paramara Kingdom






42. Gurjara-Pratihara (to 910)






43. Ahom Kingdom






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






45. Republic Day (India)






46. Gupta Empire






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






48. Gautamiputra Satkarni becomes Satavahana emperor and starts Shalivahana era calendar after defeating Scythian king Maues.






49. First Anglo-Maratha War begins - in which Haidar Ali of Mysore defeats the combined armies of the EastIndia Company - the Marathas and the Nizam of Hyderabad.






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