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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Direct Action Day/Great Calcutta Killings






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






3. Genghis Khan invades Punjab






4. Lahore Resolution - August offer 1940






5. Vedic period






6. Company Raj






7. More than 1000 people are killed in floods and landslides caused by monsoon rains in Mumbai (Bombay) and Maharashtra region.






8. Maurya Empire






9. Establishment of the Kushan empire by Kujula Kadphises.






10. Kingdom of Kotte






11. Poona Pact - (4 August) Communal Award - (November






12. Tughlaq Sultanate






13. The Kalachuris under Bijjala II capture Kalyani






14. (February) Vajpayee makes historic bus trip to Pakistan to meet Premier Nawaz Sharif and to sign bilateral Lahore peace declaration. (May) Tension in Kashmir leads to brief war with Pakistan-backed forces in the icy heights around Kargil inIndian-hel






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






16. British Expedition to Tibet






17. Samma Dynasty assumes rule over Sindh






18. Bukka - the Vijayanagara ruler and his son Kumara Kamapna capture the entire Tamil speaking parts.






19. Gandhi






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






21. Iron age






22. Solanki Kingdom






23. Northern Black Polished Ware






24. Delhi DurbarFirst time






25. Kingdoms of Sri Lanka






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






27. Indo-Scythian Kingdom






28. Guru Har Krishan becomes eight guru of Sikhs.






29. Poona Pact - (4 August) Communal Award - (November






30. Hindu






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






32. Indira Gandhi declares state of emergency after being found guilty of electoral malpractice. Nearly 1000 political opponents imprisoned and programme of compulsory birth control introduced. (to 1977)






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






34. DanishIndia (to 1869)






35. First Muslim - Md. Bin Qasim defeats Raja Dahir






36. Shahi Empire






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






38. Dayananda Saraswati is born (to 1883)






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






40. Third Anglo-Maratha War begins






41. Sayyid Sultanate






42. Chola Empire






43. Kingdom of Kotte






44. Maha-Megha-Vahana Empire






45. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins. The cities of Harappa - Lothal - Kalibangan - Dholavira - Rakhigarhi and Mohenjo-daro become large metropolises and the civilization expands to over 2 -500 cities and settlements. The civi






46. Birth of Shivaji Maharaj.






47. Eastern Chalukya Kingdom






48. Constantinople won By Turkey






49. Proposed death date of Gautama Buddha.






50. Vasco de Gama's first voyage from Europe toIndia and back (to 1499)